Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Solas Oled Ltd

Hiroyasu Yamada

Tomoyuki Shirasaki

Masaharu Shioya

Hiroshi Matsumoto

Manabu Takei

Nobuyuki Yamamura

Yoshihiro Kawamura

Jun Ogura

Tetsushi Yoshida

Tsuyoshi Ozaki

Shinichi Shimomaki

Yasuhiro Daiku

Haruo Wakai

Syunichi Sato

Minoru Kumagai

Kazuhito Sato

Tetsuo Muto

Reiji Hattori

Norihiko Kaneko

Naohiro Konya

Hideaki Shimizu

Morio Morishige

Kyuya Baba

Ichiro Kono

A display panel including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes: a light emitting element; a pixel circuit having a driving transistor connected to the light emitting element in series; a data line to which a data current is supplied through the pixel circuit; a scanning line for selecting the pixel circuit; a first insulation film to cover the data line; and a second insulation film made of a material different from the first insulation film, to cover the data line and the first insulation film, wherein the following expression is satisfied.  C: parasitic capacitance of whole path to data line through pixel circuit; &#x2208;: vacuum dielectric constant; &#x2208;: relative dielectric constant of first insulation film; D: first insulation film thickness; &#x2208;: relative dielectric constant of second insulation film; D: second insulation film thickness.

Display panel

A display panel () includes a plurality of optical elements (OEL) each having a pair of electrodes and performing an optical operation according to current passing between the pair of electrodes, a current line (DL), a switch circuit (Tr) that passes a write current (Ia) with a predetermined current value through the current line (DL) during a selection time (Tse) and stops passing current during a non-selection time (Tnse), and a current storage circuit (Tr, Tr, Cs, Cp) that stores current data according to the current value of the write current (Ia) passing through the current line (DL) during the selection time (Tse) and that supplies a drive current (Ib) having a current value, which is obtained by subtracting a predetermined offset current (Ioff) from the current value of the stored write current (Ia), to the optical elements (OEL) during the non-selection time (Tnse).

Display device and its driving method

A display apparatus includes signal lines to each of which a current is supplied to obtain an arbitrary current value, optical elements each optical behaving in accordance with the current value of the current flowing via the signal line, and a stationary voltage supply circuit for supplying a stationary voltage for setting the current value of the current flowing through the signal line to be stationary through the signal line.

Light emitting element display apparatus and driving method thereof

A display panel () includes a plurality of optical elements (OEL) each having a pair of electrodes and performing an optical operation according to current passing between the pair of electrodes, a current line (DL), a switch circuit (Tr) that passes a write current (Ia) with a predetermined current value through the current line (DL) during a selection time (Tse) and stops passing current during a nonselection time (Tnse), and a current storage circuit (Tr, Tr, Cs, Cp) that stores current data according to the current value of the write current (Ia) passing through the current line (DL) during the selection time (Tse) and that supplies a drive current (Ib) having a current value, which is obtained by subtracting a predetermined offset current (Ioff) from the current value of the stored write current (Ia), to the optical elements (OEL) during the nonselection time (Tnse).

A display panel includes an optical element which has a pair of electrodes and exhibits an optical operation corresponding to an electric current flowing between the electrodes, and a switch circuit which supplies a memory current having a predetermined current value to a current line during a selection period, and stops the supply of the memory current to the current line during a non-selection period. A current memory circuit stores current data corresponding to the current value of the memory current flowing through the current line during the selection period and, in accordance with the current data stored during the selection period, supplies a display current having a current value substantially equal to the memory current to the optical element during the non-selection period.

Display panel and display panel driving method

A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines (X-X), a plurality of signal lines (Y-Y), a scanning driver () which sequentially supplies to the scanning lines selection signals that select the scanning lines, a data driver () which supplies a designation current to the plurality of signal lines within a selection period when the scanning lines are being selected, a plurality of pixel circuits which supplies a driving current corresponding to a current value of the designation current that flows to the signal lines, a plurality of optical elements (E-E) which emit light in accordance with the driving current supplied by the plurality of pixel is circuits and a power supply () which outputs to the plurality of pixel circuits a driving current reference voltage to supply the driving current.

Display device and display device driving method

Disclosed is a high-definition display apparatus which allows a write current having an adequate value to flow. The display apparatus comprises a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of optical elements which presents display as a drive current equal in value to a write current flowing in the signal lines flows, and a current control driver which is connected to one ends of the signal lines, reduces the current value of a gradation signal by a current reduction ratio and lets the write current flow in the signal lines.

