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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Hidehiko Yajima, Suwa, JP;
Hidehiko Yajima, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit that can be used as either a segment driver or a common driver, where the number of wires for scanning data is reduced so that the area of the wiring is reduced and the layout is simplified. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a plurality of data holding devices that each hold data that is inputted via a first terminal and output the data to a second terminal or hold data that is inputted via the second terminal and output the data to the first terminal in response to the operating mode and the scanning direction; a switching device that switches the connections of the plurality of data holding devices in response to the operating mode; and a plurality of selecting devices that select one out of data outputted from the terminals of the plurality of data holding devices and data outputted from the terminals of the plurality of data holding devices in response to the operating mode and the scanning direction.