IP Library Granted Patent US 11,763,735
Granted Patent B2
US 11,763,735 · App. 17/870,731 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Image display device

Inventor: Hajime Akimoto (Kokubunji, JP)
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
G09G3/32G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0814G09G2310/0202G09G2320/0257G09G2320/043G09G2330/028
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Patent No.
US 11,763,735
App. No.
17/870,731
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device includes a glass, a plurality of driving circuits disposed on the glass, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the driving circuits respectively. The plurality of light emitting elements corresponds to a plurality of pixels respectively. Each of the plurality of driving circuits is configured to provide a driving current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements and to control the driving current by a pulse amplitude modulation and a pulse width modulation.

Claims (31)

1. An image display device comprising:

a glass;

a plurality of driving circuits disposed on the glass; and

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the driving circuits respectively and corresponding to a plurality of pixels respectively,

each of the plurality of driving circuits being configured to provide a driving current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements and to control the driving current by a pulse amplitude modulation and a pulse width modulation.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the driving circuits includes a LTPS-TFT.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the driving circuits includes an oxide-TFT.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting elements include inorganic semiconductors respectively.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting elements include Group III-V compound semiconductors respectively.

6. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting elements include EL quantum dot elements respectively.

7. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a correction circuit configured to correct at least one out of characteristics of the light emitting elements and characteristics of the driving circuits.

8. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements are connected to a ground line.

9. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of anode electrodes of the light emitting elements are connected to a direct current power line.

10. An image display device comprising:

a glass;

a plurality of driving circuits disposed on the glass;

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the driving circuits respectively and corresponding to a plurality of pixels respectively; and

each of the plurality of driving circuits being configured to provide a driving current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements and to control the driving current by a pulse amplitude modulation and a pulse width modulation,

wherein each of the driving circuits includes a PWM section that performs the pulse width modulation and a PAM section that performs the pulse amplitude modulation, wherein the PWM section includes an inverter.

11. The image display device according to claim 10 , wherein the inverter includes a switch element that is capable to short-circuit between an input of the inverter and an output of the inverter.

12. The image display device according to claim 10 , wherein the inverter is connected to a reference triangular wave signal line that is input a reference triangular wave signal for the pulse width modulation.

13. The image display device according to claim 12 , wherein the reference triangular wave signal is one of a sawtooth wave or an inverted sawtooth wave.

14. The image display device according to claim 12 , wherein the reference triangular wave signal has γ-characteristic.

15. An image display device comprising:

a glass;

a plurality of driving circuits disposed on the glass;

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the driving circuits respectively and corresponding to a plurality of pixels respectively;

each of the plurality of driving circuits being configured to provide a driving current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements and to control the driving current by a pulse amplitude modulation and a pulse width modulation; and

a signal voltage writing circuit to set a first signal voltage value representing a gradation of the pulse width modulation and a second signal voltage value representing a gradation of the pulse amplitude modulation, the first signal voltage value and the second signal voltage value being assigned to each of the driving circuits, wherein

a number of combinations of levels of the first signal voltage value and levels of the second signal voltage value is larger than a number of levels of the gradation of the pulse width modulation and larger than a number of levels of the gradation of the pulse amplitude modulation.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-144322 · Jul 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
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