Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

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Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Hattori, Reiji

Reiji Hattori

Yoshitomo Masuda

Norio Nihei

Naoki Kobayashi

Yasushi Sato

Itsuo Tanuma

Tomoyuki Shirasaki

Takahiro Kawagoe

Koji Takagi

Hiroyasu Yamada

Kazuya Murata

Hajime Kitano

Gaku Yakushiji

Hirotaka Yamazaki

Yoshinori Iwabuchi

Hajime Tamura

Hisao Tanabe

Ryou Sakurai

A current drive apparatus for an active matrix display operates a plurality of loads, e.g. organic or inorganic EL elements, by applying a current thereto. The apparatus includes a plurality of output terminals to which the loads are respectively connected. A single current generation circuit comprising e.g. a digital to analogue converter and a current mirror, outputs an operating current having a predetermined current value. A plurality of current storage circuits are provided in accordance with the respective output terminals, sequentially sample and hold the operating current and then simultaneously output the drive currents based on the sampled operating currents to the respective output terminals. The operating current has a current value according to an input signal. The current storage circuit includes a voltage component holding section which samples the operating current outputted from the current generation circuit and holds a voltage component for driving a drive control current corresponding to a current value of the operating current for driving a second current mirror.

Current drive circuit and drive method thereof, and electroluminescent display apparatus using the circuit

Each embodiment relates to an image display device which comprises an image display panel, in which two or more groups of particles having different colors and different charge characteristics are sealed between two substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the particles, to which an electrostatic field produced by a pair of electrodes provided on one or both substrates is applied, are made to fly and move so as to display an image. Among them, in the first aspect of the invention, an image forming process for forming the image by applying an electric field pattern between the electrodes, the electric field pattern serving to fly particles A to the substrate at an image display side; and an image forming process for forming the image by applying an inversion (negative) electric field pattern with respect to the electric field pattern, the inversion electric field pattern serving to fly particles B having different colors and different charge characteristics with respect to those of the particles A to the substrate at an image display side; so that an image deleting process prior to forming the image to be displayed is eliminated.

Image display unit

In an image display device which has an image display panel, in which two or more groups of particles or liquid powders having different colors and different charge characteristics are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one of two substrates being transparent, and, in which the particles or the liquid powders, to which an electrostatic field produced by a pair of electrodes provided on one substrate or both substrates respectively is applied, are made to move so as to display an image, a chip for transmitting a drive signal to the image display panel is arranged in the substrate (first aspect of the invention), or, the two substrates are constructed by a transparent substrate and the pair of electrodes are constructed by a transparent electrode (second aspect of the invention).

Image display device

Disclosed is an organic EL display apparatus comprising: a light emitting section; a current control section which controls a current to be flown to the light emitting section; a photoelectric converting section which generates a current upon detecting light emitted from the light emitting section; a first switching section which switches between transmission and non-transmission of the current generated; an amplifying section which performs current-voltage conversion of the current transmitted by the first switching section and amplifies it; a comparison amplifying section which performs comparison and amplification of a voltage value obtained by the amplification and a voltage value corresponding to the image signal; a second switching section which switches between transmission and non-transmission of the voltage value resulting from the comparison and amplification; and an image signal holding capacitor which is charged or discharged according to the voltage value transmitted by the second switching section.

Organic EL display apparatus

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 driving device which supplies a current to a plurality of current-driven optical elements to drive the optical elements includes at least a driving current supply circuit which supplies a driving current to each optical element for a predetermined period, and a control voltage applying circuit which applies a charge voltage having a voltage value corresponding to a voltage to be applied to each optical element using the driving current, before the driving current is supplied. The driving current supply circuit includes a single constant current generating circuit which outputs a constant current having the same current value as that of a driving current, and a plurality of current storage circuits which sequentially receive and hold the constant current and output the driving current on the basis of the constant current.

Driving device, display apparatus using the same, and driving method therefor

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Fukuoka, Japan

Reiji Hattori