Patent ID: 6266036
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A two-dimensional light-emitting element array device, comprising:a light-emitting element array in which a plurality of three-terminal light-emitting thyristors are arranged in X-Y matrix of N rows.times.M columns (N.gtoreq.1, M.gtoreq.0);a plurality of row lines to each thereof an anode of the thyristor on a corresponding row of the matrix is connected;one clock line to which all the row lines are connected;a plurality of row address lines to each thereof a gate of the thyristor on a corresponding row and a 0th column of the matrix is connected; anda plurality of column address lines to each thereof a gate of the thyristor on a corresponding column of 1st-Mth columns of the matrix is connected;wherein light-emitting portions of all the thyristors on the 0th column are covered by an opaque material.