This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 98124436, filed on Jul. 20, 2009. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of specification.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a flat panel display, more particularly, to a liquid crystal display (LCD).
1. Description of the Related Art
In the presence of all structures of the pixel array of the current LCD panel, one species is so-called the half source driving (hereinafter “HSD”) structure. The HSD structure would reduce the quantity used of source drivers to half by reducing the number of the source lines to half, such that the fabricating cost of the display panel module can be substantially reduced.
In addition, it can be clearly seen that, in
Next, during the period T2, the scan signals S0 and S1 output from the gate driver by the gate lines G0 and G1 are respectively enabled and disabled, such that all of even pixels in the 1st pixel row as shown in
Next, during the period T3, the scan signals S0˜S2 output from the gate driver by the gate lines G0˜G2 are respectively disabled, enabled and enabled, such that all of odd pixels in the 1st pixel row and all of pixels in the 2nd pixel row as shown in
Since all of even pixels in the 1st pixel row as shown in
Next, during the period T4, the scan signals S1 and S2 output from the gate driver by the gate lines G1 and G2 are respectively enabled and disabled, such that all of odd pixels in the 1st and 2nd pixel rows as shown in
Next, during the period T5, the scan signals S1˜S3 output from the gate driver by the gate lines G1˜G3 are respectively disabled, enabled and enabled, such that all of even pixels in the 2nd pixel row and all of pixels in the 3rd pixel row as shown in
Since all of odd pixels in the 1st and 2nd pixel rows as shown in
In summary, the number of times of each of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is determined by calculating the number of times of each of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) pixels, which has been in the holding state, being influenced by disablement of corresponding scan signals. Therefore, all of odd pixels in the 1st pixel row as shown in
From the above, the number of times of the same color pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is not the same. For example, the number of times of all of red (R), green (G) or blue (B) pixels in the same pixel row as shown in
The present invention is directed to a liquid crystal display (LCD). The structure of the pixel array of the display panel in the LCD is one third source driving (OTSD) structure, so as to further reduce the number of driving channels of the source driver, and make that the number of times of the same color pixels or all of the pixels in the display panel being influenced by the feed through effect is substantially the same.
The present invention provides an LCD including a display panel and a source driver. The display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array. The source driver is coupled to the display panel and has a plurality of source lines, wherein each of the source lines of the source driver is responsible for performing pixel-writing to six corresponding pixel columns.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the LCD further includes a gate driver coupled to the display panel and having a plurality of gate lines, wherein each of the gate lines of the gate driver is responsible for performing pixel-turning on or off to a corresponding pixel row. Under this condition, the ith gate line of the gate driver is coupled to all of pixels in the ith pixel row of the display panel, where i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0. In addition, the jth source line of the source driver is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+1)th, (3j+3)th and (3j+5)th pixel columns of the display panel, and even pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+2)th, (3j+4)th and (3j+6)th pixel columns of the display panel, where j is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0.
In an another embodiment of the present invention, the LCD further includes a gate driver coupled to the display panel and having a plurality of gate lines, wherein each of the gate lines of the gate driver is responsible for performing pixel-turning on or off to three corresponding pixel rows. Under this condition, the ith gate line of the gate driver is coupled to the (3j+1)th pixel of all of pixels in the ith pixel row of the display panel, the (3j+2)th pixel of all of pixels in the (i+1)th pixel row of the display panel, and the (3j+3)th pixel of all of pixels in the (i+2)th pixel row of the display panel, where i and j are a positive integer greater than or equal to 0. In addition, the jth source line of the source driver is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+1)th, (3j+2)th and (3j+3)th pixel columns of the display panel, and even pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+4)th, (3j+5)th and (3j+6)th pixel columns of the display panel.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, a frame period of the LCD has a plurality of periods, and the ith, (i+1)th and (i+2)th gate lines of the gate driver simultaneously output enabled scan signal during the (3i+1)th period. In addition, the ith and (i+1)th gate lines of the gate driver simultaneously output enabled scan signal during the (3i+2)th period. Furthermore, the ith gate line of the gate driver outputs enabled scan signal during the (3i+3)th period.
In a yet embodiment of the present invention, the enabled scan signal output by the ith gate line of the gate driver would be briefly disabled twice during the (3i+1)th through (3i+3)th periods. In addition, the enabled scan signal output by the (i+1)th gate line of the gate driver would be briefly disabled once during the (3i+1)th through (3i+2)th periods.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
The source driver 303 is coupled to the display panel 301 and has a plurality of source lines D0˜Dm which can be interpreted as the driving channels of the source driver 303. Each of the source lines D0˜Dm of the source driver 303 is responsible for performing pixel-writing to six corresponding pixel columns. The gate driver 305 is coupled to the display panel 301 and has a plurality of gate lines G0˜Gn. Each of the gate lines G0˜Gn of the gate driver 305 is responsible for performing pixel-turning on or off to a corresponding pixel row. The timing controller 307 is coupled to the source driver 303 and the gate driver 305, and used for controlling the operations of the source driver 303 and the gate driver 305. The backlight module 309 is used for providing the backlight source required by the display panel 301.
