Emissive display using organic electroluminescent devices

An emissive display having a pixel enclosed by a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of signal lines intersecting with each other, wherein

• said pixel includes a memory circuit including first and second inverter circuits, said first inverter circuit including an electroluminescent device formed by an organic multi-layers driven by a current as a load device, and including a display control circuit connecting in series a main circuit of at least one first transistor,
• said memory circuit constitutes a bistable circuit in which an input terminal of one of said first and second inverter circuits is connected to an output terminal of the other of said first and second inverter circuits, and
• in said memory circuit display information of said pixel is stored in response to a conduction state and a non-conduction state of the main circuit of the first inverter, and an on state and an off state of said electrpluminescent device are binary controlled, and
• a series-parallel conversion circuit using a shift register is provided at around the display region aligned with said pixel, and an output of each stage of said shift register is connected to the signal line.

An emissive display having a pixel enclosed by a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of signal lines intersecting with each other, said emissive display comprising a memory circuit including:

• a first inverter circuit including a main circuit of a third transistor and an organic electroluminescent device connected in series between a power supply line and a reference voltage line;
• a sampling circuit connected to an input terminal of said first inverter circuit for controlling the connection with said signal line in response to a scan pulse applied through said scan line;
• a set circuit for controlling the connection between said power supply line and the input terminal of said first inverter circuit, by an output of said first inverter circuit;
• and
• a reset circuit for controlling the connection between the reference voltage line and the input terminal of said first inverter circuit, by a signal voltage sampled by said sampling circuit, wherein
• in said memory circuit, display information of the pixel is stored in response to a conduction state and a non-conduction state of the main circuit of the first inverter, and an on state and an off state of said electroluminescent device are binary controlled.