# US 7,746,338 B2 · Scanning circuit and image display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,746,338 B2 - Document ID: US7746338B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/491,120 - Filed: 2006-07-24 - Published: 2006-11-16 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2001-07-31 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kenji Shino; Tadashi Aoki; Aoji Isono; Kazuhiko Murayama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7746338B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/22: using controlled light sources - G09G 2300/06: Passive matrix structure, i.e. with direct application of both column and row voltages to the light emitting or modulating elements, other than LCD or OLED - G09G 2310/0267: Details of drivers for scan electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays - G09G 2320/0223: Compensation for problems related to R-C delay and attenuation in electrodes of matrix panels, e.g. in gate electrodes or on-substrate video signal electrodes - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A scanning circuit and an image display device in which the influence of losses in a signal path to scanning wiring and a scanning signal output circuit can be reduced. By considering matrix drive in which one row is driven at a time and two or more of the rows are not simultaneously driven, the 480 rows are divided into six modules and one feedback circuit is provided in correspondence with each module to perform feedback control of the output buffers corresponding to 80 rows. An output from a switch is amplified by an operational amplifier and is input as a compensation signal to all the output buffers by an output voltage compensation circuit. Compensation for a voltage drop is made by using the compensation signal for an increase in voltage such that the apparent voltage drop due to the output current is limited to a small value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A scanning circuit which sequentially applies a scanning signal to a plurality of scanning wiring lines of a display device, said scanning circuit comprising: a plurality of output circuits each of which outputs the scanning signal to a respective one of the plurality of scanning wiring lines; a feedback circuit for performing a feedback control regarding outputs of the plurality of output circuits; a switch for turning on/off the feedback control; and a selecting circuit which outputs a selection signal for selecting the scanning wiring lines to which the scanning signal should be applied, wherein the switch is arranged independently of the selecting circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An image display device comprises: a scanning circuit according to claim 1; the plurality of scanning wiring lines; a plurality of modulation wiring lines; a modulation circuit which applies a plurality of modulation signals to the plurality of modulation wiring lines; and display elements driven by said scanning signals and said modulation signals. ### Claim 3 A scanning circuit which sequentially applies a scanning signal to a plurality of scanning wiring lines of a display device, said scanning circuit comprising: a plurality of transistors each of which outputs the scanning signal to a respective one of the plurality of scanning wiring lines; an operational amplifier to which the outputs of the transistors are inputted; a switch for selecting a state where the operational amplifier outputs a reference voltage or a state where the operational amplifier outputs a signal corresponding to the output of a respective transistor, wherein a potential based on the signal corresponding to the output of the respective transistor is applied to that transistor; and a selecting circuit which outputs a selection signal for selecting the scanning wiring lines to which the scanning signal should be applied, wherein the switch is arranged independently of the selecting circuit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An image display device comprises: a scanning circuit according to claim 3; the plurality of scanning wiring lines; a plurality of modulation wiring lines; a modulation circuit which applies a plurality of modulation signals to the plurality of modulation wiring lines; and display elements driven by said scanning signals and said modulation signals. ### Claim 5 A scanning circuit which sequentially applies a scanning signal to a plurality of scanning wiring lines of a display device, said scanning circuit comprising: a plurality of output circuits each of which outputs the scanning signal to a respective one of the plurality of scanning wiring lines; a feedback circuit for performing a feedback control regarding outputs of the output circuits, wherein the feedback control is disabled during a period of changing the scanning wiring line to which the scanning signal is applied; a switch for turning on/off the feedback control; and a selecting circuit which outputs a selection signal for selecting the scanning wiring lines to which the scanning signal should be applied, wherein the switch is arranged independently of the selecting circuit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) An image display device comprises: a scanning circuit according to claim 5; the plurality of scanning wiring lines; a plurality of modulation wiring lines; a modulation circuit which applies a plurality of modulation signals to the plurality of modulation wiring lines; and display elements driven by said scanning signals and said modulation signals.