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Shift register circuit, driving circuit for an electrooptical device, electrooptical device, and electronic apparatus

US6670944B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 1999
Grant dateDec 30, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/0289
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driving circuit for driving an electrooptical device is provided and may include a shift register circuit including a plurality of stages of unit circuits connected in a cascaded fashion for shifting a transfer start pulse from one stage to another in response to clock signals with a large logic swing, and level shifters each coupled with one or more stages of unit circuits of the shift register circuit. The level shifters serve to convert a clock signal and an inverted clock signal with a small logic swing to clock signals with the large logic swing and supply the resultant clock signals to the corresponding one or more stages of unit circuits, thereby allowing a reduction in power consumption due to the capacitance associated with lines used to supply signals with the large logic swing.

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