Abstract: A display and a driving method of a display panel capable of improving a dark contrast.

Abstract: The present invention specifies the characteristic of a driving transistor provided in a pixel and corrects a video signal to be inputted to the pixel based on the specification. As a result, a light emitting device and its driving method in which influence of fluctuation in characteristic among transistors is removed to obtain clear multi-gray scale are provided. The present invention can also provide a light emitting device and its driving method in which a change with age in amount of current flowing between two electrodes of a light emitting element is reduced to obtain clear multi-gray scale display.

Abstract: A pre-drive circuit having low deviation of timing of a high level and a low level output voltages is disclosed. A plurality of drive systems are comprised, each having an input amplifier circuits for amplifying input voltages input to input voltage terminals, high level shift circuits for shifting signal levels output from the input amplifier circuits, and output amplifier circuits for amplifying shift signals output from the high level shift circuits, and each drive system has the same constitution.

Abstract: A light emission device has an emitter made of a dielectric material, a cathode electrode disposed on a surface of the emitter, an anode electrode disposed on a reverse surface of the emitter, and a pulse generation source for applying a drive voltage between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode through a resistor. A fluorescent body is disposed on the surface of the emitter out of contact with the cathode, but as closely to the cathode electrode as possible.

Abstract: A cold cathode field emission display comprising at least (A) a display panel having a cathode panel CP provided with a plurality of electron-emitting regions EA and an anode panel AP provided with a phosphor layer 31 and an anode electrode 34, said cathode panel and said anode panel being bonded to each other in their circumferential regions, (B) a focus-electrode control circuit 41, (C) a resistance element R, and (D) a capacitor C, in which the focus electrode 15 formed in the electron-emitting region EA is connected to a first voltage-output portion 41A of the focus-electrode control circuit 41 through the resistance element R, and the focus electrode 15 is further connected to a second voltage-output portion 41B of the focus-electrode control circuit 41 through the capacitor C.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a first plurality of electrodes, a second plurality of electrodes paired with the first plurality of respective electrodes, and a third plurality of electrodes. The PDP further includes a plurality of cells at crossing portions between the first and second pluralities of electrodes and the third plurality of electrodes. In the PDP, a method comprises driving a PDP for displaying a picture on the PDP by dividing a field into a plurality of subfields, and resetting for adjusting charges in the cells in the subfields.

Abstract: A ramp voltage generating apparatus according to the present invention includes a ramp voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of ramp voltages out of phase with each other from one ramp voltage, and a control circuit. The ramp voltage generating circuit includes a plurality of voltage generating circuit portions connected in parallel to a voltage input terminal. Each voltage generating circuit portion includes a voltage output terminal, a capacitor, an operational amplifier, a first switch, a second switch and a third switch. The control circuit turns on the third switches while shifting the time point of switching each of the third switches from off to on state, and the control circuit turns off the first switches and, also, turns on the second switches during the period including the fall time point of the ramp voltage input to the voltage input terminal.

Abstract: A drive device for a light-emitting display panel, having the more extended light-emitting life of an EL element, is provided. Drive switches SX1 to SXn select a reverse direction voltage ?V immediately after starting of scanning to supply the voltage ?V to all of EL elements in a scanning state. Subsequently, through the switches SX1 to SXn, constant current sources I1 to In are connected to data lines to be controlled for light emitting, and, a forward voltage +V1 (a voltage equal to or smaller than a light-emitting threshold one) is applied to data lines which do not contribute to light emitting. Thereby, the forward voltage is applied to the EL elements in a scanning state.

Abstract: A signal drive circuit capable of flexibly dealing with the change of the panel size and reducing power consumption, a display device and an electro-optical device using that signal drive circuit, and a signal drive method. A signal driver (signal drive circuit) includes: a shift register which sequentially shifts image data corresponding to signal lines in units of blocks each of which including a plurality of signal lines; a line latch which latches the image data in synchronization with a horizontal synchronization signal LP; a drive voltage generation circuit which generates a drive voltage based on the image data; and a signal line drive circuit, wherein high impedance control is performed for output to the signal lines, based on block output select data BLK designated in units of blocks; and wherein partial display control is performed based on the partial display data PART.

