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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihiro Yanagi, Nara, JP;
Hisao Okada, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Tadatsugu Nishitani, Amagasaki, JP;
Yuji Yamamoto, Kobe, JP;
Takeshi Takarada, Tenri, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
A drive circuit for a display device supplying a plurality of gray-scale voltages to the display device, based on externally supplied digital video signal data, includes: a plurality of gray-scale power supplies, a plurality of drive power supplies, a unit for forming a first part of the plurality of gray-scale voltages using the gray-scale voltage power supplies, and a unit for forming a second part of the plurality of gray-scale voltages using the drive power supplies.