Liquid crystal display device using a multiplexer architecture

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device employing a multiplexer architecture. The multiplexer device is used to connect three data lines of a data line group to the output of a source driver. The pixel matrix includes pixel rows. In one embodiment, the first and second color pixel circuits in the first and second pixel rows are interleaved; the first color pixel circuit in the second pixel row is adjacent to the second color pixel circuit in the first pixel row; the second color pixel circuit in the second pixel row is adjacent to the first color pixel circuit in the first pixel row; the data polarities of adjacent pixel rows are different. In another embodiment, the first to third pixel rows respectively include a first color pixel circuit, a second color pixel circuit, and a third color pixel circuit; in the first and second pixel rows, pixel circuits corresponding to different data polarities are interleaved.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device employing a multiplexer architecture, comprising: a pixel matrix including a plurality of pixel regions; a plurality of data line groups electrically connected to the pixel matrix, each of the data line groups including three data lines; and a multiplexer device electrically connected to the data line groups, wherein the multiplexer device has a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of output terminals, the input terminals being electrically connected to a plurality of source driver output terminals, and the output terminals being electrically connected to the data line groups such that the three data lines of each of the data line groups are electrically connected to one of the source driver output terminals; wherein each of the pixel regions includes a first pixel row, a second pixel row, and a third pixel row; the first pixel row includes a plurality of first color pixel circuits and a plurality of second color pixel circuits, the first color pixel circuits and the second color pixel circuits in the first pixel row being alternately arranged; The second pixel row is adjacent to the first pixel row and includes a plurality of first color pixel circuits and a plurality of second color pixel circuits. The first color pixel circuits and second color pixel circuits in the second pixel row are alternately arranged. The first color pixel circuits in the second pixel row are adjacent to the second color pixel circuits in the first pixel row, and the second color pixel circuits in the second pixel row are adjacent to the first color pixel circuits in the first pixel row. The third pixel row is adjacent to the second pixel row and includes a plurality of third color pixel circuits. The second pixel row is located between the first pixel row and the third pixel row. The first pixel row and the third pixel row correspond to a first data polarity, and the second pixel row corresponds to a second data polarity, wherein the first data polarity is different from the second data polarity.

2. The liquid crystal display device with a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 1, wherein the first color pixel circuit corresponds to red, the second color pixel circuit corresponds to green, and the third color pixel circuit corresponds to blue.

3. The liquid crystal display device with a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 1, wherein the first data polarity is one of a positive polarity and a negative polarity, and the second data polarity is the other of a positive polarity and a negative polarity.

4. The liquid crystal display device using a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 1 further includes: a source driver electrically connected to the multiplexer device, wherein the source driver has the source driver output terminals to provide a plurality of pixel data to the multiplexer device.

5. A liquid crystal display device employing a multiplexer architecture, comprising: a pixel matrix including a plurality of pixel regions; a plurality of data line groups electrically connected to the pixel matrix, each of the data line groups including three data lines; and a multiplexer device electrically connected to the data line groups, wherein the multiplexer device has a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of output terminals, the input terminals being electrically connected to a plurality of source driver output terminals, and the output terminals being electrically connected to the data line groups such that the three data lines of each of the data line groups are electrically connected to one of the source driver output terminals; wherein each of the pixel regions includes a first pixel row, a second pixel row, and a third pixel row; the first pixel row includes a plurality of first color pixel circuits, the first color pixel circuits including pixel circuits corresponding to a first data polarity and pixel circuits corresponding to a second data polarity, the first data polarity being different from the second data polarity; The second pixel row includes a plurality of second-color pixel circuits, each second-color pixel circuit including a pixel circuit corresponding to the first data polarity and a pixel circuit corresponding to the second data polarity; the third pixel row includes a plurality of third-color pixel circuits, each third-color pixel circuit including a pixel circuit corresponding to either the first data polarity or the second data polarity; in the first pixel row, pixel circuits corresponding to the first data polarity and pixel circuits corresponding to the second data polarity are alternately arranged; in the second pixel row, pixel circuits corresponding to the first data polarity and pixel circuits corresponding to the second data polarity are alternately arranged; the pixel circuits in the first pixel row corresponding to the first data polarity are adjacent to the pixel circuits in the second pixel row corresponding to the second data polarity.

6. The liquid crystal display device with a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 5, wherein the first color pixel circuit corresponds to red, the second color pixel circuit corresponds to green, and the third color pixel circuit corresponds to blue.

7. The liquid crystal display device with a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 5, wherein the first data polarity is one of a positive polarity and a negative polarity, and the second data polarity is the other of a positive polarity and a negative polarity.

8. The liquid crystal display device with a multiplexer architecture as described in claim 5 further includes: a source driver electrically connected to the multiplexer device, wherein the source driver has the source driver output terminals to provide a plurality of pixel data to the multiplexer device.

9. A liquid crystal display device with an application multiplexer architecture as described in claim 5, wherein the data lines of the data line group include a first data line, a second data line and a third data line, a first and a second of the first color pixel circuits are electrically connected to the first data line, a third of the first color pixel circuits is electrically connected to the second data line, and the third of the first color pixel circuits is located between the first and the second of the first color pixel circuits.

10. A liquid crystal display device with an application multiplexer architecture as described in claim 9, wherein the third color pixel circuits are electrically connected to the third data line.

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