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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144485 | Direct current voltage conversion circuit A DC voltage conversion circuit (20) of the present disclosure includes a power supply (21), a first output (27), a second output (26), a transformer (22), a first voltage-regulating circuit (25), a second voltage regulating... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144285 | Liquid crystal display device An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate, and blocks. The light guide plate includes a light emitting surface and cutouts. The blocks engage the cutouts, forming an accommodating space. The liquid crystal ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144112 | Backlight modulation circuit having rough and fine illumination signal processing circuit An exemplary backlight modulation circuit includes a backlight source, a backlight driving circuit, a rough modulation key, a fine modulation key, a scaler, and an illumination modulation signal processing circuit. The backlight driving circuit is configured for dri... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144110 | Liquid crystal display and backlight system with detection circuit for detecting connection state of power input An exemplary backlight system includes a power input circuit (21), a detection circuit (27), a control circuit (28), a light emitting diode driving circuit (25), and a light emitting diode array (26). The detection circuit is confi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8106901 | Power circuit and liquid crystal display device using same A power circuit includes a PWM circuit for generating a pulse wave, a first control signal and a second control signal, a switching mode voltage stabilizer circuit, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The PWM circuit includes a pulse wave pin, a fi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106879 | Backlight control circuit An exemplary backlight control circuit for changing a brightness of a light source includes a coarse adjusting circuit and a fine adjusting circuit. The coarse adjusting circuit is configured to coarsely adjust a DC voltage according to one received coarse adjusting... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106878 | Backlight modulation circuit and method thereof An exemplary backlight modulation circuit (2) includes a first modulation section (220), a second modulation section (221), and a backlight modulation section (240). The first modulation section is configured to generate a first backlight... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106871 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display (1) includes a liquid crystal panel (12) including a number of thin film transistors (123), a timing control circuit (16), a common voltage generating circuit (14) and a gamma circuit (13). The timin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106870 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof An exemplary liquid crystal display (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (301) receiving reference voltages; and a polarity resetting circuit (354) receiving display signals from external circuit and resetting the received display signals to at... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106869 | Liquid crystal display with coupling line for adjusting common voltage and driving method thereof An exemplary liquid crystal display includes parallel data lines, a data driver configured for driving the data lines, a coupling line crossing the data lines, a common electrode layer, and a common voltage generator configured for applying common voltages to the co... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106866 | Method for establishing gamma correction table for liquid crystal display An exemplary method for establishing a gamma correction table for a liquid crystal display includes: providing a liquid crystal display, a signal generator, and a color analyzer, the liquid crystal display comprising a predetermined gamma correction table; invalidat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106863 | Common voltage generating circuit having square wave generating unit and liquid crystal display using same A common voltage generating circuit includes a square wave generating unit, a diode, a NOT gate, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, and an output terminal. The square wave generating unit includes an output... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106762 | Electrical apparatus with an alarm system An electrical apparatus with an alarm includes an electrical device and an alarm system, the electrical device and the alarm system being both connected to an external power supply. The alarm system includes a wireless communication circuit and a control module. The... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106638 | Power control circuit with coupling circuit for controlling output power sequence and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary power control circuit (24) includes a scaler circuit (245) configured for outputting a control signal, a voltage converter (27) configured for converting a received voltage into a plurality of desired voltages, a first control unit ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106605 | Backlight control circuit An exemplary backlight control circuit includes a pulse width modulation integrated circuit (PWM IC) having a power input terminal, a power source capable of outputting an operation voltage, and a switching circuit connected between the power source and the PWM IC t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106603 | Backlight driving circuit A backlight driving circuit includes a light driving unit, which includes a constant current unit, and a light source operated by the constant current unit. The light driving unit further includes a feedback control unit and a detection circuit. The detection circui... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105093 | Socket assembly for fixing an IC on a circuit plate An exemplary socket assembly includes a circuit plate and a socket mounted on the circuit plate for fixing an IC. The socket includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The first fixing member includes installed portions, elastic connecting portions, ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8059433 | Power circuit and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary power circuit includes a first rectifying and filtering circuit, a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, an inverter circuit and a second rectifying and filtering circuit. The first rectifying and filtering circuit receives an AC voltage and transforms... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059079 | Liquid crystal display with periodical changed voltage difference between data voltage and common voltage and driving method thereof An exemplary liquid crystal display (20) includes a plurality of pixel units (240) each including a pixel electrode (26) and a common electrode (22), a data driving circuit (33) providing a plurality of data voltages to each pixel ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054738 | Touch panel, method for driving same, and display device using the same A touch panel includes a first conductive coating (23), a second conductive coating (24), a first wire (L1), a second wire (L2), a third wire (L3), a first switch element (233), and a second switch element (243). The ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054650 | Switching power supply circuit and driving method thereof A switching power supply circuit includes a direct current (DC) power supply input, a first transistor, a capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a switching circuit including a second transistor, and a first transformer including a first primary winding and... