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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Akinori Hayafuji, Yonezawa, JP;
Akira Moriya, Yonezawa, JP;
Akinori Hayafuji, Yonezawa, JP;
Akira Moriya, Yonezawa, JP;
Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, Yamagata, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a device for driving a light-emitting display panel in which output limiter element is added to a DC-DC converter which associates a boosting operation. In the drive device, even though a forward voltage of a monitor element increases to operate the limiter element, predetermined display quality can be assured without considerably disrupting a color balance. On a display panel, a display region in which display pixels of R, G, and B are arranged and an arrangement region for monitor elements which monitor forward voltages of R, G, and B are formed. Output voltages obtained by the respective DC-DC converters are controlled based on the forward voltages obtained by the monitor elements. An output limiter is constituted by zener diodes to prevent converter output values from being excessive by increases in forward voltages from the monitor elements due to aging. Limiter values obtained by the zener diodes are set at different levels.