Abstract: An organic EL display apparatus which can improve the reliability thereof, by avoiding a leak current which occurs after an operating time, without reducing the product yield. The organic EL display apparatus is comprised of an organic EL panel section, and a driving section which has a reverse voltage restriction unit (means for restricting a reverse voltage) for restricting a reverse voltage which is applied when organic EL devices are not lighted. When a breakdown voltage with respect to a preset thickness do of the organic material layer has been Vb, the reverse voltage restriction unit will not only set the reverse voltage Vm (to be applied during a non-lighting period) to Vm<(½)·Vb, but also restrict the continuous applying time of this reverse voltage Vm within a preset period.

Abstract: According to the present invention, improved techniques for switching current flow in a display column driver circuit. Embodiments provide switching of analog outputs of digital to analog converters in order to drive columns of an LCD. Embodiments can provide a full range of voltage output to drive an LCD without necessitating a full range amplifier configuration. Further, many embodiments can be realized in smaller space on an IC chip than in conventional technologies.

Abstract: There is provided an address-while-display driving method for a surface discharge type triode plasma display panel, which includes sequentially performing resetting and addressing on each XY-electrode line pair while alternately and consecutively applying display voltages to all XY-electrode line pairs of the panel. The panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate that are separately formed to face each other, X- and Y-electrode lines that are alternately arranged in parallel between the front and rear substrates to form the XY-electrode line pairs, and address electrode lines that are formed in perpendicular to the X- and Y-electrode lines. The address-while-display driving method includes lowering the display voltages during an addressing time for each XY-electrode line pair.

Abstract: An organic EL element drive circuit comprises a current mirror circuit including an input side transistor supplied with a predetermined current and a plurality of output side transistors provided correspondingly to terminal pins of an organic EL display panel, for obtaining drive currents to be supplied to the respective terminal pins, a switch circuit connected in parallel to or in series with the input side transistor of the current mirror circuit, a memory for storing display data indicative of luminous intensities of the organic EL elements driven through the terminal pins and a control circuit for ON/OFF controlling the switch circuit to cut predetermined current supplied to the input side transistor when the display data stored in the memory for one horizontal display line or for a part of the one horizontal display line indicates that the organic EL elements are not to be driven.

Abstract: Dummy circuits, which are not operated, are provided in transistor blocks, which are positioned in outermost side portions of a drive circuit forming area of an IC. Physical property-related stress of unit transistors constituting D/A converter circuits or the D/A converter circuits and output stage current sources, which are formed in the transistor block in an area between the outermost transistor blocks, are relatively even, so that current mirror circuits constituting the D/A converter circuits can be constructed with unit transistors having good pairing characteristics.

Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL device and a method for driving the organic electroluminescent device, that is adapted to perform satisfactorily multicolor (plural colors) luminescence with a simplified structure, and to provide an illumination device and electronic apparatus including the organic electroluminescent device. The device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode that are formed on a substrate. A first organic luminescence layer can be formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second organic luminescence layer can be formed between the second electrode and the third electrode. The first electrode and the third electrode are electrically coupled to each other. The second electrode has transparency, and at least one of the first electrode and the third electrode has transparency.

Abstract: A device for controlling current useful for driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is disclosed which comprises a driver further comprising a switching circuit and a capacitor operatively connected to the switching circuit. The capacitor serves to maintain VGS for at least one component of the switching circuit. During operation of an exemplary embodiment, current to a pixel may be controlled by providing a sampling stage, during which the capacitor may be charged and/or discharged; providing a data current outputting stage during which summed current from each switching circuit may be provided to the pixel; and providing a pixel current reproducing stage during which each pixel is allowed to emit light in the presence of current in the data line. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: A method for driving a gas electric discharge device which has a first electrode and a second electrode and is constructed such that a wall voltage is capable of being produced between the first and second electrodes. The method includes applying a voltage monotonously rising from a first set value to a second set value, between the first and second electrodes, thereby to generate a plurality of gas electric discharges so as to decrease the wall voltage for charge adjustment during the voltage rise.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode element and an EL drive transistor are arranged in each of a plurality of pixel areas defined by two adjacent scanning signal wirings and neighboring video signal wiring and current supply wiring. A current supplied to the organic light emitting diode element connected to a drain area of the drive transistor is controlled by a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the EL drive transistor, and a body electrode provided to the EL drive transistor as a fourth electrode is earthed in such a manner that excessive carriers generated in a channel area are caused to escape from the drive transistor through the body electrode.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for driving an electro-luminescence display device. The method includes the steps of selecting a scan line by applying a scan signal to any one of a plurality of scan lines; and switching between a constant voltage and a constant current to apply data to a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines. The method switches between the constant voltage source and the constant current source to drive the data lines. As a result, it increases the brightness uniformity and brightness. Therefore, the picture quality can be sustained at a high level.

