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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Koichi Iguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Iguchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A current-control-type light emitting display in which a reverse current can be supplied to a light emitting element without requiring a negative power supply and without being passed through a forward drive section. A first electrode of the light emitting element is connected via a first switching device to a second power supply line set to 0 V, and is connected to a drive section via a second switching device. A second electrode of the light emitting element is connected to a third power supply line selectively connected to a voltage source from which an arbitrary positive voltage is supplied or another voltage source from which 0 V is supplied. A reverse current is supplied to the light emitting device by setting the potential on the first electrode of the light emitting element equal to the potential on the second power supply line and by setting the potential on the second electrode equal to the potential on the third power supply line from which an arbitrary positive voltage is supplied.