Display apparatus and drive method therefor

A phototransistor having a non-linear light vs. conductivity characteristics and an organic electroluminescent layer are sandwiched by a pair of electrodes, a predetermined voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes, and address light is irradiated on a phototransistor to let a current flow in the phototransistor, thus causing the electroluminescent layer to emit light. It is therefore possible to drive the device to present crosstalk-free gradation display with a high contrast ratio.

Method of driving display device

A display device includes an EL element for signal light which is based on the segment matrix drive scheme and causes a plurality of areas to emit signal light containing light in a wavelength range other than the visible range, a photoconductive layer which generates carriers upon incidence of signal light, and an EL element for display light which is adjacent to the photoconductive layer. Signal light is irradiated onto desired areas of the photoconductive layer. Carriers are injected from the irradiated areas into the EL layer to emit display light containing visible light.

Display device for performing display operation in accordance with

Selection transistors and drive transistors are formed in individual pixel areas on a substrate. Cathode electrodes which reflect visible light are formed above the selection transistors and the drive transistors so as to cover the pixel areas, with flat insulation films between the cathode electrodes and the selection and drive transistors. An organic EL layer and an anode electrode are sequentially formed on the cathode electrodes.

Display apparatus

An organic electroluminescence device is placed as a back light of a liquid crystal display panel. The organic electroluminescence device is constituted by a front electrode (#112) having transparency to visible light, a rear electrode (#113) having reflection to visible light and an organic electroluminescence layer (#114) for emitting light as a predetermined voltage is applied between the front and rear electrodes. A scatter control member (#120), located between the liquid crystal panel and the organic electroluminescence panel, passes incident light within a predetermined range without scattering and passes light outside the predetermined range with scattering. Preferably, the scatter control member is constituted by a plurality of lightguiding portions (#121) having transparency to visible light and a plurality of reflection films (#122) having a reflection property to visible light.

Scatter control member for organic electroluminescent light source for

A controller stores image signals Sp represented as binary values for every unit of frame. The controller divides one frame into a plurality of sub-frames representing an image by image data of two gradation levels, in accordance with respective figures of the stored image signals Sp for one frame. The image data of two gradation levels for each of the sub-frames is written into capacitors Cp from a drain driver, for every row. When the image data is '1', a drive transistor is turned on. A common driver applies a voltage of a predetermined level for every sub-frame, to control the voltage applied between electrodes of an organic EL element. As a result, the organic EL element emit light with brightness which differs between sub-frames. Images of the sub-frames are visually synthesized, so that gradation is expressed in one frame.

Electroluminescent display device and a driving method thereof

A carrier-injection type organic electroluminescent device includes, provided on a substrate, a transparent anode electrode, and a hole transport layer containing hole-transporting poly(N-vinylcarbazole) and 2,5-bis(1-naphthyl)-oxadiazole, and 3-(2'-benzothiazoyl)-7-diethylaminocoumarin as a fluorescent material which absorbs light within a predetermined wavelength range and emits light having a longer wavelength. Further included are an electron transport layer containing an electron-transporting tris(8-quinolinolate)aluminum complex, and a cathode electrode. When a voltage is applied between the anode and the cathode, the fluorescent material absorbs light emitted by the recombination of electrons and holes, and emits visible light.

Carrier injection type organic electro-luminescent device which emits

A photosensor formed on an insulating substrate has a transparent top gate electrode arranged on the upper side of a semiconductor layer for photoelectric conversion and a bottom gate electrode arranged on the lower side of the semiconductor layer. If light is applied from the top gate electrode side in a state in which a bottom gate voltage V.sub.BG =+20 V is applied to the bottom gate electrode and a top gate voltage V.sub.TG =-20 V is applied to the top gate electrode, electron-hole pairs are generated in the semiconductor layer and only the holes are held in the semiconductor layer by the effect of the top gate voltage V.sub.TG =-20 V. Therefore, an n-channel is formed in the semiconductor layer and a drain current I.sub.DS flows. It was confirmed that the drain current I.sub.DS will not flow even if illumination light is applied when the bottom gate voltage V.sub.BG is set at 0 V. Therefore, the selection or non-selection state of the photosensor can be controlled by the bottom gate voltage V.sub.TG.

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Hachioji, Japan

Hiroyasu Yamada