Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Display device and driving method thereof
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Application No.: US12977940Application Date: 2010-12-23
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Publication No.: US08599109B2Publication Date: 2013-12-03
- Inventor: Hajime Kimura
- Applicant: Hajime Kimura
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C.
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JP2001-289983 20010921
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00

Abstract:
Each pixel of a display device has a current supply circuit, a switch portion, and a light emitting element. The light emitting element, the current supply circuit, and the switch portion are connected in series between a power supply reference line and a power supply line. The switch portion is switched between ON and OFF using a digital video signal. The amount of constant current flowing in the current supply circuit is determined by a control signal inputted from the outside of the pixel. When the switch portion is ON, a constant current determined by the current supply circuit flows in the light emitting element and light is emitted. As a result, a low-cost display device can be provided in which the light emitting element can emit light at a constant luminance even when the current characteristic is changed by degradation or the like, which is fast in writing signals in pixels, which can display in gray scales accurately, and which can be reduced in size with a low cost, as well as a driving method of the display device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110134163A1 DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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