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Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal

US5771030A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1995
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To drive a liquid crystal panel without producing flickering or noise on a screen, an adder circuit 26 adds the noise component of the analog signal detected in a filter 24 to a reference voltage from a power supply 16, and a phase adjustment circuit 28 adjusts the phase of the reference voltage to which the noise component was added. A circuit 12 holds the analog signal and outputs it to comparators 14.sub.1 to 14.sub.n. The reference voltage from the circuit 28 is divided in resistors 18.sub.1 to 18.sub.n+1 and output to comparators 14.sub.1 to 14.sub.n as threshold voltages TV.sub.1 to TV.sub.n. The comparator 14 compares the input analog signal to the voltage TV, and outputs a predetermined signal to an encoder 20 if the analog signal is greater than the voltage TV. The encoder 20 converts the signal from the comparator 14 to a digital signal and applies it to the electrode of a liquid crystal panel.

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