Patent ID: 9214125
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a plurality of signal lines respectively extending along a direction; a plurality of common drive electrodes respectively extending in the direction of the signal lines; a plurality of display elements, one of the display elements being directly electrically connected to a drain of a transistor, a source of the transistor being directly electrically connected to one of the signal lines, said one of the display elements being directly electrically connected to one of the common drive electrodes that makes a pair with said one of the signal lines, scan driving of the display elements being performed in the direction of the signal lines; and a drive electrode driver, respective ones of the plurality of common drive electrodes connected to the drive electrode driver via a drive electrode switch, wherein the drive electrode switch includes a plurality of switches which are sequentially operated in a time-divisional manner, a predetermined number of display elements constitute a single display pixel, a width for each of the common drive electrodes corresponds to a respective width for each of the display elements, respective first ends of a predetermined number of switches, which correspond to the predetermined number of display elements included in the single display pixel, are connected to each other, and respective second ends of the predetermined number of switches are connected to a corresponding common drive electrode, the drive electrode driver is connected to the respective first ends of the predetermined number of switches and supplies a drive signal to the respective first ends of the predetermined number of switches, and the plurality of switches are operated in units of display elements.