# US 8,786,353 B2 · Multi-channel semiconductor device and display device comprising same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,353 B2 - Document ID: US8786353B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/304,473 - Filed: 2011-11-25 - Published: 2012-05-24 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-24 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Jae-wook Kwon; Chang-ho An; Ki-won Seo; Sung-ho Lee - Inventors: Jae-wook Kwon; Chang-ho An; Ki-won Seo; Sung-ho Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786353B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3688: {suitable for active matrices only} - G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)} - G09G 2310/0297: Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns - 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) ## Abstract A multi-channel semiconductor device comprises a plurality of buffer groups each comprising at least one output buffer, a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad, and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of buffer groups and the plurality of pad groups. One of the pad groups outputs an output signal of one of the buffer groups in a first operation mode and sequentially outputs output signals of all of the buffer groups in a second operation mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-channel semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of buffer groups each comprising at least one output buffer; a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad; and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of buffer groups and the plurality of pad groups, wherein one of the plurality of pad groups outputs an output signal of one of the buffer groups in a first operation mode and sequentially outputs output signals of all of the buffer groups in a second operation mode; wherein the channel switching portion comprises: a plurality of output switching portions that control connection between at least one output terminal of a corresponding buffer group and at least one output pad of a corresponding pad group; and a plurality of shift switching portions that control connection between at least one output pad of a corresponding pad group and at least one common node of a plurality of common nodes, wherein one of the shift switching portions, while turned on in the second operation mode, transmits signals from the common nodes to a plurality of output pads of a corresponding pad group, and each of the other shift switching portions among the plurality of shift switching portions, while turned on in the second operation mode, transmits a plurality of output signals of a corresponding buffer group to the plurality of common nodes, wherein, in the second operation mode, one of the plurality of output switching portions turns on at a different time from the other shift switching portions; wherein, in the second operation mode, the one output switching portion and the other shift switching portions are sequentially turned on during a predetermined time, and wherein the one output switching portion is in an ON state during at least a period in which the other shift switching portions are sequentially turned on. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multi-channel semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of output switching portions comprises a plurality of switches each having one end connected to a corresponding output buffer and another end connected to a corresponding output pad, and each of the plurality of shift switching portions comprises a plurality of switches each having one end connected to a corresponding output pad and an other end connected to a corresponding common node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The multi-channel semiconductor device of claim 2, wherein switches of the one output switching portion are turned on or off in response to a first output enable signal, switches of the other output switching portions are turned on or off in response to a second output enable signal, switches of the one shift switching portion are turned on or off in response to a shift enable signal, and switches of the other shift switching portions are turned on or off in response to a corresponding shift pulse. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The multi-channel semiconductor device of claim 3, further comprising a control portion that generates the first output enable signal and a plurality of shift pulses in response to the shift enable signal, a shift start pulse, and the second output enable signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The multi-channel semiconductor device of claim 4, wherein the control portion comprises: a shift register that generates the plurality of shift pulses in response to the shift enable signal and the shift start pulse; and an AND gate that generates the first output enable signal by logically multiplying the second output enable signal and one of the plurality of shift pulses. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The multi-channel semiconductor device of claim 5, wherein, in the second operation mode, the second output enable signal is at a high logic level, the shift enable signal is at a high logic level, the shift start pulse is at a high logic level during a predetermined time, and then the plurality of shift pulses are sequentially at a high logic level during a predetermined time. ### Claim 7 A multi-channel semiconductor device comprising a plurality of output channels, wherein each of the plurality of output channels comprises: an output pad; an output buffer that generates an output signal; a first switch that controls connection between the output buffer and the output pad; and a second switch that controls connection between the output pad and a corresponding common node of N common nodes, wherein the plurality of output channels are divided into a plurality of groups each comprising at least one output channel, and an output pad of one group among the plurality of groups sequentially outputs output signals of the plurality of groups in a test mode of the multi-channel semiconductor device; wherein, in the test mode, second switches of other groups among the plurality of groups are sequentially turned on in response to shift pulses sequentially activated, respectively; wherein each of the second switches of the one group is in an ON state during at least a period in which the second switches of the other groups are sequentially turned on. ### Claim 8 A display device, comprising: a display panel; and a display driver integrated circuit, comprising: a plurality of buffer groups each comprising a plurality of output buffers; a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad configured to transmit image data to the display panel; and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of buffer groups and the plurality of pad groups, wherein one of the plurality of pad groups outputs output signals of one of the buffer groups in a first operation mode and sequentially outputs output signals of all of the buffer groups in a second operation mode; wherein the channel switching portion comprises: a plurality of output switching portions that control connection between at least one output terminal of a corresponding buffer group and at least one output pad of a corresponding pad group; and a plurality of shift switching portions that control connection between at least one output pad of a corresponding pad group and at least one common node of a plurality of common nodes, wherein one of the shift switching portions, while turned on in the second operation mode, transmits signals from the common nodes to a plurality of output pads of a corresponding pad group, and each of the other shift switching portions among the plurality of shift switching portions, while turned on in the second operation mode, transmits a plurality of output signals of a corresponding buffer group to the plurality of common nodes, wherein, in the second operation mode, one of the plurality of output switching portions turns on at a different time from the other shift switching portions; wherein, in the second operation mode, the one output switching portion and the other shift switching portions are sequentially turned on during a predetermined time, and wherein the one output switching portion is in an ON state during at least a period in which the other shift switching portions are sequentially turned on. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the display panel comprises a liquid crystal display.