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Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited


Location: Tainan County, TW
No. of applications: 272

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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120127120TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH POSITION LOCATING METHOD THEREOF
A touch device and a touch position locating method thereof are provided. The touch position locating method includes the following steps. A plurality of target blocks are selected from a plurality of sensing blocks of a touch panel. The target blocks are detected at th...
05/24/2012
20120081980MEMORY
A memory including a memory cell array, a word line decoder, a first and a second reference bit line generators are provided. The memory cell array has first and last bit lines respectively disposed at two sides of the memory cell array. The word line decoder generates ...
04/05/2012
20120044162POSITIONING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS FOR TOUCH PANEL
A positioning method and a driving apparatus for a touch panel having a plurality of sense electrodes in an axis direction are disclosed. The driving apparatus detects the sense electrodes to obtain a plurality of sensed values. The driving apparatus counts the number o...
02/23/2012
20120032935DRIVING DEVICE OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
A driving device and a driving method of a flat panel display are provided. The driving device includes a driving circuit, an output buffer and a buffer control module. The driving circuit outputs a pixel data during a valid data period, and an input terminal of the out...
02/09/2012
20110279424DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREOF
A display device including a display panel and a driving circuit is provided, wherein the driving circuit includes a synchronizer and a driver. The synchronizer synchronizes a plurality of external control signals according to an internal clock and accordingly generates...
11/17/2011
20120013587DRIVING DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC BIAS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
A driving device and a driving method for dynamic bias are provided. The driving device includes a buffer and a bias control unit. An input terminal of the buffer receives a data voltage, and an output terminal of the buffer is connected to a load through a switch. The ...
01/19/2012
20110302338MICROCONTROLLER
A microcontroller is disclosed, which includes a memory, a first storage unit, a plurality of second storage units, a multiplexer and a micro-controller unit (MCU). The first storage unit is for being written into with a first code. The second storage units are for bein...
12/08/2011
20110255867PHASE SELECTOR
A phase selector including a plurality of buffers, a multiplexer, a first inverter, and a selecting circuit is provided. Each of the buffers provides a clock signal, and the clock signals have different phases. The multiplexer selectively outputs one of the clock signal...
10/20/2011
20110250860RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING SENSITIVITY OF RECEIVER
A receiver and a method for dynamically adjusting sensitivity of the receiver are provided. The receiver includes a detection unit and a receiving unit. The detection unit detects an input signal group, and outputs a detection result. The receiving unit receives the inp...
10/13/2011
20110248950SCANNING METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL
A scanning method of a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a horizontal channel group including a plurality of horizontal channels and a vertical channel group including a plurality of vertical channels. According to the scanning method, N channels may be scann...
10/13/2011
20110242076DEVICE FOR DRIVING DATA AND METHOD THEREOF USED FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
A device for driving data used for a liquid crystal display includes: a first latch circuit and a second latch circuit for forming first latched data and second latched data; a first regulating circuit and a second regulating circuit for regulating the first latched dat...
10/06/2011
20110234262DRIVER CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE
A driver circuit includes a mode control unit and a plurality of source drivers to drive a display panel including pixel cells on each scan line. Each source driver has M driving channels, and two subsets of the driving channels are respectively in a first mode and a se...
09/29/2011
20110228174LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR
A light source control method of a projector is provided. The light source control method includes the following steps. A frame data of a frame period is received. Gray distributions of a plurality of colors in the frame data are obtained by analyzing the frame data. Wh...
09/22/2011
20110216057Timing Controller and Clock Signal Detection Circuit Thereof
The clock signal detection circuit includes a lock detection circuit, a duty cycle detection circuit, a first logic circuit, and a counter. The lock detection circuit detects whether an input clock signal and a feedback clock signal of a delay locked loop are in phase. ...
09/08/2011
20110175937GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT
A gamma voltage generation circuit is provided. The gamma voltage generation circuit includes a plurality of resistor strings, a plurality of second resistors and a plurality of switches. Each of the resistor strings has a plurality of first resistors connected in serie...
07/21/2011
20110175877GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT
A gamma voltage generation circuit is provided. The gamma voltage generation circuit includes a resistor string, a first switch, and a second switch. The resistor string includes a plurality of resistors connected in series. An output terminal of the first switch is cou...
07/21/2011
20110175663GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT
A gamma voltage generation circuit is provided. An offset voltage generator generates a first offset voltage by dividing a voltage difference between a first input voltage and a second input voltage based on a first code. A first voltage shifting circuit of a voltage le...
07/21/2011
20110169544SOURCE DRIVER
A source driver, which has a first resistor string, a first digital-to-analog converter, and a channel buffer, is provided. The first resistor string has a plurality of resistors connected in series, wherein each of the resistors of the first resistor string provides a ...
07/14/2011
20110157072TOUCH PANEL
A touch panel including a plurality of panel capacitors, a first switching unit, a second switching unit, a first charging unit, a control unit and a counter is provided. Each of the panel capacitors is sequentially selected as an object capacitor. The first switching u...
06/30/2011
20110141237DEPTH MAP GENERATION FOR A VIDEO CONVERSION SYSTEM
In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a process for generating a depth map for converting a two-dimensional (2D) image to a three-dimensional (3D) image is described. The process may include generating a depth gradient map from the 2D i...
06/16/2011
20110128174DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER
A digital to analog converter with two outputs controlled by an input signal with n-bits is disclosed. A reference voltage circuit generates (2n+1) reference voltages numbered from 1 to (2n+1). A switch array coupled to the reference voltage circui...
