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Display device and driving method thereof

US6873320B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateSep 5, 2001
Grant dateMar 29, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2330/021
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device which can reduce power consumption and can be miniaturized. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a pixel array portion, an address decoder, a display memory (VRAM), and a VRAM controller, and transmits/receives a signal to/from a CPU and a peripheral circuit through a system bus. The pixel array portion has an area gradation pixel structure in which each pixel is composed of a plurality of one-bit memories. The entire pixel array portion is divided into pixel blocks each of which consists of a plurality of pixels, and the one-bit memory is rewritten in units of block. The one-bit memory has a double-word line structure.

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