Display device with control of steady-state current of a generation circuit

1. A display device for displaying display data, comprising:

a display panel having pixel sections in a matrix form;

a scanning circuit which selects a line of the pixel sections;

a generation circuit which generates a plurality of gray-scale voltages based on a reference voltage; and

a selection circuit which selects a gray-scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and outputs the gray-scale voltage thus selected to a pixel section of the display panel;

wherein the generation circuit one of increases a steady-state current of the generation circuit at a charging and discharging period of the display panel, and decreases the steady-state current of the generation circuit at a stable period of the display panel within one scanning period of the scanning circuit, the steady-state current of the generation circuit being controlled based on a histogram of the display data so as to be increased or decreased by adding or subtracting offset data, having been set by a register, from the histogram of the display data within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit.

2. A display device according to claim 1 , for displaying display data, comprising:

a display panel having pixel sections in a matrix form;

a scanning circuit which provides at least a first period and a second period within one scanning period, and which selects a line of the pixel sections;

a generation circuit which generates a plurality of gray-scale voltages based on a reference voltage; and

a selection circuit which selects a gray-scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and outputs the gray-scale voltage thus selected to a pixel section of the display panel;

wherein the generation circuit one of increases a steady-state current of the generation circuit at the second period within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit; and

wherein the generation circuit controls the steady-state current of the generation circuit based on a histogram of the display data, and

the generation circuit changes the steady-state current of the generation circuit by changing offset data added to or subtracted from the histogram of the display data within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a register for setting the offset data from an external device.

4. A display device for displaying display data, comprising:

a display panel having pixel sections in a matrix form;

a scanning circuit which provides at least a first period and a second period within one scanning period, and which selects a line of the pixel sections;

a generation circuit which generates a plurality of gray-scale voltages based on a reference voltage; and

a selection circuit which selects a gray-scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and outputs the gray-scale voltage thus selected to a pixel section of the display panel;

wherein the generation circuit one of increases a steady-state current of the generation circuit at the second period within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit; and

wherein the generation circuit includes a buffer circuit for buffering the reference voltage, and a divider circuit for dividing the reference voltage thus buffered to output the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and the generation circuit changes the steady-state current of the generation circuit by changing gain data for amplifying a current value of the buffer circuit within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a register for setting the gain data from an external device.

6. A display device for displaying display data, comprising:

a display panel having pixel sections in a matrix form;

a scanning circuit which selects a line of the pixel sections;

a generation circuit which generates a plurality of gray-scale voltages based on a reference voltage; and

a selection circuit which selects a gray-scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and outputs the gray-scale voltage thus selected to a pixel section of the display panel;

wherein a steady-state current of the generation circuit at a first period within one scanning period of the scanning circuit is greater than a steady-state current of the generation circuit at a second period within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit, the steady-state current of the generation circuit being controlled based on a histogram of the display data so as to be increased or decreased by adding or subtracting offset data, having been set by a register, from the histogram of the display data within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit.

7. A display device for displaying display data, comprising:

a display panel having pixel sections in a matrix form;

a scanning circuit which selects a line of the pixel sections;

a generation circuit which generates a plurality of gray-scale voltages based on a reference voltage; and

a selection circuit which selects a gray-scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of gray-scale voltages, and outputs the gray-scale voltage thus selected to a pixel section of the display panel;

wherein a steady-state current of the generation circuit at a charging and discharging period of the display panel within one scanning period of the scanning circuit is greater than a steady-state current of the generation circuit at a stable period of the display panel within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit, the steady-state current of the generation circuit being controlled based on a histogram of the display data so as to be increased or decreased by adding or subtracting offset data, haying been set by a register, from the histogram of the display data within the one scanning period of the scanning circuit.