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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022911 | Active matrix displays having nonlinear elements in pixel elements An active matrix display includes a matrix of pixel elements, an array of column conducting lines, an array of row conducting lines crossing the array of column conducting lines, and electronic circuitry for applying a predetermined current to a column conducting li... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013826 | Method of driving active matrix displays having nonlinear elements in pixel elements A method is applied on an active matrix display. A pixel element includes a capacitive element, a nonlinear element, and a resistive element. The method includes the following steps: (1) selecting multiple pixel elements as selected pixel elements; and (2) charging ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7629954 | Structure and driving method for active photoelectric element A structure and driving method for active photoelectric element that aims to every matrix-arranged pixel on the display panel. The pixel structure includes a set of first thin film diodes and a set of second thin film diodes. The first set and the second set of film... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7592991 | Light emitting device and drive method thereof The reliability of an EL element is enhanced while the increase of the electric power consumption is suppressed. It becomes possible that in a SES drive, the reverse bias is applied to the EL element driven at a constant electric current. Moreover, the application o... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7423625 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a plurality of pixel row groups, each pixel row group including at least one pixel row that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and including switching elements; a plurality of gate lines connecte... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408610 | Electro-optical apparatus and electronic device An electro-optical apparatus includes a first and second data lines that intersect with scanning lines. A first and second pixel electrodes are positioned at opposite sides of the corresponding scanning line. A first signal electrode is formed on the electrode formi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400310 | Pulse signal drive circuit A pulse signal drive circuit includes an energy storage device. A source of energy supplies a substantially constant flow of energy to the energy storage device. A switch circuit draws repetitive pulses of substantially constant energy from the energy storage device... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394446 | Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device includes: first and second substrates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; a plurality of array elements having TFTs formed on the first substrate; organic electroluminescent diodes each having a first elect... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367119 | Method for forming a reinforced tip for a probe storage device Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media. In an embodiment, the tip comprises a substantially hollow structure formed of a metal. The tip can be formed by depositing a first metal layer over silicon ther... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361947 | Photoelectric conversion element and display device including the same A photoelectric conversion element includes a semiconductor layer including a pair of p+ regions in which p-type impurities are doped, and a p− region which is disposed between the p+ regions and has a lower p-type impurity concent... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358955 | Liquid crystal display for mobile phone There is disclosed a liquid crystal display for a mobile phone that is adaptive for minimizing horizontal flicker. A liquid crystal display for a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel where liquid cr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358935 | Display device of digital drive type The invention provides an organic LED display device of the digital drive type which has a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels 51. Each of the pixels 51 comprises an organic EL element 50, a drive transistor TR2 for effecting o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359110 | Method and circuit for driving electrophoretic display and electronic device using same An active matrix electrophoretic display is driven. In a reset period Tr a reset voltage is applied to each pixel electrode. Next, in a writing period an applied voltage is applied to each of said pixel electrode during a time period corresponding to a gradation val... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7336524 | Atomic probes and media for high density data storage A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a contact probe for high density data storage reading, writing, erasing, or rewriting. In one embodiment, the contact probe can include a silicon core having a conductive coating. Contact pro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309630 | Method for forming patterned media for a high density data storage device Systems in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media, the media including a substrate and a plurality of cells disposed over the substrate, one or more of the cells being electrically isolated from the other of the cells by a m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304632 | Liquid-crystal display driving circuit and method A driving circuit for an active-matrix liquid-crystal display short-circuits at least two of the signal lines in the matrix at times of transitions of signal-line potentials in the matrix. Charge stored in the parasitic capacitances of the signal lines is thereby re... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304622 | Gate driver for an active matrix liquid crystal display device An active matrix type liquid crystal display device capable of reducing power consumption and eliminating switching loss so as not to cause surge when stepwise changing the gate pulse supplied to a gate line during selection. The device includes, as the selection vo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301887 | Methods for erasing bit cells in a high density data storage device Methods in accordance with the present invention can be applied, in an embodiment, to a media comprising a phase change material to alter a resolved portion of the phase change material to have a resistance different from a resistance of the bulk material. A tip hav... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295199 | Matrix display having addressable display elements and methods A display device including a plurality of display elements (500) arranged in a matrix, wherein each display element includes a display pixel (510) coupled to a switch (530), and each display element includes an addressable latch (540) hav... