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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Makoto Onozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Sano, Zushi, JP;
Michitaka Ohsawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Sasaki, Hiratsuka, JP;
Noboru Akiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Fumitaka Asami, Kunitachi, JP;
Kazuo Yoshiikawa, Kobe, JP;
Hitoshi Hirakawa, Takasago, JP;
Tomokatsu Kishi, Yamato, JP;
Toyoshi Kawada, Atsugi, JP;
Makoto Onozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Sano, Zushi, JP;
Michitaka Ohsawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Sasaki, Hiratsuka, JP;
Noboru Akiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Fumitaka Asami, Kunitachi, JP;
Kazuo Yoshiikawa, Kobe, JP;
Hitoshi Hirakawa, Takasago, JP;
Tomokatsu Kishi, Yamato, JP;
Toyoshi Kawada, Atsugi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel including address electrodes and sustain electrodes crossing the address electrodes, with pixels being sandwiched between the address electrodes and the sustain electrodes. A sustain-electrode drive circuit selectively generates both sustain pulses and scan pulses and supplies them to the sustain electrodes. An address-electrode drive circuit generates address pulses based on a video signal and supplies the address pulses to the address electrodes. A control-signal generation circuit generates a control signal for controlling the sustain-electrode drive circuit to generate a selected one of the sustain pulses and the scan pulses and supplies the control signal to the sustain-electrode drive circuit. In order to display an image on the display panel, the sustain-electrode drive circuit both specifies addresses of pixels to be turned on and turns on the pixels at the specified addresses.