# US 9,437,153 B2 · Liquid crystal display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,437,153 B2 - Document ID: US9437153B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/151,074 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Hideyuki Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437153B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3648: {using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence)} - G09G 3/3688: {suitable for active matrices only} - G09G 2320/0233: Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen - G09G 2320/0247: Flicker reduction other than flicker reduction circuits used for single beam cathode-ray tubes - 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 According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes pixel electrodes arranged in matrix, gate lines, source lines, pixel switches, gate drivers allocated at both ends of a display region, a source driver, image signal transmit lines arranged along the columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line, switches arranged along the row direction, each switch configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line, and control lines configured to output source control signals to switch the switches, each control line outputting a source control signal to switch a plurality of the switches at the same time, wherein each source control signal is input to each control line at a position substantially the center of the gate line in the row direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid crystal display device comprising: pixel electrodes arranged in matrix in a display region; gate lines arranged along a first direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged; source lines arranged along a second direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged; pixel switches configured to switch a connection between the pixel electrodes and the source lines in accordance with drive signals supplied from the gate lines; a first gate driver configured to connect to one end of the gate lines and output the drive signals to the gate lines; a second gate driver configured to connect to the other end of the gate lines and output the drive signals to the gate lines; image signal transmit lines arranged along the second direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line; a source driver configured to output the image signals to the image signal transmit lines; analog switches arranged along the first direction, and configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line; and control lines comprising first control lines and second control lines, and configured to output source control signals to switch the analog switches, wherein the drive signals output to the gate line from the first and second gate drivers are the same, the first control lines are electrically connected to the analog switches, the second control lines are electrically connected to a control IC configured to output the source control signals, and not directly connected to the analog switches and the pixel switches, the first control lines and the second control lines are electrically connected by third control lines orthogonal to the first control lines and the second control lines at a position in the center of the display region, the source control signals are input to the second control lines, and the source control signals supplied to the second control lines are then applied to the analog switches through the first control lines. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the control lines are organized by display color, and each source control signal is input to each control line at a position in the center of the display region in the first direction by display color. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid crystal display device of claim 2, wherein terminals of the analog switches which are adjacent to each other and organized by color are connected thereto as a unit at the image signal transmit line side. ### Claim 4 A liquid crystal display device comprising: pixel electrodes arranged in matrix in a display region; gate lines arranged along a first direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged; source lines arranged along a second direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged; pixel switches configured to switch a connection between the pixel electrodes and the source lines in accordance with a drive signals supplied from the gate lines; a gate driver configured to connect to one end of the gate lines and output the drive signals to the gate lines; image signal transmit lines arranged along the second direction in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line; a source driver configured to output the image signals to the image signal transmit lines; analog switches arranged along the first direction, and configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line; and control lines comprising first control lines and second control lines, and configured to output source control signals to switch the analog switches, the first control lines and the second control lines extending parallel to the gate lines, wherein the first control lines are electrically connected to the analog switches, the second control lines are electrically connected to a control IC configured to output the source control signals, and not directly connected to the analog switches and the pixel switches, and the second control lines extend in a loop, and both ends of the second control lines are electrically connected to the control IC. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device of claim 4, wherein the control lines are organized by display color, and each source control signal is input to one end of each control line at a first side of the display region in the first direction by display color, the first side being opposite to a second side on which the gate driver is disposed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, wherein terminals of the analog switches which are adjacent to each other and organized by color are connected thereto as a unit at the image signal transmit line side. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device of claim 4, wherein the first control lines and the second control lines are electrically connected by third control lines orthogonal to the first control lines and the second control lines at a position in the center of the display region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device of claim 4, wherein the source control signals are input to the second control lines, and the source control signals supplied to the second control lines are then applied to the analog switches through the first control lines. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first control lines are arranged between the display region and the second control lines. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The liquid crystal display device of claim 4, wherein the first control lines are arranged between the display region and the second control lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first control lines and the second control lines extend parallel to the gate lines.