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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marshall Bell, Austin, TX (US);

Stephen Morein, San Jose, CA (US);

Imre Knausz, Fairport, NY (US);

Assignee:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/66 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); G09G 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2013.01); G09G 5/18 (2013.01); H03M 1/1014 (2013.01); G09G 2310/027 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0693 (2013.01); G09G 2330/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A source driver including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; a channel coupled to a source electrode and including a digital to analog converters (DAC), the DAC including: a voltage source that applies an output voltage to the source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current; and a calibration unit having circuitry that: generates a comparison between a test voltage applied by the voltage source with a target voltage; and modifies the approximately constant current based on the comparison.


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