Patent · US Expired

Image display device, method of driving thereof, and electronic equipment

US6693616B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2001
Grant dateFeb 17, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/0297
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The surface area occupied by a digital type signal line driver circuit in an image display device is large, and this is an impediment to reducing the size of the display device. A memory circuit within a signal line driver circuit is made common among n signal lines (where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2). One horizontal scan period is divided into n divisions, and all signal lines can be driven by performing processing with respect to signal lines differing by memory circuit and D/A converter circuit, respectively, during the period of each division. It thus becomes possible to make 1/n as many memory circuits and D/A conversion circuits within the signal line driver circuit as in a conventional example.

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