Sony Corporation

Hidetoshi Murai

Hayato Kurasawa

Hideki Kaneko

Yasuo Segawa

Masahiro Horiguchi

Tomoaki Sekime

Jin Ota

A method for driving an electro-optic device includes a first and second electrode and a pair of substrates sandwiching an electro-optic layer driven by the first electrode. The method involves shifting one of two potentials input to at least one of the electrodes such that a potential difference between the first and second electrode where the potential input to the first electrode is higher than the potential input to the second electrode is larger than a potential difference between the first and second electrode where the potential input to the first electrode is lower than the potential input to the second electrode, when a gray-scale level where potential input to the first electrode is higher than potential input to the second electrode is equivalent to the gray-scale level where potential input to the first electrode is lower than potential input to the second electrode.

Method for driving electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus

A transverse field type liquid crystal display panel has multiple scan linesand common wiresprovided in parallel, multiple signal linesprovided in the direction crossing the scan lines, and common electrodesand pixel electrodesformed in the regions delimited by the multiple scan linesand signal lines. At least part of the surface of an insulator laid over the scan linesis covered by shield electrodesconstituted of a conductive material. Thanks to such structure, there can be provided a transverse field type&#x2014;that is, an IPS mode or FFS mode&#x2014;liquid crystal display panel that is equipped with a device for preventing burn-in due to the voltage that is applied to the scan lines.

Transverse field type liquid crystal display panel

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Yokohama, Japan

Hidetoshi Murai