In the first embodiment, the ith gate line of the gate driver 305 is coupled to all of pixels in the ith pixel row of the display panel 301, where i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0. For example, the 0th gate line G0 of the gate driver 305 is coupled to all of pixels in the 0th pixel row of the display panel 301; and the 1st gate line G1 of the gate driver 305 is coupled to all of pixels in the 1st pixel row of the display panel 301. And so on.
In addition, the jth source line of the source driver 303 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+1)th, (3j+3)th and (3j+5)th pixel columns of the display panel 301, and even pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+2)th, (3j+4)th and (3j+6)th pixel columns of the display panel 301, where j is a positive integer greater than or equal to 0. For example, the 0th source line D0 of the source driver 303 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the 1st, 3rd and 5th pixel columns of the display panel 301, and even pixels of all of pixels in the 2nd, 4th and 6th pixel columns of the display panel 301; and the 1st source line D1 of the source driver 303 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the 4th, 6th and 8th pixel columns of the display panel 301, and even pixels of all of pixels in the 5th, 7th and 9th pixel columns of the display panel 301. And so on.
For example, the 0th, 1st and 2nd gate lines G0˜G2 of the gate driver 305 simultaneously output enabled scan signal during the 1st period T1 (i.e. i=0). In addition, the 0th and 1st gate lines G0 and G1 of the gate driver 305 simultaneously output enabled scan signal during the 2nd period T2. Furthermore, the 0th gate line G0 of the gate driver 305 outputs enabled scan signal during the 3rd period T3. And so on.
Below, the display data being written into the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 by the source driver 303 would firstly explain, namely, the pixels located in the display area AA.
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th gate lines G2˜G4 of the gate driver 305 simultaneously output enabled scan signal S2, S3 and S4 during the 7th period T7, so as to turn on all of pixels in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pixel rows in the display panel 301, and at this time, the source driver 303 would respectively write corresponding display data into all of pixels in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pixel rows of the display panel 301 by the source lines D0˜D2. During the 7th period T7, since the real display data have correspondingly written into all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301, all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 are all in the holding state.
Next, the 2nd and 3rd gate lines G2 and G3 of the gate driver 305 simultaneously output enabled scan signal S2 and S3 during the 8th period T8, so as to turn on all of pixels in the 2nd and 3rd pixel rows of the display panel 301, and at this time, the source driver 303 would respectively write corresponding display data into all of red (R) and green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301, and all of red (R) pixels in the 3rd pixel row of the display panel 301 by the source lines D0˜D2. During the 8th period T8, since the real display data have correspondingly written into all of green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301, all of green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 are all in the holding state. In addition, since all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 have been in the holding state during the period T7, all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect when the scan signal S4 is disabled during the period T8.
Next, the 2nd gate line G2 of the gate driver 305 outputs enabled scan signal S2 during the 9th period T9, so as to turn on all of pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301, and at this time, the source driver 303 would respectively write corresponding display data into all of red (R) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 by the source lines D0˜D2. During the period T9, since the real display data have correspondingly written into all of red (R) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301, all of red (R) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 are all in the holding state. In addition, since all of blue (B) and green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 have been in the holding state during the periods T7 and T8 respectively, all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect again when the scan signal S3 is disabled during the period T9; and all of green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 also would be influenced by the feed through effect when the scan signal S3 is disabled during the period T9.
Then, during the 10th period T10, since the 2nd gate line G2 of the gate driver 305 would output disabled scan signal S2, all of blue (B) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect further again when the scan signal S2 is disabled during the period T10; all of green (G) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect again when the scan signal S2 is disabled during the period T10; and all of red (R) pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect when the scan signal S2 is disabled during the period T10.
In accordance with the contents of explaining for the display data being written into the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 301 by the source driver 303, one person having ordinary skilled in the art should analogize the manner of the display data being written into other pixel rows of the display panel 301 by the source driver 303, so the details would not describe herein.
