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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive circuit for reducing display defects.SOLUTION: There is provided a driver for driving a plurality of pixel circuits by line sequence scanning. In regard to a plurality of pixel circuits belonging to a single horizontal line, the driver performs first preparatory driving based on a first voltage in a first preparatory period, subsequently performs second preparatory driving based on the first voltage in a second preparatory period that ends at a timing other than the first preparatory period in another horizontal line, and writes luminance information in a writing period that follows.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a luminance variation area from being visually recognized as a linear defect even if a gate of a driving transistor and an anode of an organic EL element are electrically short-circuited in a pixel. SOLUTION: In a display, pixels each of which includes an organic EL element 1D, a writing transistor 1A, a driving transistor 1B and a holding capacitor 1C are arranged in a matrix state. In this case, while a scanning signal is being given to a scanning line in a period during which a pixel line of preceding stage is driven, a video signal reference potential is given to a signal line DTL to correct the threshold value of the driving transistor 1B in its own pixel. At that time, a potential setting period is provided, which sets a potential to be given to a power source feeding line DSL to the video signal reference potential Vo in a period from the beginning of the lights-out of the organic EL element 1D to the application of a high voltage Vcc_H to the power source feeding line DSL. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display element configured to, when one of light emitting parts does not operate normally, make the other light emitting part that operates normally emit light with luminance higher than the original one. SOLUTION: The display element 110 comprises the first light emitting element 111 and the second light emitting element 111'. The first light emitting element 111 includes the current drive type first light emitting part ELP and a first drive circuit 112 connected to the first light emitting part ELP. The second light emitting element 111' includes a current drive type second light emitting part ELP' and a second drive circuit 112' connected to the second light emitting part ELP'. The display device includes a current increasing means 113 for increasing the current flowing in one of the first light emitting part ELP and the second light emitting part ELP' when the other of the first light emitting part ELP and the second light emitting part ELP' does not operate normally. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light emission display for enhancing its manufacturing yield. SOLUTION: Pixel pitch 26R, 26G, 26B of a pixel circuit corresponding to pixels 20R1, 20G1, 20B1 for R, G, B are set respectively in a pixel circuit layer so as to become inequality in accordance with a ratio of magnitude of display drive currents required for each organic EL element 24 to obtain the same light emission luminance. Thereby, in the each pixel 20R1, 20G1, 20B1 for R, G, B; pixel pattern density of corresponding pixel circuit become equal one another, and a pattern defect rate is reduced as a whole pixel circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the deterioration of luminance caused by leakage during a signal writing period even when causing the leakage in a specific switching transistor. SOLUTION: Signal voltages VsigR, VsigG, VsigB for R, G, and B are supplied to corresponding signal lines by selector drive and held in the form of paracitic capacities of the signal lines or the like. After the holding of the last signal voltage VsigB is finished, a writing transistor is brought into a conductive state, and the signal voltages VsigR, VsigG, VsigB held by the signal lines are written simultaneously and held in holding capacities. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device having a panel wiring structure capable of protecting a pixel circuit against electrostatic stress applied from the outside. SOLUTION: A scanner arranged in the peripheral part of a panel has a shift register for successively generating an input signal by corresponding to a scanning line DS, and a buffer 5B for outputting a control signal to each scanning line DS in response to the input signal input from a power source wiring VddDS. The panel has a first power source terminal for connecting the power source wiring Vdd of the side of a pixel array part to an outside power source, a second power source terminal for connecting the power source wiring VddDS of the scanner of the side of a drive part to the outside power source, and protection resistors R2, R1 for connecting each power source terminal to grounding wiring GND. The power source wiring Vdd and the power source wiring VddDS are mutually connected with common wiring BL on the panel to be at the same potential. The characteristic variation of a switching transistor Tr4 in the pixel circuit 2 from the electrostatic stress applied on the first power source terminal or the second power source terminal is prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device that prevents deterioration of organic EL elements due to diffusion of moisture remaining in the display device and thereby achieves good long-term reliability. SOLUTION: The device includes: a display area 3 composed by arranging and forming organic EL elements EL on a support substrate 2; and a peripheral area 4 composed by providing drive circuits of the organic EL elements EL on the support substrate 2 in the periphery of the display area 3. In display device 1 provided with an organic insulating film 12 that covers the entire area above the support substrate 2 on which the drive circuits are formed, the organic insulating film 12 is isolated to an inner peripheral portion 12a and outer peripheral portion 12b by an isolation groove (a) from which the portion of the organic insulating film 12 is removed in the position surrounding the display area 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device using a current driving type light emitting element such as an organic EL element, in which degradation in contrast due to an excessive or insufficient luminance value of black can be prevented by a simple configuration. SOLUTION: A plurality of reference voltages V0 to V15 are generated by resistive division of source reference voltages VRT, VRB, VR, VG, VB, and the plurality of reference voltages V0 to V15 are selected to subject image data DR, DG, DB to digital-analog conversion process so that at least the source reference voltage VRB for the black level is made common in each color data DR, DG, DB. The source reference voltages VR, VG, VB for setting an intermediate grayscale nearer to the black level are individually variable for the respective color data DR, DG, DB. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately control the operation of correcting the threshold voltage of a pixel and to prevent decrease in luminance. SOLUTION: A switching transistor Tr2 is turned on in response to a control signal AZ2 supplied from a scanning line AZ2 prior to a sampling period and sets the gate G of a driving transistor Trd to a potential Vofs. A switching transistor Tr3 is turned on in response to a control signal AZ1 supplied from a scanning line AZ1 and sets the source S of the driving transistor to a potential Vini. A switching transistor Tr4 is turned on in response to a control signal DS supplied from a scanning line DS prior to the sampling period and connects the driving transistor Trd to a potential Vcc, and thereby, makes a storage capacitor hold a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor Trd and corrects influences of the threshold voltage Vth. A scanner 72 sets timing of the control signal AZ2 so as to turn on the switching transistor Tr2 prior to Tr3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an image quality by suppressing signal potential fluctuations. SOLUTION: The horizontal drive circuit 3 supplies signal voltages matching the image data to each signal line SL at every horizontal cycle. The vertical drive circuit 4 applies control signals WS to the scanning lines WS at every horizontal cycle and selects the pixels 2 on the corresponding lines. The selected pixels 2 change their gradations by the applied signal voltages. A complementary capacitor Csub is connected to each signal line SL to prevent the signal voltages supplied to the signal lines SL from fluctuating by the operation of the horizontal drive circuit 3 or pixels 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT