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 signal, wherein the first 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 signal either in the first signal-type or in the second signal-type;
transmitting a second signal according to the first signal, wherein the second signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type; and
outputting the second 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 signal into the second signal.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the LCD has a timing controller for providing the first signal.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first signal is a control signal.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the control signal is a pixel signal.
6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second signal outputs to a display panel of the LCD.
7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second signal outputs to a second driver chip of the LCD.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third signal, wherein the third signal has a first signal-type and a second signal-type.
10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third signal in a first signal-type.
11. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third signal in a second signal-type.
12. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
providing a first signal, wherein the first 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 signal either in the first signal-type or in the second signal-type; and
transmitting a second signal according to the first signal, wherein the second signal has a first signal-type.
13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
converting the first signal into the second signal.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the LCD has a timing controller for providing the first signal.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first signal is a control signal.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the control signal is a pixel signal.
17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the second signal outputs to a display panel of the LCD.
18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the second signal outputs to a second driver chip of the LCD.
19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
20. The method according to claim 19 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third signal, wherein the third signal has a first signal-type.
21. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.
22. The method according to claim 21 , further comprising:
the second driver chip outputting a third signal, wherein the third signal has a first signal-type.
23. A method for transmitting data in a first driver chip on a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
providing a first signal, wherein the first 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 signal;
receiving and converting the first signal according to the receiving mode of the first signal into a first internal signal and temporarily storing the first internal signal in the first driver chip, wherein when the first signal has the first signal-type, the first internal signal converted from the first signal has the first signal-type and the second signal-type; and
converting the first internal signal into a second signal and outputting the second signal according to an output mode of the second signal.
24. The method according to claim 23 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first signal has the first signal-type, the second signal has the second signal-type.
25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first signal has the second signal-type, the second signal has the second signal-type.
26. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
27. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.
28. The method according to claim 23 , wherein when the receiving mode of the first signal has the first signal-type, the second signal has the first signal-type.
29. The method according to claim 28 , wherein the first signal-type is a differential type and the second signal-type is a single-ended type.
30. The method according to claim 28 , wherein the first signal-type is a single-ended type and the second signal-type is a differential type.