IP Library Granted Patent US 9,058,786
Granted Patent B2
US 9,058,786 · App. 12/904,266 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Active matrix type liquid crystal display device and related driving methods

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Patent No.
US 9,058,786
App. No.
12/904,266
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An active matrix type liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display comprises a plurality of pixel elements arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel elements comprises a liquid crystal element and a dynamic memory. The dynamic memory performs consecutively, a first, a second, a third, a forth, a fifth, and a sixth refreshes for inversing a digital output status of the dynamic memory, and an interval between the first and the second refreshes is different from an interval between the third and the forth refreshes, and the interval between the third and the forth refreshes is different from an interval between the fifth and the sixth refreshes.

Claims (34)

1. An active matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising;

a plurality of pixel elements arranged in the form of a matrix, wherein each pixel element comprises:

a liquid crystal element;

a source line;

a gate line;

a dynamic memory disposed at an intersection points of said source line and said gate line to perform periodically a plurality of refreshes for inversing a digital output status of said dynamic memory and to have a gradual transition of transmittance/reflectance for the polarity inversion of the liquid crystal element;

wherein said plurality of refreshes comprise, consecutively, at least, a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth refreshes;

wherein an interval between said first and said second refreshes is shorter than an interval between said third and said fourth refreshes, and said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes is shorter than an interval between said fifth and said sixth refreshes.

2. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein said dynamic memory performs more than one and odd number of refreshes to inverse the polarity of said liquid crystal element.

3. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein an interval between said first and said third refreshes is different from an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

4. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein an interval between said first and said third refreshes is the same as an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

5. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of said interval between said first and said second refreshes to an interval between said first and said third refreshes is different from a ratio of said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes to an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

6. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of said interval between said first and said second refreshes to an interval between said first and said third refreshes is the same as a ratio of said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes to an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

7. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in pulse width modulation (PWM).

8. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in pulse frequency modulation (PFM).

9. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in combining PWM and PFM.

10. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein said interval between said first and said second refreshes, said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes, and said interval between said fifth and said sixth refreshes are increasing in turn.

11. A method to drive a dynamic memory in the LCD according to claim 1 , comprising:

adopting a driver circuit to send a driving signal to said dynamic memory; and

in response to said driving signal, said dynamic memory performing a plurality of refreshes for inversing a digital output status of said dynamic memory, wherein the transmittance/reflectance of said liquid crystal element is controlled by a digital output of said dynamic memory for polarity inversion;

wherein said plurality of refreshes comprise, consecutively, at least, a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth refreshes;

wherein an interval between said first and said second refreshes, an interval between said third and said fourth refreshes, and an interval between said fifth and said sixth refreshes are increasing in turn.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein said dynamic memory performs more than one and odd number of refreshes to inverse the polarity of said liquid crystal element.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein an interval between said first and said third refreshes is different from an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein an interval between said first and said third refreshes is the same as an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio of said interval between said first and said second refreshes to an interval between said first and said third refreshes is different from a ratio of said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes to an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio of said interval between said first and said second refreshes to an interval between said first and said third refreshes is the same as a ratio of said interval between said third and said fourth refreshes to an interval between said third and said fifth refreshes.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in pulse width modulation (PWM).

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in pulse frequency modulation (PFM).

19. The method according to claim 11 , wherein intervals among said first, said second, said third, said fourth, said fifth, and said sixth refreshes are modulated in combining PWM and PFM.

20. An electronic device, comprising:

the LCD according to claim 1 ;

a driver circuit for driving said dynamic memory; and

a power supply connected to the LCD to supply power to the LCD.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2026
From: INNOLUX CORP.
To: PREVALENT DISPLAY LLC
Reel/Frame 075669/0430 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032672/0813 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2010
From: YAMASHITA, KEITARO; MATSUI, YOSHIKAZU
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025136/0452 →