METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A method of driving a display panel that has differing fanout lines coupling respective drive voltage outputting channels disposed at near and close together ends of the fanout lines to corresponding ends of respective data lines where the data line ends are disposed at distal and further spaced apart ends of the fanout lines, the method comprising:
- receiving an initial image-representing digital data signal and automatically generating therefrom a corresponding, compensated digital data signal that counter-compensate for a difference of developed voltage that would otherwise appear at the distal end of a corresponding fanout line in response to a predetermined drive voltage presented at the voltage outputting channel of that corresponding fanout line, where the difference of developed voltage is due to a difference of resistance in the corresponding fanout line relative to a different resistance of at least one differing other one of the fanout lines; and
respectively outputting an analog data voltage corresponding to the compensated digital data signal from a respective one of the drive voltage outputting channels for thereby transmitting the output analog data voltage through the corresponding fanout line to thus drive a corresponding one of the data lines.
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Abstract
Rather than using complex zigzag patterns or the like for counter-compensating for the different lengths of fanout lines used to transmit data line drive voltages from more concentrated source points of the drive voltages to more spread apart data lines of a given display panel, digital data signals that represent the to be output data line drive voltages are automatically adjusted so that the data line drive voltages output from the concentrated source points are pre-adjusted to counter voltage drop difference effects that will be applied to those pre-adjusted data line drive voltages by the difference of resistances among the fanout lines of different lengths.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of driving a display panel that has differing fanout lines coupling respective drive voltage outputting channels disposed at near and close together ends of the fanout lines to corresponding ends of respective data lines where the data line ends are disposed at distal and further spaced apart ends of the fanout lines, the method comprising:
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receiving an initial image-representing digital data signal and automatically generating therefrom a corresponding, compensated digital data signal that counter-compensate for a difference of developed voltage that would otherwise appear at the distal end of a corresponding fanout line in response to a predetermined drive voltage presented at the voltage outputting channel of that corresponding fanout line, where the difference of developed voltage is due to a difference of resistance in the corresponding fanout line relative to a different resistance of at least one differing other one of the fanout lines; and respectively outputting an analog data voltage corresponding to the compensated digital data signal from a respective one of the drive voltage outputting channels for thereby transmitting the output analog data voltage through the corresponding fanout line to thus drive a corresponding one of the data lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display panel comprising a plurality of data lines spaced apart at a first pitch dimension; a driving chip having a plurality of output terminals for outputting a corresponding plurality of data voltages to the data lines, where the chip output terminals are spaced apart by a dimension smaller than the first pitch dimension of the data lines; a fanout part having a plurality of fanout lines of differing resistances, the fanout lines providing interconnection between corresponding ones of the chip output terminals and the data lines; and a timing controller structured to generate compensated digital data signals that electronically compensate for differences of resistances amongst the differing fanout lines so that analog voltages delivered to respective ones of the data lines are not varied as a result of the differing resistances of the fanout lines. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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