Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device includes one unit circuit provided corresponding to an intersection between one scanning line and one data line, another unit circuit provided corresponding to an intersection between the one scanning line and another data line or an intersection between another scanning line and the one data line or an intersection between another scanning line and another data line, and an electro-optical element configured to be driven by using the one unit circuit or the another unit circuit.
1. An electro-optical device comprising:
a first scanning line;
a second scanning line that is separate from the first scanning line;
a first data line;
a second data line that is separate from the first data line;
a first unit circuit provided corresponding to an intersection between the first scanning line and the first data line;
a second unit circuit provided corresponding to any one of an intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line, an intersection between the second scanning line and the first data line, and an intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line; and
an electro-optical element disposed corresponding to the first unit circuit and the second unit circuit, wherein
the first unit circuit is configured to drive the electro-optical element, and
the second unit circuit is configured to drive the electro-optical element in place of the first unit circuit.
2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving circuit, wherein
the second unit circuit is provided corresponding to the intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line and
the driving circuit enables one of the first data line and the second data line and disenables the other one of the first data line and the second data line.
3. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 , wherein
the driving circuit supplies the other one of the first data line and the second data line with a signal of a level causing the electro-optical element to display black.
4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving circuit, wherein
the second unit circuit is provided corresponding to the intersection between the second scanning line and the first data line.
5. The electro-optical device according to claim 4 , wherein
the driving circuit enables one of the first scanning line and the second scanning line and disenables the other one of the first scanning line and the second scanning line.
6. The electro-optical device according to claim 4 , wherein
the first unit circuit includes a first drive transistor and a first light-emission control transistor,
the first drive transistor is configured to control a current flowing in the electro-optical element,
the first light-emission control transistor is coupled in series to the first drive transistor and the electro-optical element,
the second unit circuit includes a second drive transistor and a second light-emission control transistor,
the second drive transistor is configured to control a current flowing in the electro-optical element,
the second light-emission control transistor is coupled in series to the second drive transistor and the electro-optical element, and
the driving circuit turns on one of the first light-emission control transistor and the second light-emission control transistor and turns off the other one of the first light-emission control transistor and the second light-emission control transistor.
7. The electro-optical device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a third unit circuit provided corresponding to the intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line, and
a fourth unit circuit provided corresponding to the intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line, wherein
the driving circuit is configured to
enable one of the first scanning line and the second scanning line, and one of the first data line and the second data line,
disenable the other one of the first scanning line and the second scanning line, and the other one of the first data line and the second data line, and
drive the electro-optical element by using any one of the first unit circuit, the second unit circuit, the third unit circuit, and the fourth unit circuit.
8. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .
9. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein
for an entire period of driving period of driving the electro-optical element in a single frame, only one of the first and second scanning lines is enabled, and only one of the first and second data lines is enabled.
10. An electro-optical device comprising:
a plurality of scanning lines including:
a first scanning line; and
a second scanning line that is separate from the first scanning line;
a plurality of data lines including:
a first data line; and
a second data line that is separate from the first data line;
a plurality of unit circuits including a first unit circuit and a second unit circuit and provided corresponding to intersections between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines; and
a plurality of electro-optical elements including a first electro-optical element, wherein
the first unit circuit is provided corresponding to an intersection between the first scanning line and the first data line,
the second unit circuit is provided corresponding to any one of an intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line, an intersection between the second scanning line and the first data line, and an intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line,
the first unit circuit is configured to drive the first electro-optical element, and
the second unit circuit is configured to drive the first electro-optical element in place of the first unit circuit.
11. The electro-optical device according to claim 10 , wherein
the number of the plurality of scanning lines is m, m being an integer of 3 or greater,
the number of the plurality of data lines is n, n being an integer of 3 or greater,
the plurality of unit circuits are arranged in m rows and n columns corresponding to intersections between the m scanning lines and the n data lines, and
the plurality of electro-optical elements are arranged in M rows and N columns, where M<m and M is an integer of 2 or greater, and where N<n and N is an integer of 2 or greater.
12. The electro-optical device according to claim 10 , wherein
in the plurality of electro-optical elements, density of the electro-optical elements arranged in a first region is lower than density of the electro-optical elements arranged in a second region.
13. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 10 .
14. The electro-optical device according to claim 10 , wherein
for an entire period of driving period of driving the electro-optical element in a single frame, only one of the first and second scanning lines is enabled, and only one of the first and second data lines is enabled.
15. An electro-optical device comprising:
a first scanning line;
a second scanning line that is separate from the first scanning line;
a first data line;
a second data line that is separate from the first data line;
a first unit circuit provided corresponding to an intersection between the first scanning line and the first data line;
a second unit circuit provided corresponding to any one of an intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line, an intersection between the second scanning line and the first data line, and an intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line; and
an electro-optical element, wherein
the electro-optical device is driven by using any one of the first unit circuit and the second unit circuit.
16. The electro-optical device according to claim 15 , wherein
the second unit circuit is provided corresponding to the intersection between the first scanning line and the second data line or the intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line,
when a defect occurs in the first data line, the electro-optical elements are driven by using the second unit circuit, and
the first data line is supplied with a signal of a level causing the electro-optical element to display black.
17. The electro-optical device according to claim 15 , wherein
the second unit circuit is provided corresponding to the intersection between the second scanning line and the first data line, or the intersection between the second scanning line and the second data line, and
when, of the first unit circuit and the second unit circuit, the first unit circuit is used and the second unit circuit is not used, the first scanning line is enabled and the second scanning line is disenabled.
18. The electro-optical device according to claim 15 , wherein
the first unit circuit includes a first drive transistor and a first light-emission control transistor,
the first drive transistor is configured to control a current flowing in the electro-optical element,
the first light-emission control transistor is coupled in series to the first drive transistor and the first electro-optical element,
the second unit circuit includes a second drive transistor and a second light-emission control transistor,
the second drive transistor is configured to control a current flowing in the electro-optical element,
the second light-emission control transistor is coupled in series to the second drive transistor and the first electro-optical element,
one of the first light-emission control transistor and the second light-emission control transistor is turned on and the other one of the first light-emission control transistor and the second light-emission control transistor is turned off, and
any one of the first unit circuit and the second unit circuit drives the electro-optical element.
19. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 15 .
20. The electro-optical device according to claim 15 , wherein
for an entire period of driving period of driving the electro-optical element in a single frame, only one of the first and second scanning lines is enabled, and only one of the first and second data lines is enabled.