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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaki Kuribayashi, Yuichi Hashimoto, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki
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An electroluminescence device having a transistor substrate comprising drain electrode pads, each being connected to a drain of a thin film transistor, and capacitors connected to the respective drain electrode pads, and an electroluminescence substrate comprising pairs of electrodes and electroluminescence members each provided between a pair of electrodes, arranged along a plurality of rows and columns, wherein the thin film transistor substrate and the electroluminescence substrate are placed opposite to each other so that the drain electrode pads and the electroluminescence members are opposed to each other, and wherein each drain electrode pad and one electrode of a pair of electrodes are connected through an adhesive electric connection member.
An electroluminescence apparatus having first switching devices arranged along a plurality of rows and columns, first wires provided for the respective rows, each first wire being a common wire for connecting first terminals of first switching devices on a row, second wires provided for the respective columns, each second wire being a common wire connecting second terminals of first switching devices on a column, electroluminescence elements, each having one electrode connected to a third terminal of a first switching device, other electrode, and an electroluminescence member interposed between the one and other electrodes, capacitors connected to the respective third terminals, second switching devices, each being provided between one electrode of an electroluminescence element and a third terminal of a first switching device, third wires connected to the one electrodes of the electroluminescence elements, third switching devices disposed in the third wires, and driving means, said driving means applying a first on signal pulse for turning the first switching devices on, to a first wire of a predetermined row, applying a first off signal pulse for turning the first switching devices off, to the first wires of the other rows, applying an information signal pulse of a forward bias voltage according to information, to the second wires in synchronism with the first on signal pulse, and applying a second on signal pulse for turning the second switching devices on, to a control line for the second switching devices over a predetermined period in, before, or after application of the first on signal pulse for said predetermined row, thereby activating writing into each electroluminescence member on said row;
An electroluminescence apparatus having first thin film transistors arranged along a plurality of rows and columns, first wires provided for the respective rows, each first wire being a common wire for connecting gates of first thin film transistors on a row, second wires provided for the respective columns, each second wire being a common wire for connecting sources of first thin film transistors on a column, electroluminescence elements, each having one electrode connected to a drain of a first thin film transistor, other electrode, and an electroluminescence member interposed between the one and other electrodes, second thin film transistors connected at gates thereof, each being provided between said drain and one electrode of the electroluminescence element, capacitors connected to the respective drains, first switching devices, each being provided between one electrode of an electroluminescence element and a drain electrode of a second thin film transistor, third wires, each being connected to one electrode of an electroluminescence element, second switching devices provided in said third wires, and driving means, said driving means applying a first on signal pulse for turning the first thin film transistors on, to a first wire of a predetermined row, applying a first off signal pulse for turning the first thin film transistors off, to the first wires of the other rows, applying an information signal pulse of a forward bias voltage according to information, to the second wires in synchronism with the first on signal pulse, and applying a second on signal pulse for turning the first switching devices on, to a control line for the first switching devices over a predetermined period in, before, or after application of the first on signal pulse for said predetermined row, thereby activating writing into each electroluminescence member on said row;
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