Organic EL display device and driving circuits
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1. A drive current regulator circuit of an organic EL element drive circuit, for regulating a drive current of one of terminal pins of an organic EL display panel, comprising:
- a switch circuit ON/OFF controlled according to data stored in a memory; and
a current generator circuit provided for every one of said terminal pins and having a first current mirror circuit including an input side drive transistor and first and second output side transistors connected in current mirror to said input side drive transistor, said second output side transistor being connected in parallel to said first output side transistor through said switch circuit to generate a predetermined current at an output of said first output side transistor, said memory being a non-volatile memory written with said data or a volatile memory written with said data written in a non-volatile memory, said memory being adapted to regulate the drive current according to the predetermined current.
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Abstract
A drive current of every terminal pin is regulated according to data stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory by ON/OFF switching the data by a switch circuit. By writing data necessary for luminance regulation for correcting luminance variation or luminance unevenness in the non-volatile memory, luminance variation or luminance unevenness is reduced.
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1. A drive current regulator circuit of an organic EL element drive circuit, for regulating a drive current of one of terminal pins of an organic EL display panel, comprising:
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a switch circuit ON/OFF controlled according to data stored in a memory; and
a current generator circuit provided for every one of said terminal pins and having a first current mirror circuit including an input side drive transistor and first and second output side transistors connected in current mirror to said input side drive transistor, said second output side transistor being connected in parallel to said first output side transistor through said switch circuit to generate a predetermined current at an output of said first output side transistor, said memory being a non-volatile memory written with said data or a volatile memory written with said data written in a non-volatile memory, said memory being adapted to regulate the drive current according to the predetermined current. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An organic EL display device comprising:
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an organic EL display panel;
an output stage for current-driving a plurality of terminal pins of said organic EL display panel; and
a drive current regulator circuit of an organic EL element drive circuit for regulating a drive current for said terminal pins of said output stage, said drive current regulator circuit comprising a switch circuit ON/OFF controlled according to data stored in a memory and a current generator circuit provided for every one of said terminal pins of said organic EL display panel, and having a first current mirror circuit including an input side drive transistor and first and second output side transistors connected in current mirror to said input drive transistor, said second output side transistor being connected in parallel to said first output side transistor through said switch circuit to generate a predetermined current at an output of said first output side transistor, said memory being a non-volatile memory written with said data or a volatile memory written with said data written in a non-volatile memory, said memory being adapted to regulate the drive current according to the predetermined current. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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