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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Yoshiro Mikami, Hitachi, JP;
Tetsuro Minemura, Hitachioota, JP;
Makoto Tsumura, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuhiro Kuwabara, Hitachi, JP;
Shinichi Komura, Hitachi, JP;
Tatsuya Ohkubo, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideo Sato, Hitachi, JP;
Shoichi Hirota, Hitachi, JP;
Masaya Adachi, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuhito Masuda, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improved liquid crystal display apparatus for low power consumption is provided, within each of the regions surrounded by a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of signal electrodes, with a display data holding circuit connected to the corresponding scanning electrodes and signal electrodes, for fetching and storing a display data from the signal electrode in response to a scanning signal; a switching device connected to the display data holding circuit, its switching operation being controlled by the holding circuit; and a display electrode connected to the switching device.