Display unit and drive method therefor
First Claim
1. A display apparatus for performing display by use of electrochemical deposition/dissolution of a metal, wherein said apparatus is driven by a simple matrix driving system, and a deposition overvoltage at the time of deposition of metallic ions as said metal is used as a threshold in said simple matrix driving,wherein a driving voltage is set to be not more than two times said deposition overvoltage.
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Abstract
An electrochemical display apparatus in which simple matrix driving is realized, whereby apparatus constitution can be simplified, and the price of the apparatus can be lowered. The electrochemical display apparatus performs display by use of electrochemical deposition/dissolution of a metal. The display apparatus is driven by a simple matrix driving system, in which a deposition overvoltage at the time of deposition of metallic ions as the metal is used as a threshold in the simple matrix driving. A driving voltage is set to be not more than two times the deposition overvoltage. The electrochemical display apparatus includes transparent electrodes and counter electrodes, the display is performed by utilizing deposition/dissolution of the metal on the transparent electrodes, and the potential difference between the metal to be deposited on the transparent electrodes and the counter electrodes is set to be less than the deposition overvoltage. Ideally, the same metal as the metal which is deposited is used for constituting the counter electrodes.
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1. A display apparatus for performing display by use of electrochemical deposition/dissolution of a metal, wherein said apparatus is driven by a simple matrix driving system, and a deposition overvoltage at the time of deposition of metallic ions as said metal is used as a threshold in said simple matrix driving,
wherein a driving voltage is set to be not more than two times said deposition overvoltage.
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20. A method of driving a display apparatus for performing display by use of electrochemical deposition/dissolution of a metal by a simple matrix driving system, wherein said simple matrix driving is conducted by using a deposition overvoltage at the time of deposition of metallic ions as said metal as a threshold,
wherein a driving voltage is set to be not more than two times said deposition overvoltage.
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