IP Library Granted Patent US 8,531,366
Granted Patent B2
US 8,531,366 · App. 12/840,588 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

LCD driving device and method for driving the same

Inventors: Ming Hu (Beijing, CN); Chuncheng Che (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,531,366
App. No.
12/840,588
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display driving device, comprising a scanning driving unit; a data driving unit; gate lines; data lines; pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; and a compensation circuit connected to the gate lines, wherein the gate lines include gate scanning lines and a redundant gate line, the data lines includes data signal lines and a redundant data line, and the compensation circuit is used to compensate the gate scanning signals of the gate scanning lines, so as to reduce voltage delay over the gate scanning lines.

Claims (31)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) driving device, comprising:

a scanning driving unit;

a data driving unit;

gate lines;

data lines;

pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; and

a compensation circuit connected to the gate lines,

wherein the gate lines include gate scanning lines and a redundant gate line, the data lines includes data signal lines and a redundant data line, the compensation circuit is used to compensate gate scanning signals of the gate scanning lines, so as to reduce voltage delay over the gate scanning lines,

wherein the compensation circuit comprises a compensation signal line and first thin film transistors that correspond to the respective gate scanning lines,

wherein a source electrode and a drain electrode of each of the first thin film transistors are directly connected to, respectively, the corresponding gate scanning line and the compensation signal line, and a gate electrode of said each of the first thin film transistors is connected to an end of the previous gate scanning line immediately prior to the corresponding gate scanning line, and

wherein the redundant gate line is regarded as the previous gate scanning line immediately prior to a first gate scanning line,

wherein the compensation circuit further comprises:

a low-level signal line;

a first switch control signal line;

a second switch control signal line;

second thin film transistors that correspond to odd-numbered gate scanning lines; and

third thin film transistors that correspond to even-numbered gate scanning lines,

wherein each of the second thin film transistors has a source electrode and a drain electrode connected, respectively, to an end of the corresponding ( 2 n− 1) th gate scanning line and to the low-level signal line and each of the second thin film transistors has a gate electrode connected to the first switch control signal line, and each of the third thin film transistors has a source electrode and a drain electrode connected, respectively, to an end of the corresponding ( 2 n ) th gate scanning line and to the low-level signal line and each of the second thin film transistors has a gate electrode connected to the second switch control signal line, and

wherein the gate scanning lines are numbered according to a scanning sequence and n is a positive integer.

2. The LCD driving device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a gate threshold voltage level of the first thin film transistors is higher than a gate threshold voltage level of thin film transistors in the pixel regions.

3. The LCD driving device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the gate threshold voltage level of the first thin film transistors is an average of a high voltage level of the gate scanning lines and a low voltage level of the gate scanning lines.

4. The LCD driving device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a compensation voltage level over the compensation signal line is lower than a gate threshold voltage level of the first thin film transistors.

5. The LCD driving device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a voltage level of a low level signal line equals a low voltage level of the gate scanning lines.

6. The LCD driving device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a gate threshold voltage level of the second thin film transistors and a gate threshold voltage level of the third thin film transistors equal a gate threshold voltage level of thin film transistors in the pixel regions, respectively.

7. The LCD driving device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first switch control signal line and the second switch control signal line switch on, in alternation, the second thin film transistors and the third thin film transistors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 036644/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2010
From: HU, MING; CHE, CHUNCHENG
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024720/0221 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0089752 · Jul 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110018846A1 · Jan 27, 2011