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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Chih-chi Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tze-chien Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Chi Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tze-Chien Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Au Optronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An electroluminescent (EL) display device has pixels spatially arranged in a matrix, each pixel having first, second, third and fourth EL elements, gate lines each coupled to a respective row of pixels, first data lines each coupled to the first EL elements of a respective column of pixels, second data lines each coupled to the second EL elements of a respective column of pixels, first switches each coupled to a respective third EL element, second switches each coupled to a respective fourth EL element, a switch control line coupled to the first and second switches for providing a switching control signal to set the first and second switches to be in an ON state or an OFF state, and third data lines each coupled to the first and second switches corresponding to a respective column of pixels for transmitting a data signal.