IP Library Granted Patent US 8,054,264
Granted Patent B2
US 8,054,264 · App. 12/314,381 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

Display device

Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,054,264
App. No.
12/314,381
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a display device which can achieve the high breakdown voltage proof property, the enhancement of reliability or the expansion of the designing/process tolerance of transistors by the improvement of a circuit. A display device includes a plurality of pixels and a drive circuit which drives the plurality of pixels. The drive circuit includes a p-type first transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a first power source line to which a reference voltage V1 is applied, a p-type second transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode thereof connected to an output terminal thereof, an n-type third transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second power source line to which a reference voltage V2 is applied, and an n-type fourth transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode thereof connected to an output terminal thereof. A first bias voltage Vcp is applied to a control electrode of the second transistor and a second bias voltage Vcn is applied to a control electrode of the fourth transistor. Further, a relationship V2<Vcp<V1 and a relationship V2<Vcn<V1 are satisfied.

Claims (15)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels; and

a drive circuit which drives the plurality of pixels, wherein

the drive circuit includes:

a first-conductive-type first transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a first power source line to which a reference voltage V1 is applied;

a first-conductive-type second transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode thereof connected to an output terminal thereof,

a second-conductive-type third transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second power source line to which a reference voltage V2 is applied; and

a second-conductive-type fourth transistor which has a first electrode thereof connected to a second electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode thereof connected to an output terminal thereof,

the control electrode of the first transistor and the control electrode of the third transistor are connected to an input terminal to which an input voltage is applied,

the control electrode of the second transistor and the control electrode of the fourth transistor are connected to a bias power source, wherein

a first bias voltage Vc1 is applied to the bias power source line when the first transistor is ON state and the third transistor is OFF state,

a second bias voltage Vc2 is applied to the bias power source line when the first transistor is OFF state and the third transistor is ON state, and

a relationship V2<Vc2<Vc1<V1 is satisfied.

2. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship 0.9×(V1−V2)/3≦Vc2≦1.1×(V1−V2)/3 and the relationship 0.9×(V1−V2)×⅔≦Vc1≦1.1×(V1−V2)×⅔ are established.

3. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship 0.9×(V1−V2)/4≦Vc2≦1.1×(V1−V2)/4 and the relationship 0.9×(V1−V2)×¾≦Vc1≦1.1×(V1−V2)×¾ are established.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027482/0140 →
ATTACHED ARE (1) THE COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF AND (2) THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENT IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, WHICH TOGETHER CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP OF THE REGISTERED PATENTS AS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES (SEE PAGE 10, EXHIBIT 2-1, SECTION 1 OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPANY SPLIT PLAN.) Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027615/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2008
From: MIYAZAWA, TOSHIO; GOTO, KAZUTAKA; HASEGAWA, ATSUSHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022019/0650 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-184335 · Jun 23, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11134381 · May 23, 2005
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