IP Library Granted Patent US 8,749,468
Granted Patent B2
US 8,749,468 · App. 12/717,991 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Scanner, electro-optical panel, electro-optical display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,749,468
App. No.
12/717,991
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scanner includes a plurality of unit circuits configured with transistors of a same conductivity type. In the scanner, the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes an output transistor that selectively outputs, to an output terminal of the unit circuit, a signal given from an outside. A gate electrode of the output transistor is connected to one end of a voltage limiting transistor, and a gate electrode of the voltage limiting transistor is supplied with a first power supply potential.

Claims (23)

1. A scanner comprising:

a plurality of unit circuits configured with transistors of a same conductivity type,

wherein the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes an output transistor that selectively outputs, to an output terminal of the unit circuit, a signal given from

an outside,

a gate electrode of the output transistor is connected to one end of a voltage limiting transistor, and

a gate electrode of the voltage limiting transistor is supplied with a first power supply potential, and

wherein the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes a cutoff switch that turns to a conductive state by an output signal from another unit circuit and writes a second power supply potential into the gate electrode of the output transistor to cut off the output transistor, and

the cutoff switch is connected to an end of the voltage limiting transistor, the end being other than the one end thereof.

2. The scanner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes a control switch that turns to a conductive state at timing when the output transistor turns to a conductive state and writes a second power supply potential into one end thereof, and

the control switch is connected to an end of the voltage limiting transistor, the end being other than the one end thereof.

3. The scanner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes a reset switch that writes a second power supply potential into the gate electrode of the output transistor at least immediately after a power supply is turned on, and

the reset switch is connected to an end of the voltage limiting transistor, the end being other than the one end thereof.

4. An electro-optical panel comprising:

the scanner according to claim 1 ;

a plurality of scan lines; and

a plurality of pixel switching elements which are connected to the plurality of scan lines and are arranged in a matrix fashion,

wherein the output terminals of the plurality of unit circuits which constitute the scanner are connected to the plurality of scan lines.

5. An electro-optical display device comprising:

the electro-optical panel according to claim 4 .

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electro-optical display device according to claim 5 .

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 Apr 9, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030182/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024681/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2010
From: KOBASHI, YUTAKA
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024033/0006 →