Patent ID: 6590557
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method for driving a display device, comprising a pair of substrates disposed so as to face each other with a display medium inserted therebetween, a first substrate comprising: a first wiring of either a plurality of scanning lines or a plurality of signal lines; and at least one dual-terminal nonlinear element which is connected to the first wiring and functions as a switching element for selecting matrix arranged pixels, and a second substrate comprising a second wiring of another of the plurality of scanning lines or the plurality of signal lines provided in a direction perpendicular to the first wiring,the method comprising the step of altering an amplitude of a supply voltage applied to each of the pixels during a selection period and an amplitude of a modulated voltage applied to each of the pixels during a nonselection period, corresponding to an ambient temperature level, wherein the amplitude of the supply voltage and the amplitude of the modulated voltage are decreased in a case where the ambient temperature increases, and the amplitude of the supply voltage and the amplitude of the modulated voltage are increased in a case where the ambient temperature decreases, and the rate of amplitude change of the modulated voltage to the change of the ambient temperature is greater than the rate of amplitude change of the supply voltage to the change of the ambient temperature.