Patent ID: 8879229

Claim:
A display panel driver circuit, comprising: a plurality of drivers, which are adapted for cooperatively driving a display panel, and each of which is operable under a protection mode so as to protect the display panel from damaging due to overheat; and an overheat protection device which includes: a plurality of protection circuits, each of which is electrically connected to a respective one of said drivers and controls the respective one of said drivers to operate under the protection mode in response to receipt of an enable signal; an interface circuit which is electrically connected to each of said protection circuits and transmits the enable signal to each of said protection circuits in response to receipt of a warning signal; and a plurality of temperature detection circuits, each of which is electrically connected to said interface circuit, is able to detect a temperature associated with a respective one of said drivers, and is able to output the warning signal to said interface circuit based on the temperature thus detected.