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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2008
Applicant:

Hiroaki Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroaki Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 3/12 (2006.01); G09G 3/18 (2006.01); G09G 3/10 (2006.01); G09G 3/28 (2006.01); G09G 3/30 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A driving method for driving an LCD panel having a counter electrode and a source line. In a first period, the counter electrode is driven to a potential VCOMH. In a second period, the counter electrode and the source line are short-circuited to a power supply interconnection having a power supply potential VCI. In a third period, the counter electrode is connected to a ground interconnection while the source line is kept to be short-circuited to the power supply interconnection. In a fourth period, the counter electrode is pulled down to a potential VCOML lower than a ground potential In a fifth period, the source line is driven to a potential corresponding to an image data while the counter electrode is kept to the potential VCOML. The electric power consumed in pulling down the counter electrode from a positive potential to a negative potential can be effectively reduced.


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