Drive unit for planar display
First Claim
1. A drive unit for a planar display having a display panel, in which electrodes are placed between two substrates being arranged with a given space between them, in which a plurality of intersections formed by said electrodes form cells that constitute pixels and that are arranged in the form of a matrix, in which said cell is composed of an electrode formed on one of said two substrates and a pair of electrodes formed on the other substrate, and in which one of the pair of electrodes is a common electrode connected in common, said drive unit for a planar display comprising:
- a common electrode drive circuit for changing said common electrode alternately into a high potential and low potential; and
a power save circuit that when said common electrode is changed from the high potential to the low potential, restores and accumulates power applied to said common electrode, and that when said common electrode is changed from the low potential to the high potential, applies accumulated power to said common electrode,said power save circuit including;
a capacitive element for accumulating restored power;
a restoration channel that includes an inductance element, that is connected between said capacitive element and said common electrode, and that when said common electrode is changed from the high potential to the low potential, restores power applied to said common electrode; and
an application channel that includes an inductance element, that is connected in parallel with said restoration channel between said capacitive element and said common electrode, that when said common electrode is changed from the low potential to the high potential, applies accumulated power to said common electrode.
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Abstract
A triple-electrode planar display capable of achieving further power saving has been disclosed. A drive unit is dedicated to a planar display having a display panel in which cells being arranged in the form of a matrix and having a memory function and discharge glow function are formed, in which one of each pair of electrodes on the same substrate which are responsible for discharge glow is a common electrode connected in common. The drive unit includes a common electrode drive circuit for applying an alternating voltage to the common electrode, and a power save circuit that when the common electrode is changed from a high potential to a low potential, restores and accumulates power applied to the common electrode, and that when the common electrode is changed from the high potential to the low potential, applies accumulated power to the common electrode. The power save circuit includes a restoration channel that includes a capacitive element and inductance element and that restores power, and an application channel that includes an inductance element and that applies accumulated power to the common electrode.
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1. A drive unit for a planar display having a display panel, in which electrodes are placed between two substrates being arranged with a given space between them, in which a plurality of intersections formed by said electrodes form cells that constitute pixels and that are arranged in the form of a matrix, in which said cell is composed of an electrode formed on one of said two substrates and a pair of electrodes formed on the other substrate, and in which one of the pair of electrodes is a common electrode connected in common, said drive unit for a planar display comprising:
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a common electrode drive circuit for changing said common electrode alternately into a high potential and low potential; and a power save circuit that when said common electrode is changed from the high potential to the low potential, restores and accumulates power applied to said common electrode, and that when said common electrode is changed from the low potential to the high potential, applies accumulated power to said common electrode, said power save circuit including; a capacitive element for accumulating restored power; a restoration channel that includes an inductance element, that is connected between said capacitive element and said common electrode, and that when said common electrode is changed from the high potential to the low potential, restores power applied to said common electrode; and an application channel that includes an inductance element, that is connected in parallel with said restoration channel between said capacitive element and said common electrode, that when said common electrode is changed from the low potential to the high potential, applies accumulated power to said common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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