Display monitor with a common display data channel

• Main Author: TSENG SHIH-HUA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.11.2009
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; SEALS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A display monitor for a common display data channel uses a DDC access switch to separate the common display data channel, so that regardless of whether the display monitor is powered on or off, a personal computer can access the Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) in the EEPROM, and the low-level voltage of an MCU in the display monitor won't interfere in the access between the personal computer and the EEPROM. When the power of the display monitor is turned on, the DDC access switch closes so that the MCU can access the EDID in the EEPROM.