06/02/2011
20110122122SOURCE DRIVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY
A source driver, an operation method thereof, and a flat panel display using the same are provided. The source driver includes a data channel, a switch and a switch controller. The data channel latches a pixel data according to timing of a line letch signal, and convert...
05/26/2011
20110116331METHOD FOR INITIALIZING MEMORY DEVICE
A method for initializing a memory device is provided. The method includes a step for transmitting at least N+1 clock cycles to the memory device, wherein the N is an amount of bits of output serial data of the memory device. During a clock cycle of the at least N+1 clo...
05/19/2011
20110102037CIRCUIT FOR RESETTING SYSTEM AND DELAY CIRCUIT
A reset circuit and a delay circuit are provided. The delay circuit includes a first resistor module, a second resistor module, a switch module and a capacitor module. First terminals of the first and the second resistor modules are coupled respectively to a first volta...
05/05/2011
20110095831PVT-INDEPENDENT CURRENT-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR
The invention discloses a PVT-independent current-controlled oscillator, including a PV-controller, a current-controlled oscillator and a T-controller. The current-controlled oscillator is coupled to the PV-controller and outputs an oscillation frequency. The T-controll...
04/28/2011
20110095737VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME
A voltage regulator and an integrated circuit using the voltage regulator is provided. The voltage regulator has a bandgap reference circuit, an operational amplifier, a power transistor and a voltage divider. The bandgap reference circuit generates a bandgap reference ...
04/28/2011
20110084745OUTPUT BUFFER WITH SLEW-RATE ENHANCEMENT OUTPUT STAGE
An embodiment of a slew-rate enhancement output stage is disclosed. A first slew-rate enhancement circuit receives a first control voltage and outputs a first voltage. A second slew-rate enhancement circuit receives a second control voltage and outputs a second voltage....
04/14/2011
20110084733DRIVING CIRCUIT WITH SLEW-RATE ENHANCEMENT CIRCUIT
A driving auxiliary circuit receiving an input voltage to control an output voltage of an operational amplifier via a first switch and a second switch is provided. A pull-low circuit turns on the first switch, including a first input terminal coupled to a high voltage s...
04/14/2011
20110069088SOURCE DRIVER AND CHARGE SHARING FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF
A source driver includes a driver unit and a data analysis unit. The driver unit drives a display panel according to a video signal. The data analysis unit, which is coupled to the driver unit, analyzes gray level distribution of the video signal, and the data analysis ...
03/24/2011
20110068848MULTI-CHANNEL INTEGRATOR
A multi-channel integrator is provided. The multi-channel integrator includes an integrator and a plurality of channels. Each of the channels includes an input selector and a unit-gain amplifier. The input selector has a common terminal, a first selecting terminal and a...
03/24/2011
20110063279DISPLAY AND SOURCE DRIVER THEREOF
A pixel circuit has a light emitting diode, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a capacitor, and a switch unit. When a scan signal is asserted, the switch unit couples sources/drains of the second driving transistor respectively to a first and a sec...
03/17/2011
20110063233READOUT APPARATUS AND MULTI-CHANNEL READOUT APPARATUS FOR TOUCH PANEL
A readout apparatus and a multi-channel readout apparatus for a touch panel are provided to integrate different types of readout circuit. The readout apparatus set to a first mode reads the touch panel with a small amount of charges through an integrator. The readout ap...
03/17/2011
20110055610PROCESSOR AND CACHE CONTROL METHOD
A processor and a cache control method are provided herein. The processor includes a plurality of caches and a control unit. The caches are respectively controlled by a plurality of cache enable signals to be activated. The control unit generates the cache enable signal...
03/03/2011
20110050677SOURCE DRIVER
A source driver adapted to drive a display panel is provided herein. The source driver includes a first output buffer, a detection module and a conversion module. The first output buffer enhances a first pixel signal and thereby outputs a first enhanced pixel signal. Th...
03/03/2011
20110050665SOURCE DRIVER AND COMPENSATION METHOD FOR OFFSET VOLTAGE OF OUTPUT BUFFER THEREOF
A source driver and a compensation method for an offset voltage of an output buffer are provided. The source driver includes a storage element, an output buffer, a sampling unit and a first switch. The output buffer has a first input terminal coupled to the storage elem...
03/03/2011
20110050189BOOSTER AND VOLTAGE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF
A booster and a voltage detection method thereof are provided herein. The booster includes a charge pump circuit and a voltage detection circuit. The charge pump circuit is controlled by a switching signal to generate an actual voltage according to the basis voltage, wh...
03/03/2011
20110043493METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMUM SKEW AND ADJUSTING A CLOCK PHASE OF A PIXEL CLOCK SIGNAL AND DATA DRIVER UTILIZING THE SAME
A data driver including a receiver, a skew adjusting circuit and a processing device is provided. The receiver samples image data on a data bus according to a processed pixel clock signal. The image data includes pixel data during active periods and a test pattern repea...
02/24/2011
20110038397SPREAD-SPECTRUM GENERATOR
A spread-spectrum generator is provided. The spread-spectrum generator includes a delay module and a control module. The delay module is controlled by a first control signal to delay an input signal by a delay time, and thereby generate a delay signal. The control modul...
02/17/2011
20110037753PIXEL CIRCUIT
A pixel circuit has a light emitting diode, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a capacitor, and a switch unit. When a scan signal is asserted, the switch unit couples sources/drains of the second driving transistor respectively to a first and a sec...
02/17/2011
20110037457READOUT APPARATUS FOR CURRENT TYPE TOUCH PANEL
A readout apparatus for a current type touch panel is provided. The readout apparatus includes a current-to-voltage converter, a voltage gain unit and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The current-to-voltage converter converts a sensing current of the current type t...
02/17/2011
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