Electro-optical apparatus and electronics device
View Patent ↗Pairs of a TFT and a pixel electrode, the number of which is (m×n), are provided. The TFT has a gate electrode connected to a scanning line, a source electrode connected to a data line, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrodes are arrayed in a matrix of m rows and n columns. Each of the pixel electrodes on any column is alternately electrically connected to either of two adjacent data lines via the TFT.
1. An electro-optical apparatus comprising:
a parallax barrier which includes apertures each enabling any unit pixel to be viewed in each of at least two directions,
a plurality of scanning lines,
a plurality of data lines,
a plurality of pixel electrodes which are provided at intersection points of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, and which are arrayed in a matrix shape, and
a plurality of transistors provided so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of pixel electrodes,
wherein
each of the plurality of transistors, which corresponds to the unit pixel and is allocated between a first data line of the plurality of data lines and a second data line of the plurality of data lines, the second data line being located adjacent the first data line, is alternately and electrically connected to either the first data line or the second data line in a direction in which the plurality of data lines extend such that a first plurality of pixel electrodes positioned between the first data line and the second data line are each directly electrically connected to the first data line by a corresponding one of the plurality of transistors and are not directly electrically connected to the second data line, and such that a second plurality of pixel electrodes positioned between the first data line and the second data line are each directly electrically connected to the second data line by a corresponding one of the plurality of transistors and are not directly electrically connected to the first data line,
a first polarity of a signal supplied to a first pixel electrode through the first data line during a first selection period is inverse to a second polarity of a signal supplied to a second pixel electrode through the first data line during a second selection period subsequent to the first selection period, the first selection period being a period of time during which a first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal and the second selection period being a period of time immediately subsequent to the first selection period during which a second scanning line adjacent to the first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal,
a third polarity of a signal supplied to a third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first selection period is inverse to a fourth polarity of a signal supplied to a fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second selection period,
the first polarity of the signal supplied to the first pixel electrode through the first data line during the first selection period is inverse to the third polarity of the signal supplied to the third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first selection period and the second polarity of the signal supplied to the second pixel electrode through the first data line during the second selection period is inverse to the fourth polarity of the signal supplied to the fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second selection period,
the parallax barrier enables k image views to be viewed, k being a natural number more than or equal to “2,”
in each of the k image views, any unit group of pixels, which forms a matrix of k rows and k columns, is configured to include one pixel in each of the k rows and one pixel in each of the k columns,
the first pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a first direction in which the plurality of scanning lines extend,
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the fourth pixel electrode along the first direction, and
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a second direction in which the plurality of data lines extend.
2. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the unit pixel is configured to include m pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes, m being a natural number more than or equal to “1”.
3. An electronics device comprising the electro-optical apparatus according claim 1 .
4. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one aperture is defined in the parallax barrier for each three or more of the plurality of pixel electrodes.
5. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein polarities of a plurality of pixel electrodes which are positioned between the first data line and the second data line are the same.
6. An electro-optical apparatus comprising:
a parallax barrier which includes apertures each enabling any unit pixel to be viewed in each of at least two directions;
a plurality of scanning lines;
a plurality of data lines;
a plurality of pixel electrodes which are provided at intersection points of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, and which are arrayed in a matrix shape, and a plurality of transistors provided so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of pixel electrodes;
a first unit of pixels configured of at least three pixels arrayed along the data lines; and
a second unit of pixels configured of at least three pixels arrayed along the data lines,
wherein
the first unit of pixels is located adjacent the second unit of pixels,
wherein the first unit of pixels and the second unit of pixels are allocated between a first data line of the plurality of data lines and a second data line of the plurality of data lines, the second data line being located adjacent the first data line, and all of transistors of the first unit of pixels are directly electrically connected to the first data line,
wherein all of transistors of the second unit of pixels are directly electrically connected to the second data line,
a first polarity of a signal supplied to a first pixel electrode through the first data line during a first selection period is inverse to a second polarity of a signal supplied to a second pixel electrode through the first data line during a second selection period subsequent to the first selection period, the first selection period being a period of time during which a first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal and the second selection period being a period of time immediately subsequent to the first selection period during which a second scanning line adjacent to the first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal,
a third polarity of a signal supplied to a third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first selection period is inverse to a fourth polarity of a signal supplied to a fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second selection period,
the first polarity of the signal supplied to the first pixel electrode through the first data line during the first selection period is inverse to the third polarity of the signal supplied to the third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first selection period and the second polarity of the signal supplied to the second pixel electrode through the first data line during the second selection period is inverse to the fourth polarity of the signal supplied to the fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second selection period,
the parallax barrier enables k image views to be viewed, k being a natural number more than or equal to “2,”
in each of the k image views, any unit group of pixels, which forms a matrix of k rows and k columns, is configured to include one pixel in each of the k rows and one pixel in each of the k columns,
the first pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a first direction in which the plurality of scanning lines extend,
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the fourth pixel electrode along the first direction, and
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a second direction in which the plurality of data lines extend.
