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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Toshinori Ninoyu, Nagoya, JP;
Kiyoshi Saeki, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishita, Kariya, JP;
Tomoya Uchida, Kariya, JP;
Hideki Saito, Chiryu, JP;
Masahiko Osada, Hekinan, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An EL display in which expansion of dielectric breakdown occurring at any one of EL elements is inhibited. Scan electrodes are arranged to receive an offset voltage Vm at those instances other than during application of a scanning voltage thereto in a positive field, while a predetermined voltage is applied to data electrodes to prevent voltage from being applied to EL elements immediately after application of the scan voltage. Accordingly, even where dielectric breakdown occurs at any one of the EL elements due to application of a light emission driving pulse voltage, it is possible to inhibit current flow between the scan electrodes and the data electrodes to thereby inhibit further subsequent dielectric breakdown.