Patent ID: 8339389
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of driving an electro-optical device including a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a switching transistor and a pixel electrode which are provided at an intersection between one of the scanning lines and one of the data lines, a counter electrode opposite to the pixel electrode, and an electro-optical layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, the method comprising: supplying a data signal alternately having a positive voltage and a negative voltage to the pixel electrode through the one of the data line provided that the positive voltage is of a potential greater than a counter electrode potential applied to the counter electrode and that the negative voltage is of a potential lower than the counter electrode potential; setting the counter electrode potential to reduce a flicker; in a predetermined period which comprises a first period and a second period, supplying a first voltage that is one of the positive voltage and the negative voltage to the pixel electrode in the first period; and supplying a second voltage that is the other of the positive voltage and the negative voltage to the pixel electrode in the second period; wherein