Patent ID: 8587572
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G09G,G11C

Abstract:
1. A storage capacitor line drive circuit driving a storage capacitor line of an active-matrix display device operatively connected to and driven by outputs of a scanning signal line drive circuit, the storage capacitor line drive circuit comprising as transistors a plurality of transistors having an identical conductivity type, and comprising stages corresponding to each of the outputs of the scanning signal line drive circuit, each of the stages including a first switch, a first memory circuit, a first transfer switch, a first analog switch, a second switch, a second memory circuit, a second transfer switch, and a second analog switch, the first analog switch and the second analog switch being included in an output stage, the first switch being provided between the first memory circuit and an input terminal for a first polarity determination signal instructing a polarity of a storage capacitor voltage, the first switch turning on and off according to one of the outputs as a control signal, the one of the outputs being from the scanning signal line drive circuit corresponding to one of the stage, the first memory circuit storing the first polarity determination signal taken in through the first switch and outputting as a first stored signal the first polarity determination signal, the first transfer switch transferring as a first transferred signal the first stored signal outputted from the first memory circuit, in accordance with a timing of a clock signal inputted; the first analog switch being provided between an output terminal to the storage capacitor line of the one of the stages and a high-potential supply of the storage capacitor voltage, the first analog switch turning on and off according to the first transferred signal as a control signal, the first transferred signal being transferred from the first transfer switch, the second switch being provided between the second memory circuit and an input terminal for a second polarity determination signal having a polarity opposite to that of the first polarity determination signal instructing the polarity of the storage capacitor voltage, the second switch turning on and off according to the one of the outputs as a control signal, the one of the outputs being from the scanning signal line drive circuit corresponding to the one of the stage, the second memory circuit storing the second polarity determination signal taken in through the second switch and outputting as a second stored signal the second polarity determination signal, the second transfer switch transferring as a second transferred signal the second stored signal outputted from the second memory circuit, in accordance with the timing of the clock signal inputted, the second analog switch being provided between the output terminal of the one of the stages and a low-potential supply of the storage capacitor voltage, the second analog switch turning on and off according to the second transferred signal as a control signal, the second transferred signal being transferred from the second transfer switch, each of the first polarity determination signal, the first stored signal, the first transferred signal, the second polarity determination signal, the second stored signal and the second transferred signal having a high-potential supply voltage and a low-potential supply voltage, wherein: at least one of the high-potential supply voltage and the low-potential voltage differs from a supply voltage of a corresponding logical level of the scanning signal line drive circuit.