Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyounghwan Kwon

Jaesung Lee

Jongkon Bae

Byungduk Yang

Donghwy Kim

Sangmin Lee

Jonghyun Lee

Junho Huh

Changju Lee

Woonyoung Lee

Sungchul Yoon

Wangsuk Sung

Yuneseok Chung

Jongoh Lee

Wonseok Kim

Youngseob Choi

Seonmee Lee

Kunhyung Kwon

Jonghan Choi

Jungwook Hong

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor. The electronic device includes a display including a display driver circuit and a display panel. The electronic device includes a first path connecting the display driver circuit to the processor. The electronic device includes a second path connecting the display driver circuit to the processor and separate from the first path. The processor is configured to transmit, based on a first cycle, via the second path to the display driver circuit, a pulse signal to synchronize, with a first time period in the processor used to display an image transmitted via the first path to the display driver circuit on the display panel, the first time period in the display driver circuit used to display the image on the display panel. The processor is configured to change, based on a second cycle different from the first cycle, a waveform of the pulse signal transmitted from the first cycle from a first waveform to a second waveform to synchronize, with a second time period in the processor used for the display of the image, the second time period in the display driver circuit used for the display of the image.

Electronic device controlling pulse signal from processor to display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor. The electronic device includes a display including a display panel and a display driver circuit that includes memory. The display driver circuit is configured to identify an event for a display on the display panel. The display driver circuit is configured to, in response to the event of a first type that executes the display through the memory, change, at a timing before a reference time from a start timing of a scan for the display, a state of a signal provided from the display driver circuit to the processor from a first state indicating to enable an image transmission to the display driver circuit to a second state indicating to disable the image transmission. The display driver circuit is configured to, in response to the event of a second type that executes the display by bypassing the memory, change, at the start timing, the state of the signal provided from the display driver circuit to the processor from the first state to the second state.

Electronic device and method controlling signal provided to processor

An example electronic device includes a display panel; a display driver circuit operably coupled to the display panel and including a memory; and a processor operably coupled to the display driver circuit. The processor may be configured to identify a refresh rate; provide, to the display driver circuit, a first signal that indicates storing in the memory one or more images to be provided from the processor for a display on the display panel according to the refresh rate, or provide, to the display driver circuit, a second signal that indicates bypassing to store the one or more images in the memory.

Electronic device including display driver circuit adaptively storing image

An operating method of a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) includes determining whether a change to a level of a first logic voltage supplied to a logic circuit of the DDI is required, based on determining that a change to the level of the first logic voltage is required, transmitting a logic voltage setting command to a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), and receiving, from the PMIC, a second logic voltage having a level different from the first logic voltage and corresponding to the logic voltage setting command.

Method of operating display driver integrated circuit, power management integrated circuit and electronic device including the same, and method of operating the same

An electronic device according to an example embodiment includes: a touch panel configured to sense a touch input; a display panel configured to output an image; a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) configured to control the touch panel and the display panel; and an interface circuit for data interfacing with a host, wherein the TDDI is configured to receive touch firmware data from the host via the interface circuit, and manage the touch firmware data by using at least one of a first volatile memory included in the interface circuit and the TDDI.

Electronic device recognizing touch and performing display

A display system includes a host configured to transfer image data respectively corresponding to a plurality of frames through a main channel, and to transfer a synchronization signal that synchronizes a clock signal of the host with a clock signal of the display driving circuit through an auxiliary channel, a display panel configured to display the image data, and a display driving circuit configured to generate control signals driving the display panel, based on the synchronization signal received through the auxiliary channel. The host is configured to transfer the synchronization signal including a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal that is different from the first synchronization signal, to the display driving circuit, through the auxiliary channel.

Display driving circuit, host, and display system including display driving circuit and host

A display system includes a host processor and a display driver integrated circuit. The host processor includes a first thermal sensor. The display driver integrated circuit including a second thermal sensor that is different from the first thermal sensor. The host processor generates a first performance control signal indicating whether to increase or decrease performance of a display panel from first temperature information that is obtained from the first thermal sensor and second temperature information that is obtained from the second thermal sensor, and to output the first performance control signal. The display driver integrated circuit receives the first performance control signal from the host processor, and controls the display panel based on the first performance control signal to adjust the performance of the display panel.

Display system with thermal sensor and method of operating the same

A display driving integrated circuit (DDIC) driving a display device and including; a host interface configured to receive image data from a host device, an interface monitor configured to generate a mode signal indicating a still image mode or a video mode by detecting whether the image data from the host device is transferred through the host interface, a processing circuit configured to generate processed data by processing the image data, a conversion circuit configured to perform data conversion on the processed data to generate display data driving a display panel, and a path controller configured to store the processed data in a frame buffer and transfer the processed data stored in the frame buffer to the conversion circuit in the still image mode, and further configured to transfer the processed data to the conversion circuit without storing the processed data in the frame buffer in the video mode.

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Kyounghwan Kwon