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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2006
Kazutoshi Shimizume, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Nagasaki, JP;
Shinichi Koga, Nagasaki, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A defective pixel examination method includes the steps of applying different voltages to a capacitive element of a first pixel section and a capacitive element of a second pixel section among the plurality of pixel sections; turning on a switch provided between an input electrode of a pixel transistor in the first pixel section and an input electrode of a pixel transistor in the second pixel section and short-circuiting the input electrode of the first pixel transistor and the input electrode of the second pixel transistor; reading a voltage of the capacitive element of the first pixel section and a voltage of the capacitive element of the second pixel section; and detecting defects of a pixel section on the basis of the result of the comparison between the voltage of the capacitive element of the first pixel section and the voltage of the capacitive element of the second pixel section.