Abstract: An electroluminescence display device has a plurality of electroluminescence elements and a driver circuit formed over a substrate. At least a part of the driver circuit is disposed in a display portion of a substrate in order that the size of the display device can be reduced.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of driving a plasma display panel for preventing a damage of a driving integrated circuit caused by an abnormal discharge generated from a non-display area is disclosed. In the apparatus, a plurality of drivers drives driving electrodes of an active area and dummy electrodes of a non-display area. A current limiter is positioned between any at least one of the dummy electrodes and the drivers to limit currents flowing in the dummy electrodes.

Abstract: A pixel unit is provided. A storage capacitor is coupled to a power supply. A first transistor is coupled to the storage capacitor and receives a data line signal and a scan line signal, and is turned on according to the scan line signal to transmit the data line signal. A second transistor is coupled to the power supply, the first transistor and the storage capacitor, and receives the data line signal from the first transistor. A first switch unit is turned on according to a control signal to output a first current at a first emission period. A second switch unit is turned on according to the control signal to output a second current at a second emission period. A first display unit receives the first current to emit light and a second display unit receives the second current to emit light.

Abstract: To provide an organic EL drive circuit and an organic EL display device using the organic EL drive circuit, which, when grey levels of passive matrix type organic EL elements are controlled time-divisionally, is capable of easily collecting luminance in low luminance level with low drive voltage and restricted power consumption. [Means for Resolution] An organic EL drive circuit, which has a plurality of current drive circuits for generating PWM pulse having pulse width corresponding to display data of luminance of organic EL elements and outputting a drive current for driving the organic EL elements for a time period corresponding to the PWM pulse, comprises a peak current generator circuit for generating a peak current on the drive current.

Abstract: A cathode potential controller for controlling a common cathode potential applied to a self light emission type display panel in which an emission state of each of pixels is driven and controlled in accordance with an active matrix drive system, the cathode potential controller including: a self light emitting element; a constant current source; an electrode-to-electrode voltage measuring portion; a cathode potential determining portion; and a cathode potential applying portion.

Abstract: A light emitting device that achieves long life, and which is capable of performing high duty drive, by suppressing initial light emitting element deterioration is provided. Reverse bias application to an EL element (109) is performed one row at a time by forming a reverse bias electric power source line (112) and a reverse bias TFT (108). Reverse bias application can therefore be performed in synchronous with operations for write-in of an image signal, light emission, erasure, and the like. Reverse bias application therefore becomes possible while maintaining a duty equivalent to that of a conventional driving method.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit array is disclosed, comprising a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first capacitor comprises a first electrode, an insulator layer and a common electrode. The second capacitor comprises a second electrode, the insulator layer and the common electrode. The first capacitor and the second capacitor share the same common electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are on the same plane.

Abstract: The output current from respective output terminals of a drive circuit (driver IC) of an organic EL display panel to respective column pins or data lines is sequentially selected by sequentially scanning a plurality of switch circuits by a switch scan circuit. The resultant output currents are converted into voltage values by resistors selected by a selector. Further, the converted voltage values sequentially generated according to the scanning of the switch scan circuit are outputted externally of the IC.

Abstract: Driving voltages of an LED of each color are stored in applied voltage storage register 11, 12 or 13, and the LED of each color is driven with independent driving voltage, whereby current consumption is reduced. Further, data in applied voltage storage registers 11, 12 and 13 is made rewritable via storage value setting bus 14, and when there are fluctuations in minimum emission voltage in actually mounted LEDs due to individual differences, voltages to store in the applied voltage storage registers 11, 12 and 13 can be changed as appropriate corresponding to the fluctuations.

Abstract: A light-emitting body of the present invention includes an anode and a cathode at least partly facing the anode with the intermediary of a light-emitting material layer. An auxiliary electrode is formed, via an insulation layer, on the surface of the light-emitting body opposite to the surface where the anode faces the cathode via the light-emitting material layer. The cathode can be formed of a material that corrodes little. The light-emitting body therefore extends the life of a light-emitting device and therefore the life of a light-emitting display.

