IP Library Granted Patent US 8,013,850
Granted Patent B2
US 8,013,850 · App. 11/882,950 · Granted Sep 6, 2011

Electrooptic device, driving circuit, and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,013,850
App. No.
11/882,950
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving circuit of an electrooptic device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; first and second capacitor lines; a common electrode; pixels; a scanning-line driving circuit; a capacitor-line driving circuit; and a data-line driving circuit. The pixels each include: a pixel switching element; a pixel capacitor disposed between the pixel switching element and the common electrode; and a storage capacitor. When the one scanning line is selected, the capacitor-line driving circuit shifts the voltage of a first (or second) capacitor line corresponding to one scanning line to one of higher and lower levels from a predetermined voltage by a predetermined value, and holds the predetermined voltage after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again.

Claims (56)

1. A driving circuit of an electrooptic device, comprising:

a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines;

first and second capacitor lines corresponding to each of the plurality of scanning lines;

a common electrode;

pixels corresponding to the intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, the pixels each including:

a pixel switching element connected at one end to a data line corresponding to the element itself, and brought into conduction when a scanning line corresponding to the element itself is selected;

a pixel capacitor disposed between the pixel switching element and the common electrode; and

a storage capacitor disposed between one end of the pixel capacitor and one of the first and second capacitor lines corresponding to the scanning line;

a scanning-line driving circuit that selects the scanning lines in a predetermined order;

a capacitor-line driving circuit,

when the one scanning line is selected, shifts the voltage of a first capacitor line corresponding to one scanning line to one of higher and lower levels from a predetermined voltage by a predetermined value, and holds the predetermined voltage after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again; and

when the one scanning line is selected, shifts the voltage of a second capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to the other one of higher and lower levels from the predetermined voltage by the predetermined value, and holds the predetermined voltage after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again;

a data-line driving circuit that applies a data signal to pixels corresponding to a selected scanning line via a data line, the data signal having a voltage corresponding to the gray level of the pixels corresponding to the selected scanning line,

wherein when the one scanning line is selected, the capacitor- line driving circuit

connects the first capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to one of a first feed line that feeds a first capacitance signal and a second feed line that feeds a second capacitance signal;

connects the second capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to the other one of the first feed line and the second feed line; and

connects the first capacitor line and the second capacitor line to a third feed line after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again,

wherein the capacitor-line driving circuit comprises:

first to sixth transistors corresponding to each row, wherein

the gate electrode of the first transistor corresponding to each of the first and second capacitor lines is connected to a scanning line corresponding to the one scanning line, and the source electrode of the first transistor is connected to one of the first and second feed lines;

the gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the scanning line corresponding to the one scanning line, and the source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the other one of the first and second feed lines;

the source electrodes of the third and fourth transistors are connected to the third feed line;

the gate electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the scanning line corresponding to the one capacitor line, and the source electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to an off-voltage feed line that feeds off-voltage for turning off the third and fourth transistors;

the gate electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to a scanning line apart from the scanning line corresponding to the one capacitor line by a predetermined lines, and the source electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to an on-voltage feed line that feeds on-voltage for turning on the third and fourth transistors; and

the drain electrodes of the first and third transistors are connected to the first capacitor line corresponding to the line, the drain electrodes of the second and fourth transistors are connected to the second capacitor line corresponding to the line, and the drain electrodes of the fifth and sixth transistors are connected to the gate electrodes of the third and fourth transistors.

2. The driving circuit of an electrooptic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

in the pixels corresponding to the plurality of scanning lines,

storage capacitors corresponding odd-numbered columns are each disposed between one end of a pixel capacitor corresponding to the pixel itself and the first capacitor line; and

storage capacitors corresponding to even-numbered columns are each disposed between one end of a pixel capacitor corresponding to the pixel itself and the second capacitor line.

3. An electrooptic device comprising:

a plurality of scanning lines;

a plurality of data lines;

first and second capacitor lines corresponding to each of the plurality of scanning lines;

a common electrode;

pixels corresponding to the intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, the pixels each including:

a pixel switching element connected at one end to a data line corresponding to the element itself, and brought into conduction when a scanning line corresponding to the element itself is selected;

a pixel capacitor disposed between the pixel switching element and the common electrode; and

a storage capacitor disposed between one end of the pixel capacitor and one of the first and second capacitor lines corresponding to the scanning line;

a scanning-line driving circuit that selects the scanning lines in a predetermined order;

a capacitor-line driving circuit,

when the one scanning line is selected, shifts the voltage of a first capacitor line corresponding to one scanning line to one of higher and lower levels from a predetermined voltage by a predetermined value, and holds the predetermined voltage after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again; and

when the one scanning line is selected, shifts the voltage of a second capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to the other one of higher and lower level is from the predetermined voltage by the predetermined value, and holds the predetermined voltage after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again;

a data-line driving circuit that applies a data signal to pixels corresponding to a selected scanning line via a data line, the data signal having a voltage corresponding to the gray level of the pixels corresponding to the selected scanning line,

wherein when the one scanning line is selected, the capacitor- line driving circuit

connects the first capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to one of a first feed line that feeds a first capacitance signal and a second feed line that feeds a second capacitance signal;

connects the second capacitor line corresponding to the one scanning line to the other one of the first feed line and the second feed line; and

connects the first capacitor line and the second capacitor line to a third feed line after a scanning line apart from the one scanning line by a predetermined number of lines is selected until the one scanning line is selected again,

wherein the capacitor-line driving circuit comprises:

first to sixth transistors corresponding to each row, wherein

the gate electrode of the first transistor corresponding to each of the first and second capacitor lines is connected to a scanning line corresponding to the one scanning line, and the source electrode of the first transistor is connected to one of the first and second feed lines;

the gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the scanning line corresponding to the one scanning line, and the source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the other one of the first and second feed lines;

the source electrodes of the third and fourth transistors are connected to the third feed line;

the gate electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the scanning line corresponding to the one capacitor line, and the source electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to an off-voltage feed line that feeds off-voltage for turning off the third and fourth transistors;

the gate electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to a scanning line apart from the scanning line corresponding to the one capacitor line by a predetermined lines, and the source electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to an on-voltage feed line that feeds on-voltage for turning on the third and fourth transistors; and

the drain electrodes of the first and third transistors are connected to the first capacitor line corresponding to the line, the drain electrodes of the second and fourth transistors are connected to the second capacitor line corresponding to the line, and the drain electrodes of the fifth and sixth transistors are connected to the gate electrodes of the third and fourth transistors.

4. An electronic device comprising the electrooptic device according to claim 3 .

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071935/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031377/0942 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2010
From: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024500/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2007
From: YAMAZAKI, KATSUNORI
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019711/0388 →