Himax Technologies, Inc.

National Cheng-Kung University

Ching-Lun Chen

Yuh-Lang Lee

Chih-Ying Lin

Yung-Lin Chang

A display device and a display control method are provided. The display device is applicable to a display panel. The display device includes a display driver integrated circuit (IC), a gate driver in panel (GIP) circuit and a GIP check circuit. The GIP circuit includes a plurality of shift registers connected in series, and the shift registers may generate a plurality of gate driving signals to control operations of a plurality of rows of display units within the display panel, respectively. The GIP check circuit may sequentially check whether a plurality of specific gate driving signals among the gate driving signals are available. The display driver IC may generate a check result according to at least one signal from the display panel, and selectively adjust display data corresponding to an image to make the display panel display an adjusted image according to the check result.

Display device and display control method

A backlight module is disclosed, which includes light emitting units arranged in columns. Each light emitting unit includes a light emitter and a first switch in parallel connection. The first switch is configured to selectively bypass the light emitter. In the backlight module, the light emitters in the same column of light emitting units are in serial connection.

Backlight module and display apparatus

A method for performing hybrid over-current protection (OCP) detection in a display module and associated timing controller are provided. The method includes: during initialization of the display module, after a set of driving voltages have been established, performing first OCP detection in a built-in self-test (BIST) mode to generate a first OCP detection result; writing the first OCP detection result into a register bank, for being accessed by a host device, wherein the display module is applicable to displaying information for the host device; performing second OCP detection in a normal mode to generate a second OCP detection result; and writing the second OCP detection result into the register bank, for being accessed by the host device.

Method for performing hybrid over-current protection detection in a display module, and associated timing controller

A method of ESL driver circuit includes: receiving third-color data and black/white data transmitted from a host circuit via specific communication protocol in a first transmission mode of specific communication protocol; receiving only the third-color data transmitted from the host circuit via the specific communication protocol in a second transmission mode of specific communication protocol; using third-color data buffer to receive and buffer the third-color data transmitted from the host circuit; using black/white data buffer to receive and buffer the black/white data transmitted from the host circuit in the first transmission mode of specific communication protocol; and detecting content of the third-color data buffered in the third-color data buffer to determine whether to output data stored in the black/white data buffer as a set of black/white data outputted to ESL panel or to refill a sequence of don't-care data as the set of black/white data outputted to ESL panel.

ESL driver circuit, host circuit, and corresponding methods capable of saving transmission bandwidth of communication protocol

An ESL driver circuit to be coupled to a host circuit and an ESL panel includes an ESL driver and a controlling transistor. The ESL driver has a serial clock input coupled to the serial clock port of the ESL driver circuit, a serial data input coupled to the serial data port of the ESL driver circuit, a control input coupled to the control port of the ESL driver circuit, and a busy output. The controlling transistor has a control terminal coupled to the busy output of the ESL driver, a first terminal coupled to a supply voltage level via a resistor, and a second terminal coupled to a ground level, and is configured to receive the busy output of the ESL driver to generate a busy signal at the first terminal.

ESL driver mechanism capable of determining whether all ESL drivers are busy or idle without further querying or polling all ESL drivers

An electrolyte composition with a low gelling temperature is disclosed, which includes: an electrolyte gelator which is an acrylonitrile-based copolymer; and a liquid electrolyte containing a nitrile-based solvent. A method for manufacturing an electronic device using the aforesaid electrolyte composition is also disclosed.

Electrolyte composition with a low gelling temperature and method for manufacturing electronic device using the same

A copolymeric gelator includes a minor monomeric unit; and a major acrylonitrile (AN) monomeric unit copolymerized with the minor monomeric unit to provide a copolymer that is soluble in a solvent comprised of 1,2-dimethyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide and 3-methoxypropionitrile. The major acrylonitrile (AN) monomeric units have good ionic conductivity and coordinating sites for lithium ions to be dissolved with a liquid-electrolytic solvent. The minor monomeric units may be selected among vinyl acetate, allyl acetate, styrene, acrylamide and a combination thereof. The gelator and a liquid-electrolytic solvent may be used to produce a gel electrolyte.

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Tainan, Taiwan

Ching-Lun Chen