Abstract: A driver IC (4) and a current driver circuit (40) are shared by a first organic EL panel (2) and a second organic EL panel (3). Therefore, not like conventional cases, the current driving circuit (40) on a side not selected is not necessarily in a standby state, and power consumption can be reduced. In a case where the first and second organic EL panels are passive matrix type, a first diode is provided between each column line of the first and the second organic EL panels and corresponding each terminal pin so as to prevent a reverse flow.

Abstract: An OLED display comprising a plurality of pixels, first, second, and third reference voltage generators; and a data driver, all formed on the same substrate is disclosed. Each pixel includes a subpixel of a first color, a subpixel of a second color, and a subpixel of a third color. The first reference voltage generator generates first reference voltages corresponding to a subpixel of the first color, the second reference voltage generator generates second reference voltages corresponding to a subpixel of the second color, the third reference voltage generator generates third reference voltages corresponding to a subpixel of the third color, and the data driver converts digital video signals corresponding to the subpixels of the first, second, and third colors into data voltages, and transmits the data voltages to the subpixels of the first, second, and third colors, respectively.

Abstract: A driving circuit for a vacuum fluorescent display for pulse-driving a filament of the vacuum fluorescent display with a pulse voltage. The driving circuit comprises a detecting unit for detecting that the level of the pulse voltage is fixed, and outputs a detection signal indicative of the result of the detection. Preferably, the driving circuit comprises a control unit for controlling at least one output of the outputs of the filament driving unit, the grid driving unit and the segment driving unit in order to terminate the driving of at least one of the filament, the grid electrode and the segment electrode, based on the detection signal.

Abstract: A clock signal synchronized with a data write signal for each scan line supplied from a light emission control circuit 4 to a scan driver 6 is supplied to an oscillator 12 generating a reference switching signal of a DC-DC converter 8 by a PWM method via a frequency divider 14. Thus, even when a ripple component by a switching operation of the converter has been superimposed on a drive voltage Va, constantly the same gate-to-source voltage Vgs is supplied to a light emission drive transistor Tr2 for each scan line, whereby a problem that a state in which light emission intensities differ for each scan line is brought about can be resolved. Further, the duty ratio of a switching signal from a PWM circuit 11 is detected by a detection circuit 13 to grasp the load condition of the converter, and when the load is light, the division ratio of the frequency divider 14 is increased to execute the switching operation at a low frequency.

Abstract: To provide a circuit for preventing degradation of a display quality caused by horizontal crosstalk. An image signal correcting circuit supplies a corrected image signal to a display panel to apply the image signal using the corresponding data line after pre-charging each data line to the predetermined voltage, for a pixel electrode located at the selected scanning line. The image signal correcting circuit comprises a subtractor 312 for calculating a difference between a gray scale level shown as a reference signal Ref and a gray scale level of the pixel indicated by an image signal VID, an integrator 314 for integrating the result of the subtraction output to one row of pixel located at the selected scanning line, and an adder 322 that provides the integration Int multiplied by the coefficient k1 as the corrected image signal.

Abstract: An EL display device capable of producing a vivid multi-gradation color display, and an electronic device having the EL display device. An electric current supplied to an EL element 110 is controlled by providing a resistor 109 between a current control TFT 108 and the EL element 110 formed in a pixel 104, the resistor 109 having a resistance higher than the on-resistance of the current control TFT 108. The gradation display is executed by a time-division drive system which controls the emission and non-emission of light of the EL element 110 by time, preventing the effect caused by a dispersion in the characteristics of the current control TFT 108.

Abstract: A power supply circuit which outputs a common electrode voltage to a common electrode of an electro-optical device provided opposite to pixel electrodes through an electro-optical material includes a voltage booster circuit which generates a boost voltage boosted by a charge-pump operation in synchronization with a charge clock signal, and a common electrode voltage generation circuit which outputs a high-potential-side voltage or a low-potential-side voltage generated based on the boost voltage to the common electrode as the common electrode voltage. The charge clock signal has a rising edge and a falling edge in a period in which a sign of voltages between the pixel electrode and the common electrode are either positive or negative.