Abstract: A display device capable of analog and digital image display has a retaining circuit holding an image signal disposed for each of the pixel elements. In the memory operation mode, an output from an oscillation unit formed inside the display panel is supplied to the pixel element electrodes of the display. The on-resistance of an output transistor for the pixel electrode is higher than the on-resistance of thin film transistors of the inverters in the oscillation unit. In the memory operation mode, gate and drain lines are set at predetermined voltages and an output of a voltage booster circuit formed in the display panel is used as a reference voltage of the retaining circuit and used for switching a selection circuit selecting image display circuits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing video signals for display on a display panel comprising a matrix array of cells which could only be “ON” or “OFF”, wherein the time duration of a video field is divided into N sub-fields during which the cells can be activated, each sub-field comprising at least an addressing period and a sustaining period, the duration of which corresponding to the weight associated with said sub-field, said method comprising at least a priming period, characterized in that the position of the priming period is determined as follows: determination of a sustain threshold value D for a given addressing speed and panel technology, calculation of the number of sustain pulses in each sub-field n, n being such that 1?n?N, if the number of sustain pulses is above or equal to D, addition of a priming pulse before at least the sub-field n+1. This method is mainly applicable to plasma display panel.

Abstract: The invention provides a display system for displaying images and an electronic device equipped with the display system. The display system can include a first electrode region in which first electrodes connected to switching elements are arranged on a substrate in a matrix, and light-emitting power-supply lines that are arranged around the first electrode region and are connected to the first electrodes. Functinal layers are formed over the first electrodes, and a second electrode is formed at least over the functional layers. Each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode have a first capacitor therebetween.

Abstract: There are provided an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display driving apparatus and a driving method thereof, in which the OLED display panel driving apparatus of a passive matrix type is configured such that its scan driving circuit has 3-state output, and the cathode lines, selected when the scan driving circuit performs a scan operation, maintain grounding, and after data-applied OLED emits light, are switched in a high voltage, and execute a refresh operation to initialize the pixel charges, and with the high impedance state maintained, non-selective common cathode lines turn into a high impedance state so as to remove the parasitic capacitance elements, and reduce the capacitance element functioning as the load of the data driving circuit connected to the OLED anode lines, and without the use of precharge method of maintaining the anode lines above a predetermined voltage quickly by using a voltage source, and applying data by using a current source, the anode lines can be charged within a short time

Abstract: To provide a light emitting device without nonuniformity of luminance, a correcting circuit for correcting a video signal supplied to each pixel to a light emitting device. The correcting circuit is stored with data of a dispersion of a characteristic of a driving TFT among pixels and data of a change over time of luminance of a light emitting element. Further, by correcting a video signal inputted to the light emitting device in conformity with a characteristic of the driving TFT of each pixel and a degree of a deterioration of the light emitting element based on the over-described two data, nonuniformity of luminance caused by a deterioration of an electroluminescent layer and nonuniformity of luminance caused by dispersion of a characteristic of the driving TFT are restrained.

Abstract: A novel driving method for conducting gradation display is provided. Also, a signal line driver circuit is provided which includes a current source circuit having a small area. Further, miniaturization and reduction in size of a frame of a light-emitting device can be attained. A gate selection period is divided into plural periods, and a (writing) operation of writing a signal to a pixel having a transistor connected with a scanning line that is selected and a (reading) operation of reading a signal current into a current source circuit connected with a signal line connected with a scanning line that is not selected are performed simultaneously in each of the divided periods in the gate selection period. Therefore, the signal line driver circuit that includes a current source circuit having a small area is provided. Consequently, the miniaturization and reduction in size of the frame of the light-emitting device can be attained.

