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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Noboru Toyozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An active-matrix liquid crystal display device has pixels arranged in a matrix which each include a thin film transistor (TFT) as an active element. When the device is in a power-off state, TFTs in all the pixels are switched on, and all horizontal switches are turned on so that all data lines are supplied with a potential equal to the potential of common electrodes of the pixels. This forms a discharging path for discharging residual charge in all the pixels, and the discharging path can instantaneously discharge the residual charges.