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US 9,984,630 · App. 13/669,897 · Granted May 29, 2018

Electro-optical device having a storage capacitor formed by a data line and a potential line

Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai (Okaya, JP); Takeshi Nomura (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,984,630
App. No.
13/669,897
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.

Claims (32)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a plurality of scanning lines extending in a first direction;

a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction;

a plurality of potential lines extending in the second direction that are maintained at a constant potential during operation, one data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines being arranged to be adjacent to each other;

a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line that is formed by the one data line and the one potential line;

a data signal output circuit that outputs an analog data signal;

a level shift circuit that shifts a potential of the analog data signal and outputs a level-shifted data signal to the data lines, the level shift circuit including a third storage capacitor having one end non-selectively connected to the one data line and another end that is supplied the analog data signal, the third storage capacitor causing a potential range of the level-shifted data signal to be narrower than a potential range of the analog data signal; and

a plurality of pixel circuits provided corresponding to intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, one pixel circuit among the plurality of pixel circuits including:

a driving transistor having a first gate, a first source, and a first drain, the driving transistor controlling a current level according to a voltage between the first gate and the first source;

a writing transistor electrically connected between the first gate of the driving transistor and a first data line among the plurality of data lines;

a first storage capacitor of which one end is electrically connected to the first gate of the driving transistor and which holds the voltage between the first gate and the first source of the driving transistor; and

a light-emitting element emitting light at a luminance according to the current level.

2. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the one pixel circuit further includes an initialization transistor electrically connected between the one potential line and the light-emitting element.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 3 .

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the one pixel circuit further includes

a light-emitting control transistor electrically connected between the driving transistor and the light-emitting element; and

a threshold compensation transistor electrically connected between the first gate and the first drain of the driving transistor.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 5 .

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one data line and the one potential line are provided between two pixel circuits which are adjacent to each other in the first direction among the plurality of pixel circuits.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 7 .

9. The electro-optical device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the one data line is electrically connected to one among the two pixel circuits, and

the one potential line is electrically connected to another among the two pixel circuits.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 9 .

11. The electro-optical device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the one data line and the one potential line are electrically connected to one among the two pixel circuits.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 11 .

13. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of data lines and the plurality of potential lines are formed on a same layer.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2012
From: KASAI, TOSHIYUKI; NOMURA, TAKESHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029279/0663 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-250386 · Nov 16, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130120341A1 · May 16, 2013