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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2004
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Toshiya Inada, Kobe, JP;
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Toshiya Inada, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide electrostatic discharge damage protection during manufacturing and to suppress power consumption as low as possible during ordinary use of the electronic device having been manufactured, with avoidance of the problem of electric corrosion. An electronic devicecomprising an array of pixelswherein row and column address linesfor addressing each pixelare arranged. Each address line is connected to a discharge linethrough a discharge. The circuit allows the passage of charge between the address line and the first discharge linewhen the address line is at a potential below that of the first discharge line, and allows the passage of charge between the address line and the second discharge linewhen the address line is at a potential above that of the second discharge line. The discharge elements have a configuration in which the one is in an electrically floating state during ordinary operation of the electronic device, or a conductive path making conduction in order that leakage current of the discharge device occurring during ordinary operation of the electronic device can be used for the peripheral circuitry.