Automated Gate Electrode Driving Design for Display Panels

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Solution Overview

Problem

The design process for display panels, particularly the driving design on gate electrodes, is labor-intensive and requires significant expertise, leading to long optimization cycles and high costs due to the need for manual review and potential defects in circuit design, which can render display panels unusable if errors occur.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for automatically checking and prompting design errors in the driving design of gate electrodes, reducing the workload and improving efficiency by determining position information and drawing patterns in a preset drawing space based on user configuration, thereby eliminating the need for manual parameter calculation and shortening design time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If manual review and optimization iteration are used in driving design, then design accuracy can be ensured, but design cycle becomes long and work efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign accuracyVSAvoidwork efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements automated self-checking functionality within the driving design system. The design tool automatically verifies design parameters, checks for errors, and performs validation without requiring manual review by engineers. This self-service mechanism maintains design accuracy while eliminating the time-consuming manual inspection process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary error checking and validation during the design input phase rather than waiting for manual review later. By checking design parameters and detecting potential errors upfront, the system prevents defective designs from proceeding to later stages, thereby ensuring accuracy while accelerating the overall design process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If experienced engineers perform manual design review, then design quality can be maintained, but design cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign qualityVSAvoiddesign cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical human review process with an automated computational checking system. The design tool incorporates built-in verification algorithms that automatically check design parameters, detect errors, and validate compliance with specifications. This substitution eliminates the need for expensive manual review by experienced engineers while maintaining high design quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a virtual model of the design review process that can be executed automatically. Instead of relying on human experts to perform reviews, the system uses computational algorithms that replicate and enhance the review functionality, providing consistent and repeatable quality checks at minimal cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Reliability

If manual parameter calculation and design iteration are performed, then design requirements can be met, but design time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign requirement complianceVSAvoiddesign time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements automated feedback mechanisms that immediately notify designers of parameter errors or compliance issues. The system continuously monitors design parameters, compares them against requirements, and provides real-time feedback on deviations. This immediate feedback eliminates the need for time-consuming manual iteration cycles while ensuring design requirements are met.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary validation of design parameters against requirements before the design process completes. By checking compliance upfront and identifying issues early, the system prevents the need for extensive iterative revisions later, thereby reducing overall design time while maintaining requirement compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11734483B2Method of driving design on gate electrodes, and device and electronic device thereof
Publication Date: 2023.08.22 SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICON DISPLAY TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of driving design on gate electrodes includes steps of: determining position information of a gate-on-array (GOA) device in an available drawing space according to a size design information and a resolution design information of a display panel, based on user configuration; determining target GOA design strategy information used for a current gate electrode driving design among a plurality of preset GOA design strategies; and drawing a GOA device pattern in the available drawing space of the GOA device, based on the target GOA design strategy information.