Display Panel Asymmetric Voltage Timing for Charging Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display panels face issues with poor image display due to differences in charging rates among sub-pixels, leading to problems like serial display and line residual images, especially when displaying images with significant gray scale value differences.
Innovation Solution
A driving method for display panels that adjusts the timing of data voltage loading on data lines, ensuring a longer second target duration for negative sub-pixels compared to positive sub-pixels, and using different voltage conversion rates and interval durations to reduce charging rate disparities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the same voltage conversion timing is used for both positive and negative data voltages, then the device complexity is reduced, but the charging rate balance between positive and negative sub-pixels deteriorates, leading to poor image display quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by setting different voltage conversion timing for positive and negative data voltages. Specifically, the voltage conversion edge for negative data voltage is delayed relative to the data charging stage start time by a second target duration, while the voltage conversion edge for positive data voltage is delayed by a first target duration, where the second target duration is greater than the first target duration. This asymmetric timing compensation balances the charging rates of positive and negative sub-pixels, resolving the display quality issues caused by charging rate differences.
2Productivity
If the voltage conversion edge is advanced to improve charging speed, then the productivity is improved, but the image display quality deteriorates due to insufficient gray scale representation and increased line residual images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing voltage conversion in advance of the data charging stage, but with controlled timing offsets. The voltage conversion edge is positioned before the data charging stage starts, with the first target duration and second target duration ensuring that the conversion completes sufficiently early to allow proper charging while maintaining gray scale accuracy. This prevents line residual images while preserving display quality.
3Manufacturing precision
If different voltage conversion timings are applied to positive and negative data voltages, then the charging rate balance is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional timing control parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by introducing different timing parameters specifically for negative data voltage conversion while maintaining standard timing for positive data voltage. The second target duration (for negative voltage) is set greater than the first target duration (for positive voltage), providing localized compensation where needed. This approach balances charging rates without unnecessarily complicating the entire timing control system, as the asymmetry is applied only where required.
Data Source
AI summary
A driving method for a display panel and a display apparatus. The driving method includes: acquiring display data of a to-be-displayed image in a current display frame (S100); and loading a data voltage on a data line in the display panel according to the display data, such that each sub-pixel in the display panel is charged with the corresponding data voltage (S200).


