Liquid Crystal Display Subpixel Arrangement for Crosstalk Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Triple Rate Driving (TRD) technology in RGBW-type liquid crystal displays faces issues such as horizontal crosstalk, polarity banding, and increased heat generation in source drive ICs due to dominant polarity and data voltage transitions, leading to uneven brightness and color reproduction.

Innovation Solution

The solution involves a specific arrangement of subpixels and data voltage polarity reversal cycles, where subpixels of different colors are alternately positioned on the display panel and data voltage polarity is reversed every 4 horizontal periods, ensuring balanced polarity distribution and reduced data voltage transitions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If Triple Rate Driving is used to reduce the number of source drive ICs, then device complexity is reduced, but heat generation in source drive ICs increases due to more data voltage transitions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of source drive ICsVSAvoidheat generation in source drive ICs
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel is divided into four distinct data line groups (first through fourth data lines), each serving specific subpixel color patterns across different row lines. This segmentation distributes the data voltage transition load across multiple independent line groups, preventing any single source drive IC from handling all transitions and thereby reducing heat generation while maintaining the reduced IC count achieved by TRD.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If Triple Rate Driving is used to reduce the number of data lines, then device complexity is reduced, but polarity banding phenomenon occurs due to dominant polarity in data voltages

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of data linesVSAvoiduniformity of brightness and color
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements an asymmetric data line assignment pattern where different data line groups serve different subpixel color combinations. Specifically, first and second data lines serve blue and red subpixels on odd row lines, while third and fourth data lines serve green and white subpixels on even row lines. This asymmetric distribution ensures that polarity inversion is applied differently across color channels, preventing the formation of polarity bands and ensuring uniform brightness and color reproduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

3Device complexity

If data voltages are supplied sequentially to RGB subpixels through one data line, then device complexity is reduced, but horizontal crosstalk occurs due to dominant polarity shifting the common voltage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of data linesVSAvoidpicture quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a spatial dimension to the data voltage supply strategy by organizing subpixels into four distinct row line groups, each receiving data voltages through specific data line assignments. This dimensional organization allows simultaneous data voltage supply to multiple subpixel groups without polarity conflicts, eliminating horizontal crosstalk while maintaining the single-data-line-per-group efficiency of TRD technology.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3518227B1Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same
Publication Date: 2021.06.30 LG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The first-color subpixels are arranged at positions where (4i+1)th row lines (i is a positive integer) and odd-numbered column lines intersect, and the second-color subpixels are arranged at positions where the (4i+1)th row lines and even-numbered column lines intersect. The third-color subpixels are arranged at positions where (4i+2)th row lines and the odd-numbered column lines intersect, and the fourth-color subpixels are arranged at positions where the (4i+2)th row lines and the even-numbered column lines intersect.