In summary, the number of times of each of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) pixels in the display panel 301 being influenced by the feed through effect is determined by calculating the number of times of each of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) pixels, which has been in the holding state, being influenced by disablement of corresponding scan signals. Therefore, each of red (R) pixels in each of pixel row or pixel column of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect once; each of green (G) pixels in each of pixel row or pixel column of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect twice; and each of blue (B) pixels in each of pixel row or pixel column of the display panel 301 would be influenced by the feed through effect for three-times. Herein, for conveniently explaining, in
From the above, the number of times of the same color pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is the same. For example, the number of times of all of red (R) pixels in the same pixel row and pixel column in the display panel 301 is one-times; the number of times of all of green (G) pixels in the same pixel row and pixel column in the display panel 301 is two-times; and the number of times of all of blue (B) pixels in the same pixel row and pixel column in the display panel 301 is three-times. Accordingly, since the number of times of the same color pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is the same, the brightness of the image frames displayed on the display panel 301 is uniform, and thus improving the drawbacks mentioned in the “Description of the Related Art”.
Besides,
For example, the enabled scan signal S1 output, during the 1st and 2nd periods T1 and T2, from the 1st gate line G1 of the gate driver 305 would be briefly disabled before the enabled scan signal S2 output, during the 1st period T1, from the 2nd gate line G2 of the gate driver 305 occurs disablement. In addition, the enabled scan signal S0 output, during the 1st and 2nd periods T1 and T2, from the 0th gate line G0 of the gate driver 305 further would be briefly disabled before the enabled scan signal S1 output, during the 1st period T1, from the 1st gate line G1 of the gate driver 305 occurs disablement. Furthermore, the enabled scan signal S0 output, during the 2nd and 3rd periods T2 and T3, from the 0th gate line G0 of the gate driver 305 would be briefly disabled before the enabled scan signal S1 output, during the 2nd period T2, from the 1st gate line G1 of the gate driver 305 occurs disablement. And so on.
Accordingly, if the display panel 301 is driven by using the driving waveform as shown in
The source driver 703 is coupled to the display panel 701 and has a plurality of source lines D0˜Dm which can be interpreted as the driving channels of the source driver 703. Each of the source lines D0˜Dm of the source driver 703 is responsible for performing pixel-writing to six corresponding pixel columns. The gate driver 705 is coupled to the display panel 701 and has a plurality of gate lines G0˜Gn. Each of the gate lines G0˜Gn of the gate driver 705 is responsible for performing pixel-turning on or off to three corresponding pixel rows. The timing controller 707 is coupled to the source driver 703 and the gate driver 705, and used for controlling the operations of the source driver 703 and the gate driver 705. The backlight module 709 is used for providing the backlight source required by the display panel 701.
In the second embodiment, the ith gate line of the gate driver 705 is coupled to the (3j+1)th pixel of all of pixels in the ith pixel row of the display panel 701, the (3j+2)th pixel of all of pixels in the (i+1)th pixel row of the display panel 701, and the (3j+3)th pixel of all of pixels in the (i+2)th pixel row of the display panel 701, where i and j are a positive integer greater than or equal to 0. For example, the 0th gate line G0 of the gate driver 705 is coupled to the 1st, 4th and 7th pixels of all of pixels in the 0th pixel row of the display panel 701, the 2nd, 5th and 8th pixels of all of pixels in the 1st pixel row of the display panel 701, and the 3rd, 6th and 9th pixels of all of pixels in the 2nd pixel row of the display panel 701. And so on.
In addition, the jth source line of the source driver 703 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+1)th, (3j+2)th and (3j+3)th pixel columns of the display panel 701, and even pixels of all of pixels in the (3j+4)th, (3j+5)th and (3j+6)th pixel columns of the display panel 701. For example, the 0th source line D0 of the source driver 703 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the 1st through 3rd pixel columns of the display panel 701, and even pixels of all of pixels in the 4th through 6th pixel columns of the display panel 701. Moreover, the 1st source line D1 of the source driver 703 is coupled to odd pixels of all of pixels in the 4th through 6th pixel columns of the display panel 701, and even pixels of all of pixels in the 7th through 9th pixel columns of the display panel 701. And so on.
Herein, the driving waveforms as shown in
From the above, the number of times of the same color pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is the same. Accordingly, since the number of times of the same color pixels being influenced by the feed through effect is the same, the brightness of the image frames displayed on the display panel 701 is uniform, and thus improving the drawbacks mentioned in the “Description of the Related Art”. In addition, when the display panel 701 is driven by using the driving waveform as shown in
In total summary, since the structure of the pixel array of the display panel in the LCD submitted by the present invention is one third source driving (OTSD) structure, so as to further reduce the number of driving channels of the source driver compared to the HSD structure. To be specific, the number of driving channels of the source driver can be reduced to two thirds. Besides, even though the structure of the pixel array of the display panel in the LCD submitted by the present invention is OTSD structure, but the number of times of the same color pixels or all of the pixels in the display panel being influenced by the feed through effect is substantially the same by using two different driving methods (i.e. the driving waveforms as shown in
It will be apparent to those skills in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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