Liquid crystal display, driver chip and driving method thereof
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.
1. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
providing a first pixel signal, wherein the first pixel signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type, and the second signal-type is different from the first signal-type;
receiving the first pixel signal either in the first signal-type or in the second signal-type;
transmitting a second pixel signal according to the first pixel signal, wherein the second pixel signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type; and
outputting the second pixel signal either in the first signal-type or in the second signal-type.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
converting the first pixel signal into the second pixel signal.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the LCD has a timing controller for providing the first pixel signal.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second pixel signal outputs to a display panel of the LCD.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second pixel signal outputs to a second driver chip of the LCD.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third pixel signal, wherein the third pixel signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type.
8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third pixel signal in a first signal-type.
9. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third pixel signal in a second signal-type.
10. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
providing a first pixel signal, wherein the first pixel signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type, and the second signal-type is different from the first signal-type;
receiving the first pixel signal either in the first signal-type or in the second signal-type; and
transmitting a second pixel signal according to the first pixel signal, wherein the second pixel signal has a first signal-type.
11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
converting the first pixel signal into the second pixel signal.
12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the LCD has a timing controller for providing the first pixel signal.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second pixel signal outputs to a display panel of the LCD.
14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second pixel signal outputs to a second driver chip of the LCD.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third pixel signal, wherein the third pixel signal has a first signal-type.
17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.
18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third pixel signal, wherein the third pixel signal has a first signal-type.
19. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
providing a first pixel signal, wherein the first pixel signal has 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 first signal-type and the second signal-type; and
converting the first internal signal into a second pixel signal and outputting the second pixel signal according to an output mode of the second pixel signal.
20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first pixel signal has the first signal-type, the second pixel signal has the second signal-type.
21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first pixel signal has the second signal-type, the second pixel signal has the second signal-type.
22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
23. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.
24. The method according to claim 19 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first pixel signal has the first signal-type, the second pixel signal has the first signal-type.
25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
26. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.