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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mamoru Miyawaki, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G09G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); G02F 1/13624 (2013.01); G09G 3/30 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving circuit for driving a light modulator including a matrix of pixels, the driving circuit includes, a first selecting unit configured to select a row of the matrix of pixels, each pixel having a capacitance element for modulating light; a first transistor configured to reset a voltage of the capacitance element in the selected row; a second selecting unit configured to select a column of the matrix of pixels, information being written in the capacitance element specified by the first and second selecting unit; and a second transistor, the information being written in the capacitance element through the second transistor.