IP Library Granted Patent US 8,766,899
Granted Patent B2
US 8,766,899 · App. 13/087,328 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Active liquid crystal display panel

Inventors: Wei-Chun Hsu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yu-Hsin Ting (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chung-Lin Fu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Tsao-Wen Lu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Nan-Ying Lin (Hsin-Chu, TW); Pei-Hua Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,766,899
App. No.
13/087,328
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An active liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel array, a gate driving circuit, a data driving circuit, and an analog buffer. The gate driving circuit is used for driving M first scan lines where M is a natural number. The analog buffer is coupled to the gate driving circuit and includes M buffer circuits and a regulator. Each buffer circuit drives a corresponding second scan line according to an output signal of a corresponding first scan line of the M first scan lines, and the regulator is used for maintaining at least one reference voltage supplied to the M buffer circuits.

Claims (28)

1. An active liquid crystal display panel comprising:

a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels;

a gate driving circuit for driving M first scan lines, wherein M is a natural number;

a data driving circuit for converting display data into a plurality of data voltages and driving N data lines, wherein an output signal of each data line is used for charging/discharging a pixel corresponding to the data line to a predetermined voltage according to a data voltage of the plurality of data voltages; and

an analog buffer coupled to the gate driving circuit comprising:

M buffer circuits, each buffer circuit comprising:

a P-type thin film transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal directly coupled to a first scan line, and a third terminal directly coupled to a second scan line corresponding to the first scan line, the second scan line being configured to control turning-on and turning-off of a switch coupled to a pixel; and

an N-type thin film transistor having a first terminal directly coupled to the second scan line, a second terminal directly coupled to the first scan line, and a third terminal; and

a regulator comprising:

a first diode having an anode terminal configured to receive a first reference voltage, and a cathode terminal directly coupled to the first terminal of the P-type thin film transistor; and

a second diode having a cathode terminal configured to receive a second reference voltage, and an anode terminal directly coupled to the third terminal of the N-type thin film transistor.

2. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein when a voltage at the first terminal of the P-type thin film transistor is lower than the first reference voltage, the first diode is turned on.

3. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein when a voltage at the third terminal of the N-type thin film transistor is higher than the second reference voltage, the second diode is turned on.

4. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the regulator is integrated in a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) process.

5. An active liquid crystal display panel comprising:

a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels;

a gate driving circuit for driving M first scan lines, wherein M is a natural number;

a data driving circuit for converting display data into a plurality of data voltages and driving N data lines, wherein an output signal of each data line is used for charging/discharging a pixel corresponding to the data line to a predetermined voltage according to a data voltage of the plurality of data voltages; and

an analog buffer coupled to the gate driving circuit comprising:

M buffer circuits, each buffer circuit consisting of:

a P-type thin film transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal directly coupled to a first scan line, and a third terminal directly coupled to a second scan line corresponding to the first scan line, the second scan line being configured to control turning-on and turning-off of a switch coupled to a pixel; and

an N-type thin film transistor having a first terminal directly coupled to the second scan line, a second terminal directly coupled to the first scan line, and a third terminal; and

a regulator consisting of:

a first diode having an anode terminal configured to receive a first reference voltage, and a cathode terminal directly coupled to the first terminal of the P-type thin film transistor; and

a second diode having a cathode terminal configured to receive a second reference voltage, and an anode terminal directly coupled to the third terminal of the N-type thin film transistor.

6. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein when a voltage at the first terminal of the P-type thin film transistor is lower than the first reference voltage, the first diode is turned on.

7. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein when a voltage at the third terminal of the N-type thin film transistor is higher than the second reference voltage, the second diode is turned on.

8. The active liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein the regulator is integrated in a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) process.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: SLAWIN, KEVIN
To: BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Reel/Frame 035030/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2011
From: HSU, WEI-CHUN; TING, YU-HSIN; FU, CHUNG-LIN; LU, TSAO-WEN; LIN, NAN-YING; CHEN, PEI-HUA
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 026130/0830 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99143269 A · Dec 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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