Circuit element, signal processing circuit, control device, display device, method of driving display device, method of driving circuit element, and method of driving control device
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1. A circuit element comprising:
- a first lead wire;
a second lead wire;
a third lead wire;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between said first lead wire and said second lead wire; and
a load which is connected between said third lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element.
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Abstract
A circuit element comprises a first lead wire; a second lead wire; a third lead wire; first and second rectifying elements which are connected in series in a forward direction between the first lead wire and the second lead wire; and a load which is connected between the third lead wire and a connection point between the first and second rectifying elements. V1≧V2 over an entire operating period provided that V1 represents an electric potential of the first lead wire and V2 represents an electric potential of the second lead wire. V2≦V3≦V1 in a period in which a current is blocked and does not flow into the load, provided that V3 represents an electric potential of the connection point.
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43 Claims
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1. A circuit element comprising:
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a first lead wire;
a second lead wire;
a third lead wire;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between said first lead wire and said second lead wire; and
a load which is connected between said third lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A signal processing circuit comprising a circuit element and a control circuit,
wherein said circuit element includes: -
a first lead wire;
a second lead wire;
a third lead wire;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between said first lead wire and said second lead wire; and
a load which is connected between said third lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element;
said control circuit controls at least an electric potential of said first lead wire and an electric potential of said second lead wire.
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13. A control device comprising a plurality of circuit elements and a plurality of control circuits,
wherein each of said circuit elements includes: -
a first lead wire;
a second lead wire;
a third lead wire;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between said first lead wire and said second lead wire; and
a load which is connected between said third lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element;
each of said control circuits controls electric potentials of said first lead wire, said second lead wire, and said third lead wire. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A display device comprising:
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a display section which includes a large number of picture elements;
a large number of select lines each of which gives a selection/unselection instruction to said respective picture elements;
a large number of signal lines each of which supplies a picture element signal to said respective picture elements in a selected state; and
a large number of reset lines each of which supplies a reset signal to said respective picture elements in said selected state, wherein each of said picture elements includes;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between two lines selected from one of said select lines, one of said signal lines, and one of said reset lines; and
a load which is connected between remaining one line and a connection point between said first rectifying element and second rectifying element. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of driving a display device, said display device comprising:
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a display section which includes a large number of picture elements;
a large number of select lines each of which gives a selection/unselection instruction to said picture elements;
a large number of signal lines each of which supplies a picture element signal to said picture elements in a selected state; and
a large number of reset lines each of which supplies a reset signal to said picture elements in said selected state, each of said picture elements including;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between two lines selected from one of said select lines, one of said signal lines, and one of said reset lines; and
a load which is connected between remaining one line and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element, wherein a picture element in said selected state is driven so that V1<
V3 or V2>
V3; and
a picture element in an unselected state is driven so that V2≦
V3≦
V1,provided that a line selected from the one of said select lines, the one of said signal lines, and the one of said reset lines, to which a cathode of said first rectifying element is connected, is defined as a first line, and a line selected from the one of said select lines, the one of said signal lines, and the one of said reset lines, to which an anode of said second rectifying element is connected, is defined as a second line; and
V1 represents an electric potential of said first line, V2 represents an electric potential of said second line, and V3 represents an electric potential of said connection point of said picture element. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of driving an array of circuit elements, said array comprising a plurality of circuit elements, a plurality of first lead wires, a plurality of second lead wires, and a plurality of third lead wires, a first group comprising said plurality of first lead wires, a second group comprising said plurality of second lead wires, at least one of said first group and said second group giving a selection/unselection instruction to said circuit elements, and each of said circuit elements including:
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a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction respectively between two lead wires selected from one of said first lead wires, one of said second lead wires, and one of said third lead wires; and
a load which is connected between remaining one lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and second rectifying element, wherein a selected circuit element in a selected state is driven so that V1<
V3 or V2>
V3; and
an unselected circuit element in an unselected state is driven so that V2≦
V3≦
V1,provided that a lead wire selected from one of said first lead wires, one of said second lead wires, and one of said third lead wires, to which a cathode of said first rectifying element is connected, being defined as a first lead wire, and a lead wire selected from one of said first lead wires, one of said second lead wires, and one of said third lead wires, to which an anode of said second rectifying element is connected, being defined as a second lead wire; and
V1 represents an electric potential of said first lead wire, V2 represents an electric potential of said second lead wire, and V3 represents an electric potential of said connection point.
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42. A method of driving a control device, said control device comprising:
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a plurality of circuit elements;
a large number of select lines each of which gives a selection/unselection instruction to said respective circuit elements;
a large number of signal lines each of which supplies a signal to said respective circuit elements in a selected state; and
a large number of reset lines each of which supplies a reset signal to said respective circuit elements in said selected state, wherein each of said circuit elements includes;
a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction respectively between two lines selected from one of said select lines, one of said signal lines, and one of said reset lines; and
a load which is connected between remaining one line and a connection point between said first rectifying element and second rectifying element, wherein a selected circuit element in said selected state is driven so that V1<
V3 or V2>
V3; and
an unselected circuit element in an unselected state is driven so that V2≦
V3≦
V1,provided that a line selected from one of said select lines, one of said signal lines, and one of said reset lines, to which a cathode of said first rectifying element is connected, is defined as a first line, and a line selected from one of said select lines, one of said signal lines, and one of said reset lines, to which an anode of said second rectifying element is connected, is defined as a second line; and
V1 represents an electric potential of said first line, V2 represents an electric potential of said second line, and V3 represents an electric potential of said connection point.
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43. A method of driving a control device, said control device comprising a plurality of circuit elements, each of said circuit elements including:
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a first lead wire which gives a displacement instruction in a positive direction, a second lead wire which gives a displacement instruction in a negative direction, a third lead wire which gives a displacement amount instruction, a first rectifying element and a second rectifying element which are connected in series in a forward direction between said first lead wire and said second lead wire, and a load which is connected between said third lead wire and a connection point between said first rectifying element and said second rectifying element, wherein a circuit element, for which said displacement instruction in said positive direction is given, is driven so that V1≧
V2 and V3<
V1 at a displacement start time point;
a circuit element, for which said displacement instruction in said negative direction is given, is driven so that V1≧
V2 and V3<
V2 at a displacement start time point; and
a circuit element, which is in an unselected state, is driven so that V2≦
V3≦
V1,provided that V1 represents an electric potential of said first lead wire, V2 represents an electric potential of said second lead wire, and V3 represents an electric potential of said connection point.
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