Abstract: There is provided a plasma display. The plasma display includes a circuit having a first input that receives a first waveform, a second input that receives a second waveform, an output that provides a driving waveform for an electrode of a pixel in the plasma display, and a switching sub-circuit. The switching sub-circuit (i) routes the first waveform from the first input to the output during a first portion of a setup period to initialize the pixel for an addressing operation, and (ii) routes the second waveform from the second input to the output during a second portion of the setup period.

Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device that includes a bypass transistor between a cathode layer and an anode layer and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: There is disclosed the priming or conditioning of an AC gas discharge plasma display panel for improved selective write and selective erase which comprises addressing n number of rows in an order or sequence that is changed from frame to frame such that later rows to be addressed are advanced in the sequence with each subsequent frame. Each frame consists of the addressing of all n rows. Specific embodiments include the use of plasma-shells, plasma-tubes, and/or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display apparatus capable of opening and breaking a defective portion without degrading a normal portion of a pixel, and a method of producing the same. The method of producing an organic EL display apparatus in which a plurality of pixels including organic EL devices are arranged includes the steps of: forming an organic EL device formed of a light emitting layer made of an organic compound between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode (Step S1); detecting a defective pixel in which a cathode electrode and an anode electrode are short-circuited (Step 2); and repairing the defective pixel to be opened by selectively applying a voltage between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode with respect to the defective pixel (Step S3).

Abstract: A display element is configured as follows in order to prolong the display lifetime of an electro-optical element without inserting a resistance element or lowering the numerical aperture due to a change in layout. The display element includes an organic EL element, which is an electro-optical element, a power source line electrode, a scanning signal line electrode, a data signal line electrode, a common electrode, an auxiliary capacitance, a current control TFT for controlling the current flowing through the organic EL element, and a data voltage control TFT for controlling the timing at which current flows through the organic EL element. The conductive resistance of the current control TFT is set such that 0.1???7.0, where ?(=Vr/Vel) is a ratio of a voltage Vr applied across the current control TFT to a voltage Vel applied across the organic EL element. Thus, the speed of the temporal change of the luminance of the organic EL element is slowed down, and the display lifetime is prolonged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that can be driven at a low voltage and prevent undesired discharge from being generated under high temperature environment. A method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first step of applying an initialization signal to the first and second electrodes to initialize cells, the initialization signal has at least one rising part where a voltage rises and at least one sustain part where the voltage is sustained; a second step of applying a scan signal to any one of the first and second electrodes, and data to the third electrode to select the cell; and a third step of alternately applying sustain signals to the first and second electrodes to carry out a display for the selected cell.

Abstract: A light-emissive display comprising a substrate, a first electrode layer disposed over the substrate, a light-emissive layer disposed over the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer disposed over the light-emissive layer, wherein the light-emissive layer is patterned to provide a plurality of discrete light-emissive regions, each discrete light-emissive region being a pixel, or a sub-pixel, of the light-emissive display, and wherein the first electrode layer and/or the second electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprising at least two sub-electrodes associated with each discrete light-emissive region.

Abstract: The electron emitting device 10 includes a substrate 11, a lower electrode 12, an emitter section 13, an upper electrode 14. The upper electrode disposed above the emitter section to oppose the lower electrode so as to sandwich the emitter section with the lower electrode. The upper electrode has a plurality of micro through holes. The upper electrode is configured in such a manner that distance t1 (gap distance t1) between the lower surface of the upper electrode in the vicinity of the micro through holes 14c and the upper surface of the emitter section is substantially constant for any of the micro through holes.

