IP Library Granted Patent US 8,310,479
Granted Patent B2
US 8,310,479 · App. 12/585,440 · Granted Nov 13, 2012

Display panel drive apparatus and display panel drive method

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Patent No.
US 8,310,479
App. No.
12/585,440
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel drive apparatus includes a source driver that drives each unit dot in accordance with a time-divisional clock, and a booster circuit that generates a supply voltage to be supplied to the source driver based on a clock having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock. The display panel drive apparatus performs a time-divisional driving operation during one horizontal period.

Claims (13)

1. A display panel drive apparatus performing a time-divisional driving operation during one horizontal period, comprising:

a source driver that drives each unit dot in accordance with a time-divisional clock; and

a booster circuit that generates a supply voltage to be supplied to the source driver based on a clock having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock,

wherein the booster circuit is fed with a plurality of the clocks each having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock, and selects any one of the plurality of fed clocks based on the supply voltage output from the booster circuit, to perform a voltage boosting operation.

2. The display panel drive apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the booster circuit includes a comparator that compares the supply voltage generated by the booster circuit with a reference voltage, and selects any one of the plurality of fed clocks in accordance with a result of the comparison by the comparator.

3. A display panel drive apparatus performing a time-divisional driving operation during one horizontal period, comprising:

a source driver that drives each unit dot in accordance with a time-divisional clock; and

a booster circuit that generates a supply voltage to be supplied to the source driver based on a clock having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock,

wherein the booster circuit is fed with a plurality of the clocks each having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock, and selects any one of the plurality of fed clocks based on the supply voltage output from the booster circuit, to perform a voltage boosting operation, the one of the plurality of fed clocks being selected during an interval period between one horizontal period and another horizontal period.

4. A display panel drive method for performing a time-divisional driving operation during one horizontal period, comprising:

driving each unit dot in accordance with a time-divisional clock; and

generating a supply voltage to be supplied to a source driver that drives each unit dot based on a clock having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock,

wherein a plurality of the clocks each having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock are fed, and any one of the plurality of fed clocks is selected based on the supply voltage supplied to the source driver.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025193/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2009
From: KAWAGOSHI, HIROKAZU
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023286/0558 →