7. An electro-optical apparatus comprising:
a first data line;
a second data line which is located adjacent the first data line;
a first unit of pixels which is allocated between the first data line and the second data line;
a second unit of pixels which is allocated between the first data line and the second data line and located adjacent the first unit of pixels in a direction along the first data line;
a parallax barrier which includes apertures each enabling the first unit of pixels and the second unit of pixels to be viewed in two different directions,
wherein
all transistors of the first unit of pixels are directly electrically connected to the first data line and all transistors of the second unit of pixels are directly electrically connected to the second data line,
a first polarity of a signal supplied to a first pixel electrode through the first data line during a first period is inverse to a second polarity of a signal supplied to a second pixel electrode through the first data line during a second period subsequent to the first period, the first period being a period of time during which a first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal and the second period being a period of time immediately subsequent to the first period during which a second scanning line adjacent to the first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal,
a third polarity of a signal supplied to a third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first period is inverse to a fourth polarity of a signal supplied to a fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second period,
the first polarity of the signal supplied to the first pixel electrode through the first data line during the first period is inverse to the third polarity of the signal supplied to the third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first period and the second polarity of the signal supplied to the second pixel electrode through the first data line during the second period is inverse to the fourth polarity of the signal supplied to the fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second period,
the parallax barrier enables k image views to be viewed, k being a natural number more than or equal to “2,”
in each of the k image views, any unit group of pixels, which forms a matrix of k rows and k columns, is configured to include one pixel in each of the k rows and one pixel in each of the k columns,
the first pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a first direction in which the plurality of scanning lines extend,
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the fourth pixel electrode along the first direction, and
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a second direction in which the plurality of data lines extend.
8. An electro-optical apparatus comprising:
a first data line;
a second data line which is located adjacent the first data line;
a first pixel which is allocated between the first data line and the second data line;
a second pixel which is allocated between the first data line and the second data line, and located adjacent the first pixel in a direction along the first data line;
a parallax barrier which includes apertures each enabling the first pixel and the second pixel to be viewed in two different directions,
wherein
a transistor of the first pixel is directly electrically connected to the first data line and a transistor of the second pixel is directly electrically connected to the second data line,
a first polarity of a signal supplied to a first pixel electrode through the first data line during a first period is inverse to a second polarity of a signal supplied to a second pixel electrode through the first data line during a second period subsequent to the first period, the first period being a period of time during which a first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal and the second period being a period of time immediately subsequent to the first period during which a second scanning line adjacent to the first scanning line is supplied with a scanning signal,
a third polarity of a signal supplied to a third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first period is inverse to a fourth polarity of a signal supplied to a fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second period,
the first polarity of the signal supplied to the first pixel electrode through the first data line during the first period is inverse to the third polarity of the signal supplied to the third pixel electrode through the second data line during the first period and the second polarity of the signal supplied to the second pixel electrode through the first data line during the second period is inverse to the fourth polarity of the signal supplied to the fourth pixel electrode through the second data line during the second period,
the parallax barrier enables k image views to be viewed, k being a natural number more than or equal to “2,”
in each of the k image views, any unit group of pixels, which forms a matrix of k rows and k columns, is configured to include one pixel in each of the k rows and one pixel in each of the k columns,
the first pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a first direction in which the plurality of scanning lines extend,
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the fourth pixel electrode along the first direction, and
the second pixel electrode is disposed adjacent to the third pixel electrode along a second direction in which the plurality of data lines extend.