IP Library Granted Patent US 12,283,215
Granted Patent B2
US 12,283,215 · App. 18/444,765 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Display device and driving method thereof

Inventors: Wen-Chuan Wang (Hsinchu, TW); Ian French (Hsinchu, TW); Kuang-Heng Liang (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Ching Wang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
G09G3/20G09G2310/0289G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 12,283,215
App. No.
18/444,765
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a display panel and a driving circuit is provided. The display panel is configured to display an image frame. The driving circuit is coupled to the display panel. The driving circuit is configured to output a gate signal to drive the display panel to display the image frame during a driving period. The driving period includes a first period, a second period, and a third period. The gate signal has a first voltage level during the first period and a second voltage level during the second period. The second voltage level is greater than the first voltage level.

Claims (21)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image frame; and

a driving circuit coupled to the display panel and configured to output a gate signal to drive the display panel to display the image frame during a driving period,

wherein the driving period comprises a first period, a second period, and a third period, the gate signal has a first voltage level during the first period and a second voltage level during the second period, and the second voltage level is greater than the first voltage level,

wherein during the driving period, the driving circuit is further configured to output a source signal to drive the display panel to display the image frame,

wherein the source signal has a voltage level during the third period, the voltage level is within a second voltage range, and the second voltage range comprises the first voltage range,

wherein a lower limit value of the second voltage range is smaller than a lower limit value of the first voltage range, and an upper limit value of the second voltage range is greater than or equal to an upper limit value of the first voltage range.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the gate signal has a third voltage level during the third period, and the third voltage level is equal to the first voltage level.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first period, the second period, and the third period are sequentially adjacent consecutive periods during the driving period.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein time lengths of the first period, the second period, and the third period are equal.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein time lengths of the second period and the third period are equal, and the time length of the second period is greater than a time length of the first period.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the source signal has a fourth voltage level during the first period, and the fourth voltage level is less than the first voltage level.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the source signal has a fifth voltage level during the second period, and the fifth voltage level is within a first voltage range.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the fourth voltage level is within the first voltage range.

9. A driving method of a display device, the driving method comprising:

outputting a gate signal having a first voltage level to drive a display panel to display an image frame during a first period of a driving period;

outputting the gate signal having a second voltage level to drive the display panel to display the image frame during a second period of the driving period, wherein the second voltage level is greater than the first voltage level;

outputting the gate signal having a third voltage level to drive the display panel to display the image frame during a third period of the driving period; and

outputting a source signal to drive the display panel to display the image frame,

wherein the source signal has a voltage level during the third period, the voltage level is within a second voltage range, and the second voltage range comprises the first voltage range,

wherein a lower limit value of the second voltage range is smaller than a lower limit value of the first voltage range, and an upper limit value of the second voltage range is greater than or equal to an upper limit value of the first voltage range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2024
From: WANG, WEN-CHUAN; FRENCH, IAN; LIANG, KUANG-HENG; WANG, CHIH-CHING
To: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 066536/0829 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63453165 · Mar 20, 2023
Related Publication 20240321162A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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