IP Library Patent Application 13022084
Patent Application
App. No. 13/022,084

DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

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App. No.
13/022,084
Abstract

A display device includes a switching element that is formed for each pixel; a gate line that is connected to the switching element; a first scanning line driving circuit and a second scanning line driving circuit that are connected to the gate line; and a control unit that normally controls the first scanning line driving circuit to output a signal driving the switching element, and controls an output of the second scanning line driving circuit to be brought into a high-impedance state.

Claims (21)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a switching element that is formed for each pixel;

a gate line that is connected to the switching element;

a first scanning line driving circuit and a second scanning line driving circuit that are connected to the gate line; and

a control unit that normally controls the first scanning line driving circuit to output a signal driving the switching element, and controls an output of the second scanning line driving circuit to be brought into a high-impedance state.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein when an output signal from the first scanning line driving circuit is abnormal, the control unit controls an output of the first scanning line driving circuit to be brought into the high-impedance state, and the second scanning line driving circuit performs a switching control so that the signal driving the switching element is outputted.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a signal for outputting the signal driving the switching element is inputted to the first scanning line driving circuit,

a signal for bringing an output into the high-impedance state is inputted to the second scanning line driving circuit, and

when the output signal from the first scanning line driving circuit is abnormal, the control unit performs a switching control of using the second scanning line driving circuit without using the first scanning line driving circuit by switching the signal inputted to the first scanning line driving circuit and the signal inputted to the second scanning line driving circuit to each other.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the control unit controls the first scanning line driving circuit to be prevented from being driven by fixing at least a clock signal, among the signals inputted to the first scanning line driving circuit, to be in an OFF potential, so that the output of the first scanning line driving circuit is brought into the high-impedance state.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the control unit controls the first scanning line driving circuit to be prevented from being driven by fixing not only the clock signal but also a scanning line enable signal, among the signals inputted to the first scanning line driving circuit, to be in the OFF potential, so that the output of the first scanning line driving circuit is brought into the high-impedance state.

6 . The display device according to of claim 3 ,

wherein each of the first scanning line driving circuit and the second scanning line driving circuit include a transistor connected to the gate line through which a signal is outputted, and

the control unit controls the transistor connected to the gate line to be brought into an off state by fixing a signal, inputted to a gate electrode of the transistor of the first scanning line driving circuit, to be in the OFF potential, so that the output of the first scanning line driving circuit is brought into the high-impedance state.

7 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit determines whether the output signal from any one of the first scanning line driving circuit and the second scanning line driving circuit is abnormal.

8 . An electronic apparatus including the display device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030182/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2011
From: KUNIMORI, TAKASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025825/0953 →