Driver for display panel and image display apparatus

1. A driver for driving a plurality of pixel circuits each including a light emitting element, the driver comprising:

a plurality of input pads arranged along a first line; and

a plurality of pad sets corresponding respectively to the pixel circuits, each pad set including a plurality of control pads and at least one power source pad having a larger area than the control pad, an order of arrangement of the control pads and the power source pad being the same in each pad set, the control pads being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit to supply control signals for controlling a corresponding light emitting element to the corresponding pixel circuit, the power source pad being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit for supplying power to the corresponding pixel circuit to drive a corresponding light emitting element, the pad sets being arranged so that the respective control pads and the respective power source pads are symmetrically arranged along a second line adjacent to and parallel to the first line.

2. The driver according to claim 1 , wherein all the pads are arranged in a symmetrical design with respect to a direction along the second line of pads set as a whole.

3. The driver according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the control pads is equal to or larger than a number of the power source pads.

4. A driver for driving a plurality of pixel circuits each including a light emitting element, the driver comprising:

a plurality of input pads arranged along a first line;

a plurality of pad sets corresponding respectively to the pixel circuits, each pad set including a plurality of control pads and at least one power source pad having a larger area than the control pad, an order of arrangement of the control pads and the power source pad being the same in each pad set, the control pads being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit to supply control signals for controlling a corresponding light emitting element to the corresponding pixel circuit, the power source pad being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit for supplying power to the corresponding pixel circuit to drive a corresponding light emitting element, the pad sets being arranged so that the respective control pads and the respective power source pads are arranged symmetrically along a second line adjacent to and parallel to the first line; and

a plurality of spare control pads each having a same shape as the control pad, the spare control pads being arranged along the second line after the end of the pad sets.

5. The driver according to claim 4 , wherein all the pads included in the and the spare control pads are arranged in a symmetrical design with respect to a direction along the second line of pads as a whole.

6. The driver according to claim 4 , wherein a number of the control pads is larger than a number of the power source pads.

7. The driver according to claim 4 , wherein the number of the spare control pads is the same as the number of the control pads in each pad set.

8. The driver according to claim 4 , wherein the control pad and the spare control pad have a flip flop circuit each corresponds to a pad and connected in series.

9. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display panel which includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, each of the pixel circuits including a light emitting element; and

first and second drivers for driving the pixel circuits, the drivers being arranged respectively on two opposite sides of the display panel, wherein

each of the drivers includes

a plurality of pad sets corresponding respectively to the pixel circuits, each pad set including a plurality of control pads and at least one power source pad, an order of arrangement of the control pads and the power source pad being the same in each pad set, the control pads being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit to supply control signals for controlling a corresponding light emitting element to the corresponding pixel circuit, the power source pad being connected to a corresponding pixel circuit for supplying power to the corresponding pixel circuit to drive a corresponding light emitting element, the pad sets being arranged so that the respective control pads and the respective power source pads are arranged along a line, wherein

the pad sets of the first driver are associated with those of the second driver, respectively, so that a pair of pad sets is provided to control a same pixel circuit, each pixel circuit being connected to a pair of power source pads of a corresponding pair of pad sets, each pixel circuit being connected to one of a pair of control pads in respective pairs of control pads of a corresponding pair of pad sets so that at least one control pad of the first driver and at least one control pad of the second driver are connected to the corresponding pixel circuit.

10. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein all the pads are arranged in a symmetrical design with respect to a direction along the line as a whole.

11. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein each of the power source pads has a larger area than the control pad.

12. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein each of the drivers further includes:

a plurality of spare control pads each having a same shape as the control pad, the spare control pads being arranged along the line after the end of the pad sets.

13. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the control signals includes one of a selection signal and a reset signal.

14. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the drivers have a substantially same circuit design.

15. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the light emitting element is an organic light emitting diode.