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054286 | Liquid crystal display capable of adjusting brightness of backlight thereof and method for driving same An exemplary liquid crystal display (20) includes a liquid crystal panel (27) having at least one pixel block, a source driver (26) configured to drive the at least one pixel block, a backlight module having at least one light source block, a ba... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054277 | Liquid crystal display having polarity analyzing unit for determining polarities pixels thereof A liquid crystal display (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (310) having a plurality of pixels P(i,j) arranged in a matrix, a brightness identification unit (343) configured for identifying a brightness of an image element to be di... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054263 | Liquid crystal display having discharging circuit An exemplary liquid crystal display (200) includes a liquid crystal panel, a gate driving circuit (210), and a data driving circuit (220). The liquid crystal panel includes a pixel array (230), a short-circuit test circuit (240), a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047480 | Flat panel display having height adjusting member An exemplary flat panel display (200) includes a display body (21) and a height adjusting member (23). The height adjusting member includes a supporting member (25) and a base (26). The supporting member includes a slider (30 | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045088 | Liquid crystal display device having metal shield with fixing unit and shielding unit An exemplary liquid crystal display device (20) includes a rear frame (25) including a plurality of first through holes (251) and a shield (24) including a back frame (241). The back frame includes a plurality of second through hol... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031290 | Liquid crystal display with accommodating frame having reflecting portion and light absorbing portion An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module facing the liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source and an accommodating frame accommodating the liquid crystal panel, the light... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8030574 | Flexible printed circuit A flexible printed circuit includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of first conductive wires, and a plurality of second conductive wires. The flexible substrate includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface. The first conductive wires are... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026883 | Liquid crystal display having gate delay compensator A liquid crystal display (400) includes a liquid crystal panel (430), a scanning driver (410), a data driver (420), and a compensator (440). The liquid crystal panel includes gate lines (401) parallel to each other, data lin... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023066 | One-piece backlight module and liquid crystal display device using same An exemplary one-piece backlight module (200) includes a brightness enhancement unit (240); and a light emitting unit (260) including a first electrode layer (261), a second electrode layer (264), and a light emitting layer (262... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018701 | Backlight control circuit with protecting circuit An exemplary backlight control circuit includes a load (250), an inverter circuit (230), a pulse width modulation integrated circuit (PWM IC) (210), a protecting circuit (270), and a feedback circuit (240). The load (250) in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018416 | Driving circuit with output control circuit and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary driving circuit (20) includes gate lines (201) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a first direction; first data lines (202) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a second direction substa... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013926 | Digital photo frame and method for controlling same An exemplary digital photo frame includes an image memory configured for storing a display image, a display device configured for reading and displaying the display image, an infrared sensor configured for detecting infrared light, generating a first detecting signa... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013543 | Backlight control circuit An exemplary backlight control circuit includes a transformer, a control circuit, a lamp. The control circuit and the transformer form an inverter circuit to providing an alternating current (AC) voltage for driving the lamp. When the backlight control circuit works... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999776 | Liquid crystal display having compensation circuit for reducing gate delay An exemplary liquid crystal display (400) includes a liquid crystal panel (430), a gate driving circuit (410), a data driving circuit (420), and a compensation circuit (440). The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of gate li... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999489 | Circuit for driving light sources using balanced feedback signal An exemplary circuit (200) for driving light sources (211, 212, 213, 214) includes feedback circuits (218, 228, 238, 248), a signal balance circuit, and a controller (250). Each feedback circuit corresponds to a light source and is config... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990492 | Liquid crystal display and display device with light source assembly An exemplary light source assembly includes a light guide plate, a printed circuit board facing the light guide plate, and at least two light emitting elements. The at least two light emitting elements are angled on the printed circuit board. Light emitted from the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990373 | Power supply circuit for liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device using the same An exemplary power supply circuit (200) for a liquid crystal display device (2) includes a switch control circuit (28) for receiving a control signal from an external control circuit, the control signal controlling the turning on or turning off ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986761 | Shift register and liquid crystal display device using same An exemplary shift register (20) includes shift register units (S1˜Sn). The shift register units receive a clock signal and an inverse clock signal and output a plurality of shift register signals in sequence. An output of previous adjacent one of the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983379 | Shift register and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary shift register (20) includes a plurality of shift register units (200). The shift register units receive a clock signal and an inverse clock signal and output a plurality of shift register signals in sequence. The outputs waveforms of pre-... | 07/19/2011 |
