N-Only Display Driver Circuit for Pulse Signal Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing display driving circuits require both n-type and p-type transistors to generate positive and negative pulse signals, making the manufacturing process complicated and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A display driving circuit composed of multiple stages with n-type transistors, where each stage includes pull-up, pull-down, feedback, and inverter units, allowing simultaneous output of positive and negative pulse signals through a single circuit structure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If both n-type and p-type transistors are used to generate positive and negative pulse signals, then the circuit can provide stable driving signals, but the manufacturing process becomes complicated and production efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of driving signalsVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses only n-type transistors throughout the entire driving circuit, replacing the traditional mixed n-type and p-type transistor architecture. This homogenization of transistor types simplifies the manufacturing process while maintaining the circuit's ability to generate both positive and negative pulse signals through clever circuit design involving pull-up and pull-down units

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Solution Approach 2:

The n-type transistor-based driving circuit is designed to perform multiple functions: generating positive pulse signals, generating negative pulse signals, and providing both to the compensation circuit. This multi-functionality is achieved through the interaction of pull-up units (for positive pulses) and pull-down units (for negative pulses), both implemented using only n-type transistors

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If separate driving circuits for n-type and p-type transistors are fabricated, then positive and negative pulse signals can be generated, but the process complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapability to generate positive and negative pulse signalsVSAvoidcircuit structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the functions of separate n-type and p-type transistor driving circuits into a single unified circuit architecture using only n-type transistors. The pull-up unit and pull-down unit are integrated within the same circuit structure, eliminating the need for separate circuit blocks and reducing overall device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and eliminates the p-type transistor component from the traditional dual-transistor driving circuit, retaining only n-type transistors. This extraction simplifies the circuit structure by removing unnecessary components while preserving the essential functionality of generating both positive and negative pulse signals through the pull-up and pull-down units

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11217140B2Display driver circuit
Publication Date: 2022.01.04 SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICON DISPLAY TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a method of driving a display panel and a driving device. The present invention determines sub-pixels shared by sub-pixel rendering technology through comparing differences of the color components, and the sub-pixels shared by the display image are not fixed. Since the sub-pixels with the smallest absolute value of the color component difference are selected for sharing, a contrast of an edge region of an image is improved, and distortion of an edge region of an image is reduced.