Synaptics Corporation

Synaptics Japan Gk

Synaptics Display Devices Gk

Shigeru Ota

Atsushi Shikata

Makoto Takeuchi

Kentaro Suzuki

Jiro Shimbo

Kazuhiro Okamura

Hirokazu Hatayama

Takashi Uehara

Takahiro Suzuki

Hirobumi Furihata

Yuri Azuma

Tsuyoshi Kuroiwa

Yoshitaka Iwasaki

Go Toyoda

A display driver includes a memory, a data driver, and a control circuit. The data driver is configured to: in a first mode, update a display panel based at least in part on a command provided to the display driver asynchronously with a display vertical sync signal; and in a second mode, update the display panel based at least in part on first image data stored in the memory in synchronization with the display vertical sync signal. The control circuit configured to: switch from the first mode to the second mode in response to a first command; and, in the second mode, adjust the display vertical sync signal based at least in part on an external vertical sync signal.

Mode switching in display device for driving a display panel

A display system includes a first memory and a display driver. The display system is configured to control the first memory to receive compensation information from the first memory with a first frequency and generate data signals for image data to be displayed on a display panel. The generation of the data signals comprises performing a compensation for the data signals based on the compensation information received from the first memory. The display driver is further configured to update pixels of the display panel with the data signals during an active display state. The display driver is further configured to generate updated compensation information based at least in part on the image data and the compensation information received from the first memory and transmit the updated compensation information to the first memory during the active display state with a second frequency lower than the first frequency.

System and method for reducing electromagnetic interference in a display panel

A display driver includes a GRAM, a data driver, and a control circuit. The data driver is configured to: update, in a first mode, display elements of a display panel based on a command provided to the display driver asynchronously with a display vertical sync signal; update, in a second mode, the display elements based on image data stored in the GRAM in synchronization with the display vertical sync signal; and update, in a third mode, the display elements in synchronization with an external vertical sync signal. The control circuit is configured to: switch the display drive to a second mode in response to a first command; adjust, in the second mode, the display vertical sync signal based on an external vertical sync signal; and switch the display driver to the third mode after achieving synchronization of the display vertical sync signal with the external vertical sync signal.

A display driver comprises a touch controller configured to perform touch sensing on a display panel during a vertical sync period. A first field of the vertical sync period comprises a display period and a touch sensing period following the display period. A start timing of the touch sensing period is controlled by an internal clock signal. A first counter is configured to, responsive to completion of the touch sensing, start a counting operation in synchronization with the internal clock signal. Gate control signal generator circuitry is configured to control a gate driver that is configured to drive a plurality of gate lines of the display panel. A gate line that is to be driven first to a high level during a second field following the first field is driven to the high level responsive to a count value of the first counter during the first field.

Display driver, display device and method of driving display panel

A display system includes a first memory and a display driver. The display system is configured to control the first memory to receive compensation information from the first memory with a first slew rate and generate data signals for image data to be displayed on a display panel. The generation of the data signals comprises performing a compensation for the data signals based on the compensation information received from the first memory. The display driver is further configured to update pixels of the display panel with the data signals during an active display state. The display driver is further configured to generate updated compensation information based at least in part on the image data and the compensation information received from the first memory and transmit the updated compensation information to the first memory during the active display state with a second slew rate lower than the first slew rate.

A display driver chip includes interface circuitry, image data processing circuitry, and drive circuitry. The interface circuitry is configured to receive first frame image data for a first frame image. The image data processing circuitry includes a buffer memory configured to store at least part of the first frame image data. The image data processing circuitry is configured to supply, based on the at least part of the first frame image data stored in the buffer memory, first display data for a first display area of a plurality of display areas of a display panel having a zigzag pixel arrangement. The drive circuit is configured to drive a display element in the first display area based on the first display data.

Device and method for driving a display panel

A processing system comprises interface circuitry and a timing controller. The interface circuitry is configured to receive a vertical sync period indicator that indicates a start of an external vertical sync period. The timing controller is configured to, in response to a change in a display frame rate, control timing of a display drive operation and a proximity sensing operation to maintain a proximity sensing frame rate based on input timing of the vertical sync period indicator to the interface circuitry. The processing system is configured to supply drive signals to display elements of a display panel in the display drive operation and acquire sensing signals from sensor electrodes of the display panel in the proximity sensing operation.

Device and method for proximity sensing for display panel having a variable display frame rate

A display driver includes signal supply circuitry and a power source controller. The signal supply circuitry is configured to update a display panel during a refresh period and not update the display panel during a non-refresh period that follows the refresh period. The power source controller is configured to modify a high-side power source voltage supplied to the display panel at least during the non-refresh period.

Device and method for controlling a display panel

A display driver includes: a memory comprising a plurality of memory regions each configured to store image data for one line of an image displayed in a frame; and control circuitry configured to adjust a number of in-use memory regions of the plurality of memory regions used to store the image data. The control circuitry is further configured to control the memory so that image data for respective lines of the image are cyclically stored in the in-use memory regions in a fixed order.

Display driver, display device and method of operating display driver

A halt period is inserted between a drive period in an odd-numbered field and a drive period in an even-numbered field in interlace driving. When drive signals driving subpixels are time-divisionally supplied to the display panel in units of subpixel types, switch control signals controlling source line switches which distribute the drive signals associated with respective subpixels to the corresponding source lines are generated so that the number of switching of the source line switches are reduced.

Display control device and display panel module

Provided are a touch display control device and an information terminal device, which are arranged so that the noise resulting from the actions for activation and display on a display panel, and the noise caused by the actions of activation and detection on a touch sensor never affects each other, and are useful for suppressing the elicitation of the difference in brightness attributed to non-display in a display frame. The information terminal device includes: a display controller operable to change start timings of display and non-display periods in a cycle of a frame synchronizing signal of a display frame, in each cycle of the frame synchronizing signal or each sequence of cycles thereof; and a touch panel controller operable to perform the activation of a touch panel and a touch detection during the non-display period.

Touch-display control device and personal data assistant

The semiconductor device has a touch panel controller, a processor, and a display driver. The display driver has a memory circuit which rewritably stores control data for drive control of a display panel from outside the semiconductor device. The processor controls the touch panel controller based on a command provided from outside the semiconductor device, and accesses control data in the memory circuit for controlling internal parts of the semiconductor device. With the aid of the arrangement like this, the processor is allowed to control a touch panel based on the read control data fit to the control by the display driver, and to control, by writing control data, the display panel fit for a control condition of the touch panel.

Semiconductor device and electronic device

A semiconductor device including a display driving circuit that drives a display panel, a touch detection signal driving circuit that applies a touch detection signal to a touch sensor, and a touch state detection circuit that receives a signal obtained by observing the touch sensor is configured as follows. A connection switching circuit that switches connection between a terminal and an internal circuit is included therein. The connection switching circuit switches connection with the terminal by selecting one of at least two of the display driving circuit, the touch detection signal driving circuit and the touch state detection circuit. A protection circuit which is capable of changing a protection voltage level is connected to the terminal, and the protection voltage level varies depending on the signal amplitude of the circuit selected by the connection switching circuit.

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Shigeru Ota