Patent ID: 7508478
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus which comprises an electro-optical conversion material placed between a plurality of signal electrodes and a plurality of scanning electrodes, and which produces a display by changing optical properties of said electro-optical conversion material by applying a prescribed voltage to each of a plurality of display pixels formed where said signal electrodes overlap said scanning electrodes, wherein said plurality of display pixels are divided on each of said signal electrodes into at least two groups, one consisting of main display pixels and the other consisting of sub-display pixels, said main display pixels are arranged one spaced apart from another in a direction in which said scanning electrodes are scanned, at least two of said sub-display pixels are arranged in the direction in which said scanning electrodes are scanned, and are arranged, one spaced apart from the other, in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which said scanning electrodes are scanned, said scanning electrodes are divided into two groups, one consisting of main scanning electrodes arranged in a main display section where said main display pixels are formed and the other consisting of sub-scanning electrodes arranged in a sub-display section where said sub-display pixels are formed, said sub-scanning electrodes include at least an upper sub-scanning electrode and a lower sub-scanning electrode, said upper and lower sub-scanning electrodes each comprising wiring electrode portions extending parallel to each other in the direction orthogonal to said scanning direction and a plurality of comb-shaped electrode portions protruding from the respective wiring electrode portions of said upper and lower sub-scanning electrodes in directions opposing each other, and said comb-shaped electrode portions of said upper sub-scanning electrode and said comb-shaped electrode portions of said lower sub-scanning electrodes are arranged in alternating fashion in the direction orthogonal to said scanning direction.