Abstract: A column driver system and method for driving a plurality of column drivers in an active matrix display. The system comprises: a register in each column driver for holding a pixel value; a system that generates a shared ramp signal for the plurality of column drivers; a system that samples the shared ramp signal for each possible pixel value; and a load characteristic correction system that adaptively adjusts the shared ramp signal in anticipation of a load error associated with at least one pixel value. The load characteristic correction system comprises: a data collection system that collects pixel data for each of the plurality of column drivers and determines a number of occurrences of all possible pixel values; a load analysis system that identifies error conditions based on the number of occurrences; and a signal modification system that determines a correction to the ramp signal when an error condition is identified.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for using a multi-element field emission cathode in a color cathode ray tube. The field emission cathode may have from four to ten field emission arrays linearly arranged. The arrays are preferably formed from carbon-based material. An electron gun assembly focuses electron beams from each array on to a phosphor stripe or dot on the screen of the cathode ray tube. Deflection apparatus moves the beam from each field emission array according to clock signals. Clock signals also turn on or turn off voltage to contacts controlling electron current from the array. Values of voltage applied, determined by a video signal, determine the intensity of electron current from each array, which controls the intensity of the light emitted by each color stripe or dot of phosphor on the phosphor screen.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting panel includes a data line, a scan line, a voltage applying line, a switching device, an organic light emitting device and a driving device. The voltage applying line satisfies a condition expressed as ¡ ? a ^ ? V ? ( max ) n < A ? ¡ ? a ^ ? Vdata GS n ? ? [ Volt ] , wherein ?Vmax is a maximum voltage drop, ‘n’ is a number of pixels those are electrically connected to the voltage applying line, ‘A’ is a correction coefficient that is in a range from about 1 to about 2, ?Vdata is a voltage difference between the gray scales, and GS is a number of gray scale. According to the organic light-emitting panel, the voltage drop of the voltage applying line is reduced.

Abstract: A power supply for applying a voltage to a scanning electromagnet for deflecting a charged particle beam has a first power supply unit having no filter and a second power supply unit having a filter. When an irradiation position of the charged particle beam in an irradiation object is moved, the first power supply unit, namely a power supply unit having no filter, is used to apply the voltage to the scanning electromagnet, so that an exciting current flowing in the scanning electromagnet can be changed in a short time. Further, when the irradiation position of the charged particle beam is maintained, the second power supply is used to apply a voltage whose pulsating component was removed to the scanning electromagnet, so that the exciting current flowing in the scanning electromagnet can be controlled precisely. Consequently, the charged particle beam can be applied uniformly to the irradiation object and an irradiation time of the charged particle beam to the irradiation object can be curtailed.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel is provided that can improve luminance and light emission efficiency of display discharge. After addressing for forming wall charge in cells to be lighted, in order to generate display discharge and following reproduction of wall charge in the cell, potential of at least one display electrode is altered so as to differ between start time point and end time point of display discharge, and potential of at least one electrode except the display electrode is altered so as to differ between the start time point and the end time point of the display discharge.

Abstract: An integrated touch screen and OLED flat-panel display includes a touch screen having a touch screen substrate with electrical contacts for receiving touch screen signals and conductive vias through the substrate and electrically connected to the electrical contacts; an OLED flat-panel display having a display substrate with electrical contacts for receiving display signals and an exposed area on the display substrate for providing electrical connection to the electrical contacts of the display and the touch screen; and wherein the touch screen substrate is the cover or substrate of the OLED flat-panel display, the conductive vias are electrically connected to conductors and electrical contacts located on the display substrate, and the substrate of the OLED flat-panel display protrudes beyond the cover to provide electrical connection to the electrical contacts of the display and touch screen.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for activating a display device with rows and columns, in which voltages may be supplied to the rows and columns of the display device as a function of data to be displayed. In addition, the invention relates to a display device having such an arrangement. To allow an efficient energy utilization and to avoid inaccuracies, an arrangement for activating a display device with columns and rows is proposed in which voltages (Vcol, Vcol/2, Vss, Vrow+, Vrow?) can be supplied to the rows and columns of the display device (2) as a function of data to be displayed, and the arrangement comprises at least one voltage divider unit (12) and one voltage multiplier unit (11), a supply voltage (Vdd) being supplied to the voltage divider unit, a divided voltage derived from the voltage divider unit being supplied to a voltage multiplier unit, and the divided voltage and the voltage generated by the voltage multiplier unit being supplied to the display device.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes for electric discharge, and a drive circuit which drives the plurality of electrodes. The drive circuit includes first and second outputting circuits provided on a board, a connector provided on the board and coupled to the plurality of electrodes, and a conductive plate which is provided on the board, and provides electrical couplings between the first and second outputting circuits and the connector. The conductive plate includes a first area connected to the first outputting circuit and a second area connected to the second outputting circuit, the first area and the second area being substantially line-symmetric.

