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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164694 | Channel scanning method A method for operating a demodulator to demodulate a first channel is provided. The demodulator stores parameters of a second channel that is scanned before the first channel. The method comprises the following steps. First, the demodulator is reset. Second, an orth... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156410 | Fast debugging tool for CRC insertion in MPEG-2 video decoder A video decoder capable of generating a check data in response to a data selection code for debugging is disclosed. The video decoder includes a plurality of functional blocks, wherein each said plurality of functional blocks has a output signal to be used as an inp... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8111016 | Control system for multiple fluorescent lamps The present invention is directed to an apparatus that drives a lighting system with multiple lamps. A phase shift mechanism is produced either by a digital method, an analog method, or a mixture of the two methods. In a digital method, phase shifts are generated by... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102922 | Demodulator device and demodulation method for reducing PCR jitter A demodulator device for a digital TV receiver includes a symbol-deinterleaver performing symbol-based deinterleaving, a bit-deinterleaver performing bit-based deinterleaving, a demapper performing demapping, and a Viterbi decoder performing Viterbi decoding, wherei... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8063986 | Audio clock regenerator with precisely tracking mechanism In an HDMI system, the clock regenerator proposed by the HDMI specification may suffer external noise because the input clock of a phase lock loop circuit in a sink device of the HDMI system is too slow. This slow input clock causes the phase lock loop circuit unabl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8044913 | Display device and gate driver thereof A gate driver for driving a display device is disclosed. The gate driver, which includes: a first input buffer configured to for receiving a reference voltage and outputting a first buffered voltage, a control circuit configured to for outputting a plurality of scan... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8009155 | Output buffer of a source driver applied in a display An output buffer and a controlling method are disclosed. The output buffer comprises an upper buffer and a lower buffer. In the controlling method, at first, a first voltage (V1) and a second voltage (V2) are applied on the upper buffer, and a third vo... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994759 | System and method for driving a power supply device in an initial activation stage The present application describes a system and method for driving a power supply device in an initial activation stage. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing in the power supply device at least one voltage regulator that is coupled with a voltage output ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985978 | Display and pixel circuit thereof A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a data line, a scan line, a first switch connected to a first voltage, a second switch connected to a second voltage, and a pixel. The pixel is further comprised of a data transistor having a first source/drai... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7956827 | Driving circuit using pulse width modulation technique for a light emitting device A current driving apparatus and method using a pulse width modulation (PWM) technique to display a desired gray level for passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED) display applications is disclosed. The current driving circuit includes a memory, a logic a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7856005 | Impulsive noise suppression scheme in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing This invention provides an impulsive noise suppression method in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. The method comprises an equalization and de-mapping step for estimating a preliminary estimation of signal and a total noise estimation by utilizing ideal ch... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855419 | ESD device layout for effectively reducing internal circuit area and avoiding ESD and breakdown damage and effectively protecting high voltage IC An improved layout pattern for electrostatic discharge protection is disclosed. A first heavily doped region of a first type is formed in a well of said first type. A second heavily doped region of a second type is formed in a well of said second type. A battlement ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7839413 | Dithering method for an LCD A dithering method for an LCD is disclosed and comprises a plurality of steps. First, a plurality of long-bit gray-level signals are received. Each of the long-bit gray-level signal is transformed to a short-bit gray-level signal and at least one LSB is obtained bas... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817388 | Latch-up protection circuit for LCD driver IC A latch-up protection circuit for LCD driver is provided. The latch-up protection circuit for LCD driver comprises an NMOS, a switch and a capacitor. The NMOS comprises a drain electrically connected to a ground; a source electrically connected to a negative voltage... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7804474 | Overdriving circuit and method for source drivers The present invention provides an overdriving circuit for source drivers to overdrive a LCD module. The overdriving circuit includes a first threshold detection logic unit, a second threshold detection logic unit, and a selection logic unit. The first threshold dete... