IP Library Patent Application 12662769
Patent Application
App. No. 12/662,769

Driver circuit

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App. No.
12/662,769
Abstract

A driver circuit according to the present invention includes a grayscale circuit, an amplifier circuit, a comparison circuit, and a sampling timing adjusting circuit. The grayscale circuit generates a grayscale voltage from grayscale data. The amplifier circuit generates a video output from the grayscale voltage. The comparison circuit compares the grayscale voltage with the video output and outputs a comparison result. The sampling timing adjusting circuit adjusts a sampling timing signal for sampling the video signal based on the comparison result to generate an adjusted sampling timing signal.

Claims (14)

1 . A driver circuit comprising:

a grayscale circuit generating a grayscale voltage from grayscale data;

an amplifier circuit generating a video output from the grayscale voltage;

a comparison circuit comparing the grayscale voltage with the video output and outputting a comparison result;

a sampling timing adjusting circuit adjusting a sampling timing signal for sampling the video signal based on the comparison result to generate an adjusted sampling timing signal.

2 . The driver circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the comparison circuit outputs the comparison result when the grayscale voltage becomes substantially equal to the video signal.

3 . The driver circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the sampling timing adjusting circuit changes the falling timing of the adjusted sampling timing signal based on the comparison result.

4 . The driver circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising an oscillation circuit generating a plurality of outputs having phases different from each other, wherein

a first output which is one of the plurality of outputs is used as a video timing signal for generating the video output from the grayscale voltage, and

a rising timing of a second output having a phase-lag relative to the first output is rising timing of the adjusted sampling timing signal.

5 . The driver circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising an oscillation circuit generating a plurality of outputs having phases different from each other, wherein

a first output which is one of the plurality of outputs is used as a video timing signal for generating the video output from the grayscale voltage,

a rising timing of a second output having a phase-lag relative to the first output is rising timing of the adjusted sampling timing signal, and

either a rising timing of the comparison result or a rising timing of a third output having a phase-lag relative to the second output which is raised at an earlier timing is a falling timing of the adjusted sampling timing signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025194/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2010
From: MORI, TAKESHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024556/0257 →