# US 2013/0278579 A1 · Display Device

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- Number: US 2013/0278579 A1
- Document ID: US20130278579A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/921,755
- Filed: 2013-06-19
- Published: 2013-10-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-06-30
- Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.; Japan Display Inc.
- Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.; Japan Display Inc.
- Inventors: Kenichi Akiyama; Yoshihiro Kotani; Hiroko Sehata; Kouichi Kotera
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130278579A1

## CPC

- G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}
- G02F 1/13306: {Circuit arrangements or driving methods for the control of single liquid crystal cells (G02F1/132, G02F1/133382 take precedence)}
- G09G 3/36: using liquid crystals
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS

## Abstract

A drive circuit of a display device includes decoder circuit which outputs a voltage based on a 8-bit digital value. The decoder circuit includes a first decoder circuit and a second decoder circuit which output one voltage respectively using upper-order 6 bits of the 8-bit digital value; a selection circuit which receives voltages outputted from the first decoder circuit and the second decoder circuit, and distributes the two voltages to three terminals; and an intermediate voltage output circuit which outputs an intermediate voltage which is a one of five kinds of values based on the three voltages. The first decoder circuit and the second decoder circuit respectively include a select-switch-type decoder circuit and a tournament-type decoder circuit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drive circuit of a display device comprising a decoder circuit which outputs a tone voltage corresponding to a 8-bit digital value, wherein the decoder circuit comprises:
a first decoder circuit and a second decoder circuit which output one voltage respectively using upper-order 6 bits out of the 8-bit digital value;
a data selector circuit which outputs a selection signal from 3-bit digital data;
a selection circuit which receives two voltages outputted from the first decoder circuit and the second decoder circuit, and distributes the two voltages to three terminals using lower-order 2 bits out of the 8-bit digital value; and
an intermediate voltage output circuit which receives three voltages which is applied on the three terminals by the selection circuit, and outputs an intermediate voltage which is a one of five kinds of values based on the three voltages, wherein the first decoder circuit and the second decoder circuit respectively include a select-switch-type decoder circuit which uses lower-order 3 bits out of the upper-order 6 bits, and a tournament-type decoder circuit which uses upper-order 3 bits out of the upper-order 6 bits,
the select-switch-type decoder circuit includes switching elements which receive the selection signal outputted from the data selector circuit and switch ON state in response to the selection signal,
the tournament-type decoder circuit includes switching elements for every bit, the switching elements of the lower-order bit select one of two values, and output the one of two values selected to the switching elements of upper-order bits, and the data selector circuit is used in common by the first decoder circuit and the second decoder circuit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 1, wherein the decoder circuit further comprises a low-voltage-side decoder circuit and a high-voltage-side decoder circuit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 2, wherein the low-voltage-side decoder circuit and the high-voltage-side decoder circuit include two lines which are connected to two inputs of the selection circuit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 2, wherein the low-voltage-side decoder circuit and the high-voltage-side decoder circuit include two lines which are connected to two inputs of the selection circuit, and each of the two lines which has a switching element which controls the connection.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the switching elements in the select-switch-type decoder circuit receive a same tone voltage.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate voltage output circuit is a three-input one-output circuit, the intermediate voltage output circuit comprises:
a constant current source which passes a predetermined electric current;
a cascode transistor part which includes four transistors, in which either one of a source and a drain of each one of the four transistors is connected to the constant current source;
a group of differential pairs consisting of four sets of differential pairs each of which includes a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein either one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and either one of a source and a drain of the second transistor are both connected with either the other of the source and the drain of one of the four transistors of the cascode transistor part;
a current mirror transistor part which is constituted of a pair of transistors whose gate lines are connected with each other, and either ones of sources and drains of the pair of transistors are respectively connected with the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor of the differential pair, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor of the differential pair;
a first input terminal to which a gate line of the first transistor of a first differential pair of the four sets of differential pairs is connected;
a second input terminal to which both of a gate line of the first transistor of a second differential pair and a gate line of the first transistor of a third differential pair out of the four sets of differential pairs are connected;
the third input terminal to which a gate line of the first transistor of a fourth differential pair out of the four sets of differential pairs is connected; and
an output terminal to which a gate line of the second transistor of all four sets of differential pairs is connected.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A drive circuit of a display device according to claim 6, wherein gate lines of the four transistors of the cascode transistor part are connected with each other.