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Matrix-type display device and method for driving the same

US6020872A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1997
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/045
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to a driving method of a matrix-type display device of the present invention, a reference clock signal supplied by a reference clock oscillator is divided by a plurality of frequency dividing circuits, so that division clock signals are obtained. One among the division clock signals is selected by a switching operation by a switching circuit, and the selected division clock signal is outputted as a sampling clock signal to a row electrode driving circuit. Timings for the switching operation of the switching circuit are controlled by a switching control circuit in accordance with a horizontal synchronization signal and the reference clock signal. One or more of the frequency dividing circuits outputs a division clock signal having unequal clocks, when necessary. By thus arranging the division clock signals so that they have unequal clocks, it is allowed to set N of the division ratio 1/N to a value other than an integral number. Therefore, it is possible to set the division ratios close to each other, and hence, it is ensured that the reference clock signal has a lower frequency.

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