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7786680 | High efficiency and low cost cold cathode fluorescent lamp driving apparatus for LCD backlight The invention is a driving apparatus and circuit for efficiently converting a direct current (DC) signal into an alternating current (AC) signal to drive a fluorescent lamp. A semi class E configuration which utilizes only one transistor is employed in the invention... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782097 | Source driver and power down detector thereof The present invention discloses a source driver powered by a power supply comprising at least one channel, at least one output pad coupled to the channel, at least one switch connected between the output pad and a predetermined voltage, and a power down detector for... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7764255 | Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display driving system and the method thereof The present invention relates to a LCOS display driving system. The driving sequential control block generates a control code representing a loading sequence of the R, G, and B data for pixels in one of scan lines. The multiplexer multiplexes the R, G, and B data fr... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7634037 | Digital phase-locked loop circuit and a method thereof A method and a circuit for resolving the out-of-phase problem between a color burst signal and a sub-carrier signal of a television system. A delay means is used which leads to the synchronization of the color burst signal and the sub-carrier signal such that a subs... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7605545 | Control system for multiple fluorescent lamps The present invention is directed to an apparatus that drives a lighting system with multiple lamps. A phase shift mechanism is produced either by a digital method, an analog method, or a mixture of the two methods. In a digital method, phase shifts are generated by... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605431 | Electrostatic discharge protection apparatus for semiconductor devices The present invention provides several embodiments with layout patterns for ESD protection. An apparatus with a layout pattern may be configured to protect I/O pads or the power rail. The layout pattern may designed to increase the current paths for ESD stress curre... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7535397 | Digital-to-analog converter and the method thereof A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is provided for converting an (X+Y)-bit input word, which includes an X-bit MSB subword and a Y-bit LSB subword, into a current signal. The DAC has an X-bit voltage DAC section and a Y-bit current DAC section. The X-bit voltage DA... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7514333 | CMOS power sensor A CMOS power sensor is disclosed in the present invention. The CMOS power sensor includes a current coil, a high voltage device circuit, and a Hall device. The current coil is fabricated during the process steps of forming gold bumps of a CMOS device. One end of the... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501862 | Comparator with low offset voltage A differential comparator is provided. The comparator receiving two differential signals and generating a comparison result represented by an output signal on one of two output terminals respectively on two current paths. The comparator comprises two pairs of latch ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498751 | High efficiency and low cost cold cathode fluorescent lamp driving apparatus for LCD backlight The invention is a driving apparatus and circuit for efficiently converting a direct current (DC) signal into an alternating current (AC) signal to drive a fluorescent lamp. A semi class E configuration which utilizes only one transistor is employed in the invention... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492344 | Temperature sensor for liquid crystal display device A temperature sensing apparatus for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The apparatus can measure the device temperature without the existence of a conventional PN junction. The temperature sensing apparatus comprises at least one thin-film transistor (TFT... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7473459 | Method of manufacturing a film printed circuit board A method of manufacturing a film printed circuit board is provided. A film substrate consisting of a polyimide substrate, an alloy layer and a first copper layer is provided. A first lithographic and etching process is performed to pattern the copper layer and the a... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7400174 | Current mode interface receiver with process insensitive common mode current extraction and the method A data communication system comprises a transmitter and a receiver. A plurality of current mode drivers at the transmitter are used to transmit clock and data signals to the receiver. A plurality of current mode sinks at the receiver are used to receive the transmit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394503 | Motion detection circuit and method Successive video signals of a first frame and a second frame are received. A signal difference between the video signals is determined and filtered to obtain a luminance difference. A signal sum of the video signals is determined and filtered to obtain a luminance s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7358790 | High performance level shift circuit with low input voltage A level shift circuit adds two NMOS transistors or two PMOS transistors between the NMOS transistors and PMOS transistors at the VP-side and the VN-side and connects the gates of the added transistors to the two output terminals. By this architecture, the level shif... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7327297 | Source driver of liquid crystal display and the driving method A source driver has many channels, and each channel has a DAC, a clamp circuit and a fine tune circuit. The DAC selects a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage from a plurality of gamma voltages according to (N−1) most significant bits of an N-bit... | 02/05/2008 |
