IP Library Granted Patent US 8,018,415
Granted Patent B2
US 8,018,415 · App. 11/979,481 · Granted Sep 13, 2011

Display device and electronic equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,018,415
App. No.
11/979,481
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix state and a drive circuit selecting respective pixels in the display unit by each row and giving additional potential to pixel electrodes of the pixels by using coupling, in which the drive circuit has a function of allowing the reverse polarity of potential added to pixel electrodes to be a potential which can add suitable voltage to additional potential lines in a frame before adding the additional potential.

Claims (46)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix state; and

a drive circuit selecting respective pixels in the display unit by each row and giving additional potential to pixel electrodes of the pixels by using coupling, and

wherein the drive circuit is configured to cause the reverse polarity of potential added to pixel electrodes to be a potential which can add suitable voltage to additional potential lines in a frame before adding the additional potential;

scanning lines, auxiliary lines as additional potential line and signal lines arranged according to a matrix arrangement of pixels, and

wherein each pixel includes

a pixel cell,

a switching element connecting the signal line to the pixel electrode of the pixel cell selectively according to the level of the scanning line, and

a storage capacitor in which one electrode is connected to the pixel electrode and the other electrode is connected to the corresponding auxiliary line, and

wherein the drive circuit outputs a target potential having reverse polarity to the scanning lines and the auxiliary lines at the predetermined timing.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drive circuit includes

a scanner unit having a function of generating a first pulse and a second pulse,

a latch unit having a latch latching a polarity pulse at the second-pulse timing and an inversion transfer unit inverting the level of the polarity pulse at the first-pulse timing and inputting the pulse to the latch.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the drive circuit includes

a scanner unit having a function of generating a first pulse and a second pulse, and

a latch unit having a first latch latching a polarity pulse at the first-pulse timing, a second latch latching the latch signal of the first latch at the second-pulse timing and an inversion transfer unit inverting the level of the latch signal of the first latch at the first-pulse timing and inputting the signal to the second latch.

4. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the scanner unit has a function of performing scanning operation again when being reset at the time of switching display.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the latch unit charges the auxiliary line to the target potential when being reset.

6. An electronic equipment, comprising:

a display device and

wherein the display device includes

a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix state, and

a drive circuit selecting respective pixels in the display unit by each row and giving additional potential to pixel electrodes of the pixels by using coupling, and

wherein the drive circuit has a function of allowing the reverse polarity of potential added to pixel electrodes to be a potential which can add suitable voltage to additional potential lines in a frame before adding the additional potential;

scanning lines, auxiliary lines as additional potential line and signal lines arranged according to a matrix arrangement of pixels, and

wherein each pixel includes

a pixel cell,

a switching element connecting the signal line to the pixel electrode of the pixel cell selectively according to the level of the scanning line, and

a storage capacitor in which one electrode is connected to the pixel electrode and the other electrode is connected to the corresponding auxiliary line, and

wherein the drive circuit outputs a target potential having reverse polarity to the scanning lines and the auxiliary lines at the predetermined timing.

7. The electronic equipment according to claim 6 ,

wherein the drive circuit includes

a scanner unit having a function of generating a first pulse and a second pulse,

a latch unit having a latch latching a polarity pulse at the second-pulse timing and an inversion transfer unit inverting the level of the polarity pulse at the first-pulse timing and inputting the pulse to the latch.

8. The electronic equipment according to claim 7 ,

wherein the drive circuit includes

a scanner unit having a function of generating a first pulse and a second pulse, and

a latch unit having a first latch latching a polarity pulse at the first-pulse timing, a second latch latching the latch signal of the first latch at the second-pulse timing and an inversion transfer unit inverting the level of the latch signal of the first latch at the first-pulse timing and inputting the signal to the second latch.

9. The electronic equipment according to claim 7 ,

wherein the scanner unit has a function of performing scanning operation again when being reset at the time of switching display.

10. The electronic equipment according to claim 9 ,

wherein the latch unit charges the auxiliary line to the target potential when being reset.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036985/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031377/0874 →