IP Library Granted Patent US 8,199,096
Granted Patent B2
US 8,199,096 · App. 12/232,438 · Granted Jun 12, 2012

Liquid crystal display, driver chip and driving method thereof

Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,199,096
App. No.
12/232,438
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.

Claims (8)

1. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip and a second driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

providing a first pixel signal, wherein the first pixel signal has one of a first signal-type and a second signal-type, and the second signal-type is different from the first signal-type;

determining a receiving mode of the first pixel signal;

receiving and converting the first pixel signal according to the receiving mode of the first pixel signal into a first internal signal and temporarily storing the first internal signal in the first driver chip, wherein when the first pixel signal has the first signal-type, the first internal signal converted from the first pixel signal has the second signal-type; and

converting the first internal signal into a second pixel signal and providing the second pixel signal to the second driver chip according to an output mode of the second pixel signal.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein when the first pixel signal has the second signal-type, the first internal signal converted from the first pixel signal has also the second signal-type.

3. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.

4. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the second pixel signal has one of the first signal-type and the second signal-type.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 93121223 A · Jul 15, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
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