Electro-chromic display driving circuit
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha
InventorTsutomu Otake
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha
InventorTsutomu Otake
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An improved display driving circuit for driving an electro-chromic display cell is provided. The electro-chromic display cell is formed of a first conductor adapted to be referenced to a first potential and a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor and adapted to be referenced to either a second potential or a third potential. An oxidation-reduction sensitive compound is disposed between the first and second spaced apart conductors. The compound is normally at a first level of transparency in response to a first predetermined potential difference between the first potential and the second potential and is altered to a second level of transparency in response to a second predetermined potential difference between the third potential and the first potential. An injection type transistor circuit alternately and successively applies a second potential and third potential to the second conductor to produce a transient characterized by an initial sharp increase and a subsequent slower decrease in current across the first and second conductors the transient being produced by the second predetermined potential difference.
A display driving circuit comprising in combination electro-chromic display means comprising a first conductor means adapted to be referenced to a first potential, and second conductor means spaced apart from said first conductor means and adapted to be referenced to one of a second potential and a third potential, wherein said third potential is greater than said first potential, and said second potential is less than said first potential, and an oxidation-reduction sensitive compound disposed between said first and second spaced apart conductor means, said compound being normally at a first level of transparency in response to a first predetermined potential difference between said first potential and said second potential, and being altered to a second level of transparency in response to a second predetermined potential difference between said third potential and said first potential, and injection type transistor means for alternately and successively applying said second and third potential to said second conductor means, said injection transistor means effecting a transient characterized by an initial sharp increase in current in response to said first predetermined potential difference and a sharp negative decrease to a negative value following said initial sharp increase from a zero level, followed in turn by a return to a zero level, in response to said second predetermined potential difference.
A display driving circuit comprising in combination electro-chromic display means comprising a first electrode means adapted to be referenced to a first potential, second electrode means spaced apart from said first electrode means and adapted to be referenced to one of a second potential and a third potential, and a reference electrode means disposed proximate to said first electrode means and spaced apart from said electrode means, and an oxidation-reduction sensitive compound disposed between said second and said first and said reference spaced apart electrode means, said compound being normally at a first level of transparency in response to a first predetermined potential difference between said first potential and said second potential, and being altered to a second level of transparency in response to a second predetermined potential difference between said third potential and said first potential, and circuit means for alternately and successively applying second and third potentials to said second conductor means, said circuit means being coupled to said reference electrode means for detecting said second predetermined potential difference and being controlled thereby to subsequently reference said second electrode means to a second potential subsequent to an in response to a referencing of said second electrode means to said third potential.
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