El display panel and el display apparatus comprising it
First Claim
1. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
- a plurality of source signal lines;
a plurality of EL elemental devices, each capable of the emission of light at a brightness corresponding to a current supplied via said source signal line; and
a source driver which supplies a current corresponding to a gray scale of an image to said EL elemental device via said source signal line, said source driver comprising;
reference signal generating means which generates reference signals, a first current source which outputs a reference signal generated by said reference signal generating means in electric current form, and a plurality of second current sources provided in association with said source signal lines, each of said plurality of second current sources being configured such that a reference signal outputted by said first current source is transferred in voltage form, wherein a current according to said image gray scale is generated by the use of a reference signal held by each of said second current sources.
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Abstract
In a source driver (14) provided in an electroluminescent (EL) display device of the present invention, the gate voltage of a first-stage current source formed by a transistor (631) is applied to the gate of a transistor (632a) which is a second-stage current source situated next to the transistor (631) and, as a result, a current flowing through the transistor (632a) is transferred to a transistor (632b) which is a second-stage current source. In addition, the gate voltage of the transistor (632b) is applied to the gate of a transistor (633a) which is a third-stage current source situated next to the transistor (632b) and, as a result, a current flowing through the transistor (633a) is transferred to a transistor (633b) which is a third-stage current source. The gate of the transistor (633b) is provided with a large number of current sources (634) corresponding to the number of bits required.
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16 Claims
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1. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
- a plurality of source signal lines;
a plurality of EL elemental devices, each capable of the emission of light at a brightness corresponding to a current supplied via said source signal line; and
a source driver which supplies a current corresponding to a gray scale of an image to said EL elemental device via said source signal line,said source driver comprising;
reference signal generating means which generates reference signals, a first current source which outputs a reference signal generated by said reference signal generating means in electric current form, and a plurality of second current sources provided in association with said source signal lines, each of said plurality of second current sources being configured such that a reference signal outputted by said first current source is transferred in voltage form, wherein a current according to said image gray scale is generated by the use of a reference signal held by each of said second current sources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8)
- a plurality of source signal lines;
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5. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
- a plurality of source signal lines;
a plurality of EL elemental devices, each capable of the emission of light at a brightness corresponding to a current supplied via said source signal line; and
a source driver which supplies a current corresponding to a gray scale of an image to said EL elemental device via said source signal line,said source driver comprising;
a first current output circuit, made up of a plurality of unit transistors each operable to output a first unit current, for outputting to said EL elemental device a desired current by the combination of said first unit currents, and a second current output circuit, made up of a plurality of unit transistors each operable to output a second unit current greater than said first unit current, for outputting to said EL elemental device a desired current by the combination of said second unit currents, wherein, when a gray scale to be displayed is lower than a predetermined gray scale, said first current output circuit is so operated as to output a corresponding current for said gray scale to be displayed, while, when a gray scale to be displayed is higher than said predetermined gray scale, said second current output circuit is so operated as to output a corresponding current for said gray scale to be displayed, and wherein said EL display device is configured such that said first current output circuit outputs a given current. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
- a plurality of source signal lines;
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9. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
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a display region in which EL elemental devices are arranged in a matrix, and a source driver which supplies in electric current form a video signal to said EL elemental device, said source driver comprising;
reference current generating means which generates a reference current, a first current source which is fed a reference current from said reference current generating means and which outputs a first current corresponding to said reference current, a second current source which is fed a first current outputted from said first current source and which outputs a second current corresponding to said first current, a third current source which is fed a second current outputted from said second current source and which outputs a third current corresponding to said second current, and a plurality of unit current sources each of which is fed a third current outputted from said third current source, and outputs to said EL elemental device a unit current corresponding to said third current in response to input image data.
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10. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
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a display region in which EL elemental devices are arranged in a matrix, and a source driver which supplies in electric current form a video signal to said EL elemental device, wherein said source driver has a plurality of unit transistors, wherein said unit transistor is so configured as to output, when selected, a unit current corresponding to the magnitude of an input video signal, and wherein said EL display device is configured such that both a relational expression of 40≦
K(St)1/2 and a relational expression of St≦
300, where K indicates the number of representable gray scales and St (square micrometers) indicates the size of said unit transistor, are satisfied.
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11. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
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a display region in which EL elemental devices are arranged in a matrix, and a source driver which supplies in electric current form a video signal to said EL elemental device, wherein said source driver has a transistor group made up of a first transistor and a plurality of second transistors in current-mirror connection with said first transistor, and wherein said transistor group is formed in a region the area of which does not exceed 2 square millimeters. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
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a display region in which pixels each having a respective EL elemental device are arranged in a matrix, and a transistor elemental device formed in said pixel, a gate driver for the ON/OFF control of said transistor elemental device, and a source driver for supplying a video signal to said transistor elemental device, wherein said gate driver is formed by a P channel transistor, wherein said transistor formed in said pixel is a P channel transistor, and wherein said source driver is formed by a semiconductor chip. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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14. An electroluminescent (EL) display device comprising:
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a display region in which an EL elemental device, a drive transistor, a first switching elemental device which establishes a path between said drive transistor and said EL elemental device, and a second switching elemental device which establishes a path between said drive transistor and a source signal line, a first gate driver for the ON/OFF control of said first switching elemental device, a second gate driver for the ON/OFF control of said second switching elemental device, and a source driver which applies a video signal to said transistor elemental device, wherein said gate driver is formed by a P channel transistor, wherein a transistor formed in a pixel and said switching elemental devices are P channel transistor elemental devices, and, wherein said source driver is formed by a semiconductor chip.
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