Active matrix liquid crystal display with reduced drive pulse amplitudes
US5790090A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2300/0876
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) and driving method is disclosed. The AMLCD has matrix-arranged pixel assemblies each having display electrodes. A gate line for carrying gate line pulses is connected to a control port of a row of semiconductor devices, which may be thin film transistors (TFTs). Each TFT has an output port connected to the display electrodes. In addition, a data line is connected to an input port of a column of the TFTs. A bootstrap line is capacitively connected to the display electrodes of adjacent rows. This reduce the number of bootstrap lines to half the number of gate and data lines. A bootstrap pulse timing and generating circuit is connected to the bootstrap line to provide a bootstrap pulse that shifts voltages on the display electrodes in only one direction. The bootstrap pulse has a first edge of a first polarity occurring before or during gate pulses carried on a gate line, and a second edge of a second polarity occurring after the gate line pulses.
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