Patents by Inventor Suehiro Gotoh

Suehiro Gotoh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7570244
    Abstract: Signal lines for supplying signal currents to respective pixel circuits having light emitting elements are arranged. A signal line driving circuit generates, on a signal line, a signal current corresponding to the image data, by switching bit weighting currents output from bit weighting current source circuits provided for respective bits of the image data, using a switch circuit turned on/off dependent on the corresponding bit. Each current source circuit has a function of correcting the level of the bit weighting current output from itself, based on a reference current of the bit weighting current supplied from a reference current line. Therefore, even when the characteristics of TFTs forming respective current source circuits vary widely, variation in signal currents among the signal lines can be suppressed, and unevenness in emission luminance can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabuhsiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Agari, Hidetada Tokioka, Ryuichi Hashido, Takahiro Urakabe, Suehiro Gotoh, Masashi Okabe, Mitsuo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20050174306
    Abstract: Signal lines for supplying signal currents to respective pixel circuits having light emitting elements are arranged. A signal line driving circuit generates, on a signal line, a signal current corresponding to the image data, by switching bit weighting currents output from bit weighting current source circuits provided for respective bits of the image data, using a switch circuit turned on/off dependent on the corresponding bit. Each current source circuit has a function of correcting the level of the bit weighting current output from itself, based on a reference current of the bit weighting current supplied from a reference current line. Therefore, even when the characteristics of TFTs forming respective current source circuits vary widely, variation in signal currents among the signal lines can be suppressed, and unevenness in emission luminance can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Agari, Hidetada Tokioka, Ryuichi Hashido, Takahiro Urakabe, Suehiro Gotoh, Masashi Okabe, Mitsuo Inoue