Abstract:
In a ring oscillator type VCO in which plural stages of inverter circuits (10) are cascade-connected to each other so as to constitute a positive feedback loop, both of delay amounts for a rising edge and a falling edge of an output signal from the inverter circuit are controlled to have the same delay amount by way of a control signal (Vc). These delay amounts of the rising edge and the falling edge are controllable in such a manner that the duty ratio of an oscillator output signal is not varied. Each stage (10) of the inverter circuit is arranged by three-staged inverters made of load transistors (QL) and driver transistors (QD), and the control voltage (Vc) is applied to the load transistors of the two adjoining inverters among the three-staged inverters.
Abstract:
In a ring oscillator type VCO in which plural stages of inverter circuits (10) are cascade-connected to each other so as to constitute a positive feedback loop, both of delay amounts for a rising edge and a falling edge of an output signal from the inverter circuit are controlled to have the same delay amount by way of a control signal (Vc). These delay amounts of the rising edge and the falling edge are controllable in such a manner that the duty ratio of an oscillator output signal is not varied. Each stage (10) of the inverter circuit is arranged by three-staged inverters made of load transistors (QL) and driver transistors (QD), and the control voltage (Vc) is applied to the load transistors of the two adjoining inverters among the three-staged inverters.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To make the size of the SYNC tip clamping/synchronization separating circuit by a CMOS process small and to reduce the cost. CONSTITUTION:A final output amplifier section 17B of a differential amplifier circuit 17 is made up of a P-channel FETQ16 and a current pulling down a drain terminal of the P-channel FETQ16 is set smaller than a current flowing when the P-channel FETQ16 is turned on. A predetermined voltage is impressed to a noninverting input terminal (+) of the differential amplifier circuit 17 by resistors 18, 19, and an inverting input terminal (-) of the differential amplifier circuit 17 and an output terminal 14 are connected and an input coupling capacitor 5 is interposed between the inverting input terminal (-) and a video signal input terminal 1. Furthermore, a buffer 20 is provided, which extracts a synchronizing signal from the input of the P-channel FET16.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To attain low power consumption by providing a signal compression/ expansion circuit with satisfactory input/output characteristic in a CMOS process. CONSTITUTION:An expanded analog signal So can be obtained by supplying an analog signal Si to a multiplication type D/A converter 22, detecting a signal level by a level detection circuit 23, converting a detection level S1 to digital data Sd of (m) bits by an A/D converter 25, and controlling the multiplication type D/A converter 22 by the digital data Sd.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a D/A conversion circuit with high precision where a stable voltage output can be acquired independently of a load circuit and to suppress interference among the D/A conversion circuits in the case of employing a plurality of the D/A conversion circuits. SOLUTION: A differential comparator circuit 50 compares a differential output voltage (Vout-Vxout) with a differential reference signal (VA-VB) and controls a count value cnt of an up-down counter 60 according to its comparison signal cmp. A switch S3 of a reference voltage correction 70 is controlled depending on the count value cnt to control a level of a reference voltage V1. A comparator circuit 10 compares the reference voltage V1 with a voltage V2, outputs a comparison signal V3 to control an output current of each of a current source 12 and a current source circuit 22. Then a maximum value of a differential output voltage is independent of a load circuit and kept to a level nearly equal to that of the differential reference signal and then a stable voltage output can be realized.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To control the delay quantities of leading edges and trailing edges of an output waveform without causing variation in duty ratio by applying a control voltage to the load transistors(TR) of two adjacent inverters among three stages of inverters. CONSTITUTION:The inverting circuit of the ring oscillator type VCO is constituted by cascading the three stages of inverters. The p channel MOS TRs of the inverters in the 1st and 2nd stages are both controlled as the load TRs QL and QL with the control voltage VC. The inverter in the 3rd stage is a normal CMOS inverter. Therefore, the rising speed of signals Va and Vb at nodes (a) and (b) when they rise from 0V to a level VCC varies with the values of currents flowing to the load TRs QL because of load capacity. Consequently, the leading edges and trailing edges of the output Vout can be delayed by the same quantity.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress potential variations in data lines and thereby perform display with less image quality degradation caused by the potential variations.SOLUTION: A short circuit is provided for each of the plurality of pairs of data lines, and allows the pair of data lines to be short-circuited. Before writing of an image signal to a pixel, the pair of data lines is put in a high-impedance state. The short circuit temporarily puts the pair of data lines in a short-circuit state before writing of the image signal to the pixel, to set the potential between the pair of data lines to an intermediate potential between a positive-phase potential and a negative-phase potential, and then releases the short-circuit state to perform writing of the image signal.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electro-optical unit and a display that allow an area of a pixel circuit to be reduced.SOLUTION: The electro-optical unit includes: a plurality of pixels provided correspondingly to portions where a plurality of pairs of data lines with two data lines assigned as a pair and a plurality of gate lines intersect with each other. Each of the pixels has an electro-optical device, and a pixel circuit that is connected with the electro-optical device. The pixel circuit has a holding circuit connected with one of the plurality of pairs of data lines and one of the plurality of the gate lines, and a selection circuit connected with an output of the holding circuit and the electro-optical device.