Abstract:
A reference voltage generator includes a detecting voltage provider, a comparator, and a core circuit. The detecting voltage provider provides a detecting voltage with a first voltage level corresponding to a voltage coefficient. The comparator compares the first voltage level of the detecting voltage with a plurality of sampled amplitudes of an input signal to respectively generate a plurality of comparison results. The core circuit is used to: collect a plurality of first comparison results associated with a current received bit of a preset value from the comparison results; take the voltage coefficient as a first boundary voltage coefficient in response to the first comparison results satisfying a first condition; take the voltage coefficient as a second boundary voltage coefficient in response to the first comparison results satisfying a second condition. The reference circuit generates a reference voltage according to the first and second boundary voltage coefficients.
Abstract:
A power rail clamp circuit is coupled between a system power supply and a ground for alleviating an electrostatic discharge effect. The power rail clamp circuit includes a first conduction circuit, a second conduction circuit, an AND gate module and a switch module. The AND gate module receives a first conduction signal generated by the first conduction circuit and a second conduction signal generated by the second conduction circuit to generate an enabling signal. The switch module conducts the power rail clamp circuit according to the enabling signal, to process an electrostatic discharge operation. The first conduction circuit is operated to prevent a high voltage value of the system power supply, and the second conduction circuit is operated to prevent a short initiation period of the system power supply.
Abstract:
An amplifier circuit including an input amplifier, an output amplifier and a diode device is provided. The output amplifier is coupled to the input amplifier and outputting an output voltage. The diode device is coupled between an output end and an input end of the output amplifier. When a voltage difference between the output end and the input end of the output amplifier is greater than a barrier voltage of the diode device, the diode device is turned on, and an overshoot of the output voltage is reduced. The diode device includes a variable resistor to increase the barrier voltage of the diode device.
Abstract:
A silicon controlled rectifier including a semiconductor substrate, first and second semiconductor wells, first and second semiconductor regions, third and fourth semiconductor regions and a silicide layer is provided. The first and the second semiconductor wells are formed in the semiconductor substrate. The first and the second semiconductor regions are respectively formed in the first and the second semiconductor wells in spaced apart relation. The third and the fourth semiconductor regions are respectively formed in the first and the second semiconductor wells. The silicide layer is formed on the third and the fourth semiconductor regions. The silicon controlled rectifier is at least suitable for high frequency circuit application. The silicon controlled rectifier has a relatively low trigger voltage, a relatively high electrostatic discharge level, and a relatively low capacitance.
Abstract:
A display apparatus and a gate driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a gate driver. The display panel has a plurality of gate lines. Output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in a one-to-one manner. The gate driver is configured to drive the gate lines according to a scrambled scan sequence.
Abstract:
A gate driver, a display apparatus having the same, and a gate driving method are provided. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a data driver circuit, and a gate driver circuit. The gate driver circuit includes M groups of gate channels. Each of the M groups of gate channels includes a control circuit and an output buffer. The control circuit receives a power supply voltage from a power supply circuit and generates a modulated supply voltage. The output buffer is connected to the control circuit, the output buffer is powered by the modulated supply voltage to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel, wherein a driving pulse of the gate signal is shaped during a charge period according to the modulated supply voltage, and the shape of the driving pulse of the gate signal is maintained during a pre-charge period.
Abstract:
A digital to analog converter is disclosed. The digital to analog converter includes a voltage selector, M voltage transmitting switches and a selecting signal decoder. The voltage selector receives N first voltages among a plurality of analog input voltages, and receives a plurality of digital selecting signals. The voltage selector selects at most one of the first voltages for providing to an output terminal. One terminals of the voltage transmitting switches receives M second voltages among the input voltages respectively, and the voltage transmitting switches are turned on or off according to M transmitting enable signals respectively. The selecting signal decoder generates the transmitting enable signals according to the selecting signals. Wherein, M and N are positive integers.
Abstract:
An amplifier circuit with an overshoot suppress scheme is provided. The amplifier circuit includes an input amplifier, an output amplifier and a diode device. The output amplifier is coupled to the input amplifier and outputs an output voltage. The diode device is coupled between an output end and an input end of the output amplifier. When a voltage difference between the output end and the input end of the output amplifier is greater than a barrier voltage of the diode device, the diode device is turned on, and an overshoot of the output voltage is reduced.
Abstract:
A gamma voltage generating apparatus and a method for generating a gamma voltage are provided. The gamma voltage generating apparatus includes a plurality of digital-to-analog converter units, a resister string and a plurality of selecting units. The digital-to-analog converter units generate a plurality of curve reference voltages. The resister string includes a plurality of resistors connected in series with each other to provide a plurality of endpoints. A part of the endpoints are set to be a plurality of curve turning intervals. Each of the selecting units respectively corresponds to each of the digital-to-analog converter units and each of the curve turning intervals. Each of the selecting units selectively provides each of the curve reference voltages to one of the endpoints of a corresponding of the curve turning intervals.
Abstract:
A gamma-voltage generator is provided to generating a plurality of first gamma voltages and second gamma voltages. At least one of the first gamma voltages generated by DACs of the gamma-voltage generator within a first frame period and at least one of the second gamma voltages generated by the DACs within a second frame period are outputted from a same one of the gamma buffers of the gamma-voltage generator, whereby the transmitted gamma voltages have substantially equal offset. Therefore, the display quality approaches an ideal condition.