Abstract: An EL display having high operating performance and reliability is provided. LDD regions 15a through 15d of a switching TFT 201 formed in a pixel are formed such that they do not overlap gate electrodes 19a and 19b to provide a structure which is primarily intended for the reduction of an off-current. An LDD region 22 of a current control TFT 202 is formed such that it partially overlaps a gate electrode 35 to provide a structure which is primarily intended for the prevention of hot carrier injection and the reduction of an off-current. Appropriate TFT structures are thus provided depending on required functions to improve operational performance and reliability.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display panel capable of reducing a circuit scale while suppressing the drop of a contrast includes a scan driver having a first power source for generating a first voltage, generating a scan pulse for bringing the capacitive light emission device to either an ON state or an OFF state based on the first voltage, and applying the scan pulse to the row electrode, a sustain driver having a second power source for generating a second voltage, generating a sustain pulse for allowing the capacitive light emission device set to the ON state to emit light based on the second voltage, and applying the scan pulse to the row electrode, and a reset driver generating a reset pulse for initializing the capacitive light emission device based on the sum of the first voltage and the second voltage, and applying the reset pulse to the row electrode.

Abstract: An image display device of this invention includes a pre-charging voltage stabilizing section having current controlling means and charge holding means which respectively include a resistor and a capacitor to stabilize a pre-charging voltage. The charge holding means holds a voltage to be supplied to data signal lines, and the current controlling means suppresses a current flow from a control signal generating circuit, thereby suppressing power fluctuation at the control signal generating circuit. This suppresses fluctuation in the pre-charging voltage and enables data signal lines to be charged to a predetermined voltage, thereby suppressing deterioration of image quality and an increase in power consumption of the image display device.

Abstract: After a sustain discharge period, a voltage twice a sustain pulse is applied to one of sustain discharge electrodes to form, on an address electrode, wall charges capable of self-erase discharge between an address electrode and the sustain discharge electrode by an address pulse, and the address pulse is applied to the address electrode to perform self-erase discharge between the address electrode and the sustain discharge electrode, thereby removing the wall charges formed on the address electrode. With this arrangement, a cell to be turned on in accordance with display data can be accurately selected in an address period without forming any wall charges on the address electrode, and any degradation in drive margin or display quality of a plasma display device can be suppressed.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel (PDP). The PDP includes a sustain discharge unit, a first charge and discharge unit, and a second charge and discharge unit. The sustain discharge unit maintains a voltage of a terminal of the panel capacitor at the sustain discharge voltage or the ground voltage. The first charge and discharge unit charges one end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges one end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage. The second charge and discharge unit charges the other end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges the other end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting a gradient of a reset ramp waveform of a plasma display panel in order to automatically adjust a ramp waveform generated in a reset period contributing to deviation adjustments between circuit components and between panels are provided. The apparatus manufacturing process is simple and the reset ramp waveform gradient is automatically adjusted, without manually adjusting the reset ramp waveform gradient, by sensing image information related to a gradient adjustment of the reset ramp waveform of the plasma display panel through a sensor and automatically generating a ramp waveform of a most suitable gradient based on the sensed image information.

Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling electrodes of a pixel in a plasma display panel. The method includes applying a first voltage to a first electrode of the pixel during an addressing discharge involving the first electrode, and applying a second voltage to a second electrode of the pixel. The first voltage and the second voltage have a relationship that discourages the addressing discharge from extending to the second electrode.

Abstract: It relates to a method of manufacturing an electron source. In an activation process, a set value of an activation gas partial pressure is switched at multi-stages and an application of a compensation voltage is not conducted for a predetermined period after switching of the set value. Alternatively, the activation is repeated plural times while a row wiring or a column wiring is switched, and the application of the compensation voltage is not conducted for the predetermined period after switching of the row wiring or the column wiring. Thus, activation processing can be uniformly performed for all electron emitting devices.

Abstract: There are provided an electron source apparatus capable of suppressing variations in electron emission state from electron-emitting devices even with an arrangement using spacers (9), and an image forming apparatus using the electron source apparatus. A plurality of row-direction wiring lines (8) and a plurality of column-direction wiring lines (6) are formed on a substrate (1) so as to cross each other. An electron-emitting device made up of device electrodes (2, 3), a conductive film (4), and an electron-emitting portion 5 is formed at each intersection between the row-direction wiring line (8) and the column-direction wiring line (6). The spacers (9) are arranged on some of the row-direction wiring lines (8). The column-direction wiring lines (6) are respectively connected to controlled constant current sources (221a, 221b, 221c) serving as current sources capable of outputting desired current values.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain excellent images which are free from distortion in a flat display apparatus including electron-emitter elements, phosphors, and spacers. A structure of the present invention is such that the display apparatus comprises a display panel including a first substrate having a plurality of electron-emitter elements, a second substrate having phosphors, and spacers; and driving means employing a line-sequential scanning method; wherein scan pulse output is performed by the driving means, and the driving means performs scanning in such a manner that a scan is performed in the direction of approaching a relevant one of the spacers from far. Thus, the present invention realizes the excellent display images which are free from distortion by largely reducing or eliminating influence of charging of the spacers to be exerted on the images.

