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US 10,775,921 · App. 16/237,754 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Method of controlling timing for touch and display driver system and touch and display driver system using the same

Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng (Hsinchu, TW); Huang-Chin Tang (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
G06F3/0416G09G5/12G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 10,775,921
App. No.
16/237,754
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of controlling timing for a touch and display driver system includes the steps of: receiving an external signal; generating a plurality of time units each having a display period and a touch period; generating an internal signal for controlling a display operation in the display period; and synchronizing the internal signal with the external signal for a time unit among the plurality of time units at a time point different from at least one of the start of the time unit and the end of the time unit.

Claims (19)

1. A method of controlling timing for a touch and display driver system, comprising:

receiving an external signal;

generating a plurality of time units, each having a display period and a touch period;

generating an internal signal for controlling a display operation in the display period; and

synchronizing the internal signal with the external signal for a time unit among the plurality of time units at a synchronization time point different from the start of the time unit and the end of the time unit;

wherein the start or the end of the time unit falls behind the synchronization time point by a predetermined number of cycles of the internal signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein lengths of touch periods in the plurality of time units are substantially equal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein there are a fixed number of cycles of the external signal between every two consecutive synchronization time points for synchronizing the internal signal with the external signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a cycle time of the internal signal is configured to read a line of display data from a line memory of the touch and display driver system, and a cycle time of the external signal is configured to write a line of display data into the line memory.

5. A touch and display driver system, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive an external signal; and

a timing generator, coupled to the receiver, configured to perform the following steps:

generating a plurality of time units, each having a display period and a touch period;

generating an internal signal for controlling a display operation in the display period; and

synchronizing the internal signal with the external signal for a time unit among the plurality of time units at a synchronization time point different from the start of the time unit and the end of the time unit;

wherein the start or the end of the time unit falls behind the synchronization time point by a predetermined number of cycles of the internal signal.

6. The touch and display driver system of claim 5 , wherein lengths of touch periods in the plurality of time units are substantially equal.

7. The touch and display driver system of claim 5 , wherein there are a fixed number of cycles of the external signal between every two consecutive synchronization time points for synchronizing the internal signal with the external signal.

8. The touch and display driver system of claim 5 , further comprising a line memory, wherein a cycle time of the internal signal is configured to read a line of display data from the line memory, and a cycle time of the external signal is configured to write a line of display data into the line memory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2019
From: CHENG, HUAN-TENG; TANG, HUANG-CHIN
To: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 047878/0171 →
Continuity (1)
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