Abstract: A plasma display driving method and apparatus for stabilizing an initialization upon selective erasing in a case of simultaneously performing a selective writing and a selective erasing is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, at least one selective writing sub-field for selecting on-cells using a writing discharge is arranged within a portion of one frame period, and at least one selective erasing sub-field for selecting off-cells from the on-cells using an erase discharge is arranged within the remaining interval of one frame period other than a time period arranged with the selective writing sub-field. A normal sustaining pulse is applied to the selected on-cells to sustain a discharge of the on-cells, and an initialization pulse having at least one of a pulse width and a voltage level set to be larger than the normal sustaining pulse is applied prior to said selective erasing sub-fields.

Abstract: A driving method for a plasma display panel (PDP). The odd pixels units are selected by the odd fields, and are discharged. The even pixels units are selected by the even fields, and are discharged. The pixel units are disposed in a triangular arrangement, so that the odd pixel units and adjacent even pixel units, being different in color, are arranged alternately. Thereby, the present invention can eliminate flicker. In addition, the different pixel units are controlled by different common electrodes and the present invention thereby reduces cross-talk.

Abstract: An LED control circuit for controlling a plurality of LEDs with different emission colors comprises a counter which increments or decrements a count value at a predetermined clock in response to a count start signal externally supplied, a signal conversion circuit which converts the count value into an analog signal displaying intensity corresponding to the count value and outputs the analog signal as an output signal, a signal generation circuit which generates, based on the output signal from the signal conversion circuit and brightness data externally specified to its corresponding LED, an analog signal displaying intensity corresponding to a product of the output signal and the brightness data, and a driving circuit which drives its corresponding LED according to the analog signal output from the signal generation circuit, to gradually and simultaneously change the brightness of the LEDs in accordance with the count value.

Abstract: An electroluminescence display device has a plurality of electroluminescence elements and a driver circuit formed over a substrate. At least a part of the driver circuit is disposed in a display portion of a substrate in order that the size of the display device can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor device which performs a write operation of a signal current rapidly to a current input type pixel. Before inputting a signal current, a precharge operation is performed by flowing a large current. After that, a signal current is inputted to perform the set operation. A predetermined potential can be obtained rapidly as the precharge operation is performed before the set operation. The predetermined potential is approximately equal to a potential after completing the set operation. Therefore, the set operation can be rapidly performed and a write operation of a signal current can be rapidly performed. By using two transistors, a gate width W can be long or a gate length L can be short in the precharge operation or the gate width W can be short and the gate length L can be long in the set operation.

Abstract: A PDP driving method that reduces the reset voltage of the PDP driving waveforms to make it possible to use low-voltage elements and to achieve high contrasts is disclosed. Since conventional PDP waveforms require very high reset voltages, it causes a problem of intense background light emissions, low contrasts, use of high-voltage components, and increased circuit costs. According to the driving waveforms of the present invention, relative voltage differences between the address electrode and the X electrode and between the X electrode and the Y electrode are considered to design waveforms of low reset voltages, thereby providing high contrasts and low-cost circuit.

Abstract: A display pixel circuit having a data line loading circuit with a first capacitor, a first reset circuit coupled with the data line loading circuit, and a diode coupled to the data line loading circuit. The display pixel circuit also includes a second capacitor associated with the diode, and a second reset circuit coupled with the second capacitor. The first reset circuit is configured to reset the first capacitor. The second reset circuit is configured to reset the second capacitor, and the diode is driven by a constant current after resetting the first capacitor and the second capacitor.

