DISTRIBUTIVE-DRIVING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) PANEL

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

a color filter layer comprising a plurality of color filters, wherein the color filters correspond to an array of pixels arranged in M rows and N columns, and a number of the color filters is k times of a number of the pixels;

a liquid crystal (LC) layer divided into a plurality of LC regions, wherein each of the LC regions corresponds to a respective one of the color filters; and

a pixel circuit layer comprising:

a plurality pixel circuits, wherein each of the pixel circuits is configured to drive a respective one of the LC regions, and

xM gate lines and (k/x)N source lines, wherein x is a fraction larger than one, and each of xM and (k/x)N is a positive integer.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio between a first pitch of the (k/x)N source lines and a second pitch of the xM gate lines is about x 2 /k.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the ratio is larger than ½.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the ratio is about ¾ or 9/8.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of color filters are arranged in a repeating pattern; and

two adjacent rows of the color filters are staggered with each other.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein two adjacent rows of the color filters are staggered with each other by one half of a height of each of the color filters.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each of the xM gate lines is a polyline.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of color filters are arranged in a repeating pattern; and

two adjacent columns of the color filters are staggered with each other.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein two adjacent columns of the color filters are staggered with each other by one half of a height of each of the color filters.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the (k/x)N source lines is a polyline.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel circuits has a same relative location with respect to a respective one of the color filters.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the pixel circuits have different relative locations with respect to their respective color filters.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a resolution of the LCD apparatus is N×M.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a gate driving circuit operatively coupled to the pixel circuit layer via the xM gate lines and configured to scan the plurality of pixel circuits; and

a source driving circuit operatively coupled to the pixel circuit layer via the (k/x)N source lines and configured to write display data in a frame to the plurality of pixel circuits.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the display data in the frame comprises M×N pieces of pixel data, each piece of pixel data corresponding to one of the array of pixels and comprising a first component representing a first color, a second component representing a second color, and a third component representing a third color.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising control logic operatively coupled to the gate driving circuit and source driving circuit, the control logic comprising:

a data interface configured to receive original display data;

a data converting module configured to convert the original display data into converted display data based on the (k/x)N source lines; and

a control signal generating module configured:

provide a first set of control signals to the gate driving circuit to control the gate driving circuit to scan the plurality of pixel circuits via the xM gate lines, and

provide a second set of control signals to the source driving circuit to control the source driving circuit to write the converted display data to the plurality of pixel circuits.

17 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

x is represented as p/q;

each of p and q is a positive integer; and

p is larger than q and is smaller than 2q.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein x is 3/2.

19 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel circuits comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) and a capacitor.

20 . An LCD apparatus, comprising:

a color filter layer comprising a plurality of color filters, wherein the color filters correspond to an array of pixels arranged in M rows and N columns, and a number of the color filters is k times of a number of the pixels;

an LC layer divided into a plurality of LC regions, wherein each of the LC regions corresponds to a respective one of the color filters;

a pixel circuit layer comprising:

a plurality pixel circuits, wherein each of the pixel circuits is configured to drive a respective one of the LC regions, and

xM gate lines and (k/x)N source lines, wherein x is a fraction larger than one, and each of xM and (k/x)N is a positive integer;

a gate driving circuit operatively coupled to the pixel circuit layer via the xM gate lines and configured to scan the plurality of pixel circuits;

a source driving circuit operatively coupled to the pixel circuit layer via the (k/x)N source lines and configured to write display data in a frame to the plurality of pixel circuits; and

control logic operatively coupled to the gate driving circuit and source driving circuit and configured to:

receive original display data,

convert the original display data into converted display data based on the (k/x)N source lines,

provide a first set of control signals to the gate driving circuit to control the gate driving circuit to scan the plurality of pixel circuits via the xM gate lines, and

provide a second set of control signals to the source driving circuit to control the source driving circuit to write the converted display data to the plurality of pixel circuits.