Abstract: One image is displayed in a period as one frame, which includes one charge accumulation period and one light emission period. In the charge accumulation period, all electron emitters are scanned, and voltages depending on the luminance levels of corresponding pixels are applied to the electron emitters which correspond to pixels to be turned on (to emit light), to accumulate charges (electrons) in amounts depending on the luminance levels of corresponding pixels in the electron emitters which correspond to pixels to be turned on. In the next light emission period, a constant voltage is applied to all the electron emitters to emit electrons in amounts depending on the luminance levels of corresponding pixels from the electron emitters which correspond to pixels to be turned on, thereby emitting light from the pixels to be turned on.

Abstract: A device for controlling current useful for driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is disclosed which comprises a driver further comprising a switching circuit and a capacitor operatively connected to the switching circuit. The capacitor serves to maintain VGS for at least one component of the switching circuit. During operation of an exemplary embodiment, current to a pixel may be controlled by providing a sampling stage, during which the capacitor may be charged and/or discharged; providing a data current outputting stage during which summed current from each switching circuit may be provided to the pixel; and providing a pixel current reproducing stage during which each pixel is allowed to emit light in the presence of current in the data line. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: Various bus lines are disposed in the same layer as the layer of the pixel electrode. The peripheral driving circuit is configured by using a layer below the pixel electrode, including the layer of the gate electrode, the data line and the active layer of a TFT. The HVDD bus line is superimposed on the H scanner, the VSS bus line on the HSW circuit and the V scanner, the pre-charge data bus line on the PSW circuit, and the VVDD bus line on the V scanner. This increases the flexibility of the disposition of the bus lines for supplying the source voltages to the peripheral driving circuit, leading to the reduction of the framing area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the adjustment of luminance. The present invention is a method of manufacturing image forming apparatus including a step of applying characteristic shift voltage comprising a plurality of pulses in which the amplitude of the pulse obtained from the look-up table has two or more values, to the emitter, the look-up table storing the amplitude of the pulse and the number of the pulse for shifting characteristic of emitters to a predetermined luminance target value on the basis of the measurement result of the luminance. Moreover, the present invention is a method of manufacturing image forming apparatus comprising a step of applying the second pulses of characteristic shift voltage having the amplitude which was determined in response to the measurement result of the luminance after the first characteristic shift voltage had been applied to the emitter.

Abstract: A method of driving a PDP apparatus to sufficiently suppress the background light emission and improve the dark room contrast, in which first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged adjacently by turns, a first display line is formed between one side of the second electrode and the first electrode adjacent thereto, a second display line is formed between the other side of the second electrode and the first electrode adjacent thereto, and the interlaced display that displays the first display line and the second display line alternately in different fields is performed, has been disclosed, wherein the reset voltage that directly relates to the intensity of the background light emission is varied according to the number of times of sustain discharges, the display conditions, and so on, in each subfield and the reset discharge is caused to occur with the minimum voltage in each subfield.

Abstract: Flat panel displays, such as field emission displays (FEDs), plasma displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and electroluminescent displays (ELs), are provided incorporating driver circuitry on the same substrate as the active display region of the display device and further reducing through-vacuum and substrate-to-substrate interconnects. In one implementation, an image display device comprises a substrate; an active display region formed on the substrate and including addressable rows and columns defining pixels; and one or more driver ICs on the substrate, respective outputs of each driver IC coupled to respective ones of the addressable rows and columns, the driver ICs adapted to drive the active display region to display an image. The device also comprises a wireless receiver coupled to the driver ICs, the wireless receiver adapted to wirelessly receive a wireless signal including an input video signal for display and couple the input video signal to the driver ICs.

Abstract: An image display device comprises a faceplate having an image display surface and a rear plate opposed to the faceplate across a gap and having a plurality of electron sources which excite the image display surface. A grid and a plurality of spacers which maintain the space between the plates are provided between the faceplate and the rear plate. A voltage from a voltage supply unit that is higher than a voltage applied to the faceplate is applied to the grid, so that electric discharge can never be caused directly between the faceplate and the rear plate.