Liquid crystal antenna, method of driving the same, communication device
AssigneeBoe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
InventorTuo Sun
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Abstract
A liquid crystal antenna, a method of driving the same, and a communication device are provided. The liquid crystal antenna includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate and on a side of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode on the second substrate and on a side of the second substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode being opposite to the first electrode; and a control circuit configured to output a first voltage signal to the first electrode and output a second voltage signal to the second electrode, wherein the first voltage signal is opposite in polarity to the second voltage signal.
Claims18
A liquid crystal antenna comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other;
- a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first electrode on the first substrate and on a side of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer;
- a second electrode on the second substrate and on a side of the second substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode being opposite to the first electrode;
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- a control circuit configured to output a first voltage signal to the first electrode and output a second voltage signal to the second electrode, wherein the control circuit comprises an integrated circuit which is configured to implement a column inversion driving mode of a liquid crystal display device, the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are respectively outputted by a first signal output terminal and a second signal output terminal of the integrated circuit, the first signal output terminal and the second signal output terminal being configured to output adjacent column data signal,
- wherein the first voltage signal is opposite in polarity to the second voltage signal.
A method of driving a liquid crystal antenna, the liquid crystal antenna comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other;
- a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first electrode on the first substrate and on a side of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer;
- a second electrode on the second substrate and on a side of the second substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode being opposite to the first electrode;
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- a control circuit configured to output a first voltage signal to the first electrode and output a second voltage signal to the second electrode, wherein the control circuit comprises an integrated circuit which is configured to implement a column inversion driving mode of a liquid crystal display device, the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are respectively outputted by a first signal output terminal and a second signal output terminal of the integrated circuit, the first signal output terminal and the second signal output terminal being configured to output adjacent column data signal,
- wherein the method comprises:
- determining the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal based on a required driving voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first voltage signal being opposite in polarity to the second voltage signal;
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- transmitting the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.
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