Abstract: A flat panel display includes a discharge space filled with discharge gas and a plurality of electrodes for generating discharge in the discharge space. Ferroelectric powder is disposed between the electrodes and the discharge space so that the ferroelectric powder contacts the discharge space.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for driving a plurality of display devices of a panel is provided. The driving apparatus comprises a controllable current source and a plurality of current storage and duplicating apparatuses. Wherein, each of the current storage and duplicating apparatuses is coupled to the controllable current source and one of the display devices corresponding thereto to receive a first current from the controllable current source, and to output a second current which is equal, or proportional to the first current to drive the display apparatus.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of electron emission portions that emit electrons, a plurality of light emitting regions positioned corresponding to the plurality of electron emission portions to emit light in response to irradiation of electrons from the electron emission portion thereon, and a shielding member provided between a substrate having the electron emission portions provided thereon and an opposing substrate having the light emitting regions thereon, and a correction circuit that corrects a pixel signal for modulating the electron emission portions. The shielding member shields electrons reflected from peripheral light emitting regions adjacent to a predetermined one of the light emitting regions to the predetermined light emitting region, and irradiates electrons from the shielding member to the predetermined light emitting region.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a multiple-scanning driving circuit relating to a simple pixel structure of 2T1C (2 TFTs and 1 capacitor) includes a write-scan circuit, an erase-scan circuit and a data driving circuit. A write-enable line connected to the write-scan and the data driving circuits is used to control the signals of these two circuits. One erase-enable line connected to the erase-scan and the data driving circuits is used to control the signals of these two circuits. Thus, a circuit system of time-multiplex multiple write-scan and erase-scan is completed to solve the problems of a low time utility rate and an insufficient luminance in a digital driving AMOLED system.

Abstract: A level-shifter is combined with a bi-directional shift register. The level shifter turns a start signal of the bi-directional shift register to be an enable signal, and (i) activates a level shifting section by supplying a stationary current, during a period in which the enable signal is HIGH, while (ii) deactivates the level shifting section by cutting off the stationary current, during a period in which the enable signal EN is LOW. With this, it is possible to reduce unnecessary current consumption by a level shifter provided for a signal which does not frequently change, such as a shifting direction switching signal for which the bi-directional shift register is provided. At the same time, when such a signal changes, the change is followed with no time lag.

Abstract: A light emitting device that achieves long life, and which is capable of performing high duty drive, by suppressing initial light emitting element deterioration is provided. Reverse bias application to an EL element (109) is performed one row at a time by forming a reverse bias electric power source line (112) and a reverse bias TFT (108). Reverse bias application can therefore be performed in synchronous with operations for write-in of an image signal, light emission, erasure, and the like. Reverse bias application therefore becomes possible while maintaining a duty equivalent to that of a conventional driving method.

Abstract: In the upper half and a lower half of a display area, scanning is implemented such that the directions of scan selection operations are different from each other. The upper half of the panel is scanned from the upper end to the center of the screen, and at the same time the lower half of the panel is scanned from the lower end to the center of the screen. Control is performed such that the difference between the start time of the scan selection operation of the upper half of display area and the start time of the scan selection operation of the lower half of the display area is scanning time of at least one or more scan lines. The configuration avoids a problem that a bright line is generated momentarily on the boundary line of the upper half and the lower half of the panel can be avoided.

Abstract: The invention reduces power consumption when, for example, a mobile personal computer is in a power-saving mode or when a cellular phone is in a wait mode, in an electro-optical apparatus, such as a liquid crystal display of the subfield drive type used as a display apparatus for various apparatuses. Three different settings “64”, “16” and “2” are enabled as the number of gray scale levels in an electro-optical apparatus, the number of subfields becoming smaller as the number of gray scale levels is reduced. When a large number of gray scale levels is not required (when in the power-saving mode, the wait mode, etc.), a low number of gray scale levels is set, so that the own capacitance of a liquid crystal layer and storage capacitance are charged and discharged less often.

Abstract: System, device, and method for receiving or sensing touch or light input to an emissive display such as to a OLED display using the same or different sensors as are used to sense and maintain a pixel luminance. Penlight and touch screen data input system and method for display. A sidelight illuminated display and touch panel input device. Method and device for reading display pixel emission and ambient luminance levels. Emissive display having sensing for luminance stabilization and user light or touch screen input. Method and device for emissive display using shielded or partially shielded sensors. Emissive pixel display device characterized in that photon sensors are disposed within pixels and operated to sense photons emitted by emitter within pixel and ambient photons emitted by sources outside pixel, sensed internally emitted photons being for luminance feedback control and sensed ambient photons being used to detect external light source or sources.

Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display panel, which includes controlling a charge state of a first display line being one of the two adjacent display lines utilizing the same single scan electrode, such that address discharge is not generated and controlling a charge state of a second display line being the other of the two adjacent display lines, such that address discharge can be generated, and then generating address discharge in the second display line, controlling the charge state of the second display line such that address discharge is not generated and controlling the charge state of the first display line such that the address discharge can be generated, and then generating address discharge in the first display line, and generating surface discharge simultaneously in the first and second display lines, thereby to achieve progressive display.

Abstract: A light emitting device and an element substrate which are capable of suppressing variations in the luminance intensity of a light emitting element among pixels due to characteristic variations of a driving transistor without suppressing off-current of a switching transistor low and increasing storage capacity of a capacitor. According to the invention, a depletion mode transistor is used as a driving transistor. The gate of the driving transistor is fixed in its potential or connected to the source or drain thereof to operate in a saturation region with a constant current flow. A current controlling transistor which operates in a linear region is connected in series to the driving transistor, and a video signal for transmitting a light emission or non-emission of a pixel is inputted to the gate of the current controlling transistor through a switching transistor.

Abstract: A circuit for driving a light-emitting diode (LED) display has multiple driving modes. The circuit has a control unit for outputting a mode-switching signal, a scan driving chip connecting with the control unit for providing a scan signal, a data driving chip connecting with the control unit and the scan driving chip for providing a data signal, a row control interface connecting with the row line, the control unit, the scan driving chip and the data driving chip to receive the mode-switching signal for switching an input end of the row control interface, and a column control interface connecting with the column line, the control unit, the scan driving chip and the data driving chip to receive the mode-switching signal for switching an input end of the column control interface.

Abstract: In order to obtain a light-emitting device having a higher aperture ratio in pixels than that of the prior art, a source signal line and a current supply line to be connected with a pixel unit are switched by a switching circuit to use a common wiring line, so that the number of wiring lines in the pixel unit is reduced to realize the high aperture ratio.

Abstract: A display panel comprises a plurality of arranged pixels of organic EL devices, each having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer containing an organic EL material and sandwiched between the electrodes. The plurality of arranged pixels include fluorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a fluorescent material and phosphorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a phosphorescent material. A display apparatus comprises a controller for controlling the display panel, including correcting the difference between the electroluminescent characteristics of the fluorescent pixels and those of the phosphorescent pixels.

Abstract: A method for testing an OLED substrate comprises: the first step of obtaining a first current value passing through a switching element group connected to a selection signal line; the second step of obtaining a second current value passing through a switching element group connected to a data signal line; and the third step of operating a current passing through each switching element including an OLED element from the current value for each pulse signal obtained by each of the steps 1 and 2.

Abstract: In an apparatus for driving a luminescent display panel, in a state in which scanning lines are sequentially scanned to drive and illuminate light-emitting elements, a voltage peak value arising in a scanning line in a non-scanning state is held by a capacitor through parasitic capacitance of the light-emitting element in a non-scanning state. On the basis of the voltage value held by the capacitor, a reverse bias voltage to be output from a reverse bias voltage generation circuit is controlled, and the voltage is supplied to the scanning lines.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel device includes an OLED panel for displaying an image data and an OLED panel operation circuit for outputting the image data to the OLED panel and performing a screen saving operation without a memory access in order to increase a durability of the OLED panel. A method for operating an OLED panel device includes the steps of outputting an image data transmitted from a memory, performing a screen saving operation without a memory access in order to increase a durability of the OLED panel and displaying the image data or the screen saving operation via one of the steps above described.

Abstract: A display device consisting of an electron-emitting device which is a laminate of an insulating layer and a pair of opposing electrodes formed on a planar substrate. A portion of the insulating layer is between the electrodes and a portion containing an electron emitting region in between one electrode and the substrate. Electrons are emitted from the electron emission region by a voltage to the electrodes, thereby stimulating a phosphorous to emitting light.