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Organic EL drive circuit and organic EL display device using the same

US6992647B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2003
Grant dateJan 31, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/745
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input side drive current of a D/A converter circuit is controlled by a switch circuit connected in series with at least one of a plurality of input side transistors connected in parallel to form a current mirror connection. By turning the switch circuit from ON to OFF, a constant current flowing through the input side transistor, which is turned OFF by the switch circuit, is distributed to the remaining input side transistors, resulting in a large D/A converted current in a current mirror connected output side transistor. Thus, it is possible to correspondingly reduce a value of a display data, so that the number of bit positions of the D/A converter circuit can be reduced by 1 or more.

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