Drive circuit including a plurality of transistors characteristics of which are made to differ from one another, and a display apparatus including the drive circuit
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorShoichiro Matsumoto
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Abstract
A first transistor and a second transistor which serve as switches are connected with each other in series between a data line and a gate electrode of a third transistor which drives a diode. A characteristic of the first transistor is made to differ in terms of current driving capability from that of the second transistor. A storage characteristic of one of the first transistor and the second transistor is made higher than that of the other transistor whereas the current driving capability of the other transistor is raised, and so that leakage current in the first and second transistors which are connected in series is significantly reduced.
Claims22
A drive circuit, including a plurality of transistors which set and store data in a target element, wherein said plurality of transistors are connected in series with each other, and wherein characteristics related to a current driving capability of at least one of said plurality of transistors are made to differ from those of other transistors.
A drive circuit, including a first transistor and a second transistor, both of which set and store data in a target element, wherein said first transistor and said second transistor are connected in series with each other, and wherein gate width of said first transistor is narrower than that of said second transistor whereas gate length of said second transistor is shorter than that of said first transistor.
A display apparatus, including:
- a current-driven type optical element;
- a driving transistor which controls drive current flowing to said optical element;
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- a plurality of transistors which set and store data in said driving transistor,
- wherein said plurality of transistors are connected in series with each other, and wherein characteristics related to a current driving capability of at least one of said plurality of transistors are made to differ from those of other transistors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.