Flat panel device and display driver with on/off power controller used to prevent damage to the LCD
USRE39236E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Signal management control units 471-47n of respective scan drivers LSI in an LCD module are cascade-connected and each have the same construction. A detected signal of the signal management control unit 47J is a data signal latch clock LP applied to a terminal CKB1. A detected signal of the signal management control unit 472 is a frame start signal SP applied to a terminal CKB2. A detected signal of the signal management control unit 47n is an AC-transforming clock FR applied to a terminal CKBn. The signal management control unit 471 includes a signal stop detection circuit 48 serving as a signal detection means for detecting a stop of the detected signal and a sequence processing circuit 51 consisting of a signal delay circuit 49 and a logic circuit 50. When stopping oscillations of, e. g., the frame start signal SP, outputs T1-Tn of the circuit 51 change to an L level. Hence, a display-off signal DF of the LCD module assumes the L level. A liquid crystal panel is forcibly set in a display-off mode. As a result, even if the frame start signal SP is stopped due to some cause, a liquid crystal application voltage is set down to zero. It is, therefore, possible to avoid a liquid crys…
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