Patent ID: 7688303

Claim:
A liquid crystal display controller for driving a liquid display panel to be coupled thereto, the liquid display panel having a plurality of first electrodes provided in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes provided in a second direction which crosses in the first direction, the liquid crystal display controller being enable to setting up a partial display area on the display panel by controlling a driving of ones of the plurality of second electrodes, the liquid crystal display controller comprising: an interface circuit coupled to receive signals provided from an outside of the liquid crystal display controller; a display RAM coupled to the interface circuit and storing display data to be displayed on the liquid display panel; an address counter providing addresses of the display RAM; a timing generation circuit; a first driver coupled to the timing generation circuit and providing signals for driving the plurality of the first electrodes; a second driver providing signals for driving the plurality of second electrodes in accordance with the display data read out from the display RAM; and a display position setting register coupled to the interface circuit and designating a position of the partial display area on the display panel, wherein the display position setting register is capable of being rewritten from the outside of the liquid crystal display controller via the interface circuit, wherein the first driver provides signals for driving ones of the plurality of first electrodes which are designated by the display position setting register, and the first driver provides a voltage of non-selection level to the other of the plurality of first electrodes which correspond to non-display area other than the partial display area in the liquid display panel.