Patent ID: 6801193
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A digital drive apparatus for driving a light emission apparatus including a plurality of light emission elements, comprisinga memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells that are arranged in a matrix and are corresponding to the plurality of light emission elements, each of the memory cells comprising: a storage section that stores a supply of data therein and that is capable of keeping output corresponding to the stored data, the stored data representing state of the corresponding light emission element; a transfer element that is capable of transferring the data to the storage section; an address terminal that supplies an address signal to the transfer element, the address signal controlling operation of the transfer element; a data terminal that is connected with the transfer element and supplies the data to the storage section via the transfer element; an output terminal that outputs the data stored in the storage section; and a reset terminal that supplies a reset signal to the storage section, the reset signal resetting the storage section by deleting the data stored in the storage section to set the output of the storage section to a predetermined state regardless of the data previously stored in the storage section.