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7265351 | Method and apparatus for non-contact and rapid determination of liquid content A method and apparatus for non-contact determination of liquid concentrations such as the content of water, oil, dye, paint, fuel, glue, etc., in a moving or stationary mass of production such as wood, paper, powders, fabrics, sand, bricks, concrete, plants, and the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265740 | Suppression of leakage current in image acquisition In a manufacturing process of a display device, hydrogenation in an I layer of photodiodes D1 and D2 is progressed less than that in a channel portion of a pixel TFT, and a defect density due to dangling bonds not terminated in the I layer of the photo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247357 | Image display device The image display device has a display section formed of plural pixels and a control section which controls the display section, and is provided with nonvolatile phase-change type pixel memories in respective ones of the pixels, or is provided with a nonvolatile pha... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239296 | Circuit for driving pixels of an organic light emitting display A circuit and a method for driving pixels of an organic light-emitting display are provided. The circuit comprises a thin-film transistor having a source terminal connected to a voltage source, a storage capacitor having a first terminal connected to a gate terminal... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236153 | Signal production circuit and display device using the same A serial-to-parallel converter circuit is constructed of a plurality of D flip-flops receiving, as a clock signal, data in a single signal of serial data stored in a ROM. Each D flip-flop transmits “high” data to a next stage through a latch operation every time... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236845 | Selecting OLED devices using figure of merit A method of selecting an OLED device to be manufactured based on customer requirements, including the customer providing first and second sets of requirements, providing a plurality of OLED device constructions based on the first and second sets of requirements, dev... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233302 | Display apparatus with active matrix type display panel A display apparatus which can display an image at a proper luminance corresponding to a video signal irrespective of a temperature-related change or a change with the passage of time. The display apparatus has: a current source for generating a reference current; an... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221353 | Liquid crystal display device and method for operating the same A liquid crystal display (LCD) including an LCD panel having a plurality of gate lines running in parallel in one direction and a plurality of data lines running in parallel perpendicular to the gate lines, gate input drivers for providing gate signals to the gate l... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215308 | Display drive method, display element, and display A voltage to be used for scanning of scanning lines can be changed over between AVD1 which is within a gate withstanding voltage of a switching element and AVD2 higher than the gate withstanding voltage. Within a horizontal blanking period, scanning of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215304 | Display apparatus in which characteristics of a plurality of transistors are made to differ from one another A characteristic of a driving transistor which drives a diode is made to differ in terms of current driving capability from that of a switching transistor. The current driving capability of the driving transistor is made lower than that of the switching transistor. | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205728 | Active matrix liquid crystal display An active matrix liquid crystal display (1) comprises a display substrate (2) on which are formed a pixel matrix (3) and source and gate line drivers (4, 5) formed with polysilicon thin film transistors. A DC-DC converter (9) is al... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184108 | Display device and diode array panel therefor A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a pair of first and second signal lines transmitting select pulses having opposite polarity; a third signal line transmitting data voltages; first and second field generating electrodes separated from each other ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176865 | Display device Display bright in contrast can be obtained without discrination and flicker in the display device of the direct vision type whose pixel pitches are short to 20 μm or less. A liquid crystal panel is driven through the frame inverse driving method, and the vertical f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173593 | Memory circuit, display circuit, and display device A liquid crystal display includes pixels arrayed in a matrix of rows and columns, scanning lines extending along the rows of the pixels, signal lines extending along the columns of the pixels, and pixel driving sections which are disposed near intersections of the s... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158129 | Input device and input and output device An input device includes: a sense line; a CS line to which an output voltage is applied; a TFT having a control terminal, a first terminal connected to the sense line, and a second terminal connected to the CS line, the first control terminal being supplied an input... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154462 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display Driving a liquid crystal display device to eliminate a residual image upon realization of a moving picture. A first signal is applied to liquid crystal pixel cells for charging thereof during a beginning of a frame. A second signal is applied to the liquid crystal p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151346 | Method and apparatus for optimizing power efficiency in light emitting device arrays The disclosed embodiments provide a method and apparatus for optimizing power efficiency in liquid crystal displays. A microprocessor or embedded microcontroller associated with circuit control modules eliminates redundancy by allowing a single inverter to equalize ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151345 | Method and apparatus for controlling visual enhancement of luminent devices The disclosed embodiments provide a method and apparatus for visual enhancement of liquid crystal displays. A microprocessor or embedded microcontroller associated with visual enhancement circuit modules allows a single inverter to control the intensity of illuminat... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149317 | CMOS high impedance circuit A high impedance circuit includes a diode-connected MOSFET circuit. This circuit may be used in a buffer amplifier of a hearing aid microphone, coupled across an input of the buffer amplifier and providing a high input impedance. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145540 | Display device with variable-bias driver A liquid crystal display has a plurality of buffers 46 controlling a plurality of column lines. The buffers have a bias current control input 47 which is controlled, in the example by timing circuitry 50, to current during the row period for wri... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145546 | Apparatus of driving light source for display device An apparatus of driving a light source for a display device includes a switching unit for selectively transmitting a DC input voltage, an oscillator for converting the DC input voltage into an AC voltage, and a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary co... | 12/05/2006 |
