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Electro-optical device

US6475845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 2001
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 26, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K2102/3026
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize a numerical aperture higher than that of a pixel having a conventional construction by using a pixel circuit having a novel construction in an electro-optical device. Therefore, it is utilized that the electric potential of a gate signal line in a row except for an i-th row is set to a constant electric potential in a period except for when a gate signal line (106) in the i-th row is selected. A gate signal line 111 in an (i−1)-th row is also used as an electric current supply line for an EL element (103) controlled by the gate signal line (106) in the i-th row. Thus, wiring number is reduced and high numerical aperture is realized.

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