Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry
Patent
1998-04-06
2000-04-04
Shalwala, Bipin
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
345 3, 345132, 345208, 345212, 345213, G09G 500
Patent
active
060467355
ABSTRACT:
A graphics controller uses spread-spectrum techniques to modulate the pixel clock over a range of frequencies, reducing the maximum intensity of EMI emissions. When the clock input to the graphics controller is replaced with a modulated clock, the image on a CRT is distorted. Distortion is avoided by only modulating the clock to the flat-panel LCD interface. The vertical and horizontal timing signals for both the CRT and the LCD are generated from the un-modulated clock. Using the un-modulated clock for these critical timing signals ensures that each horizontal line is displayed for the same period of time. Brighter and dimmer lines are thus avoided. A second embodiment modulates the clocks to the CRT and LCD, reducing emissions for both interfaces. Even the timing signals use the modulated clock. The frequency sweep of the modulated clock is reset at the end of every horizontal line. Thus all lines are displayed for the same period, although the transfer of pixels within a line are modulated. Even though the pixel clock is modulated while pixels are written to the displays, the same sequence of modulations is repeated for each line. Thus pixels from different lines are aligned and zig-zag and wiggle distortions seen when simple asynchronous modulation is applied to all clocks is avoided.
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Bassetti Chester F.
Dharmarajan Krishnan C.
Pimpalkhare Mangesh S.
Auvinen Stuart T.
Kovalick Vincent E.
NeoMagic Corp.
Shalwala Bipin
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