Patent ID: 7034797

Claim:
A drive circuit for driving a display panel comprising: a plurality of pixels; a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of multiplexed data lines each transmitting data signals for one of first, second, and third color components; a plurality of first, second, and third switching elements for demultiplexing, one end of each of the plurality of first, second, and third switching elements being connected to each of the plurality of multiplexed data lines and the other end being connected to each of the plurality of pixels for the first, second, and third color components; and a switching signal production circuit that produces first, second and third switching signals for demultiplexing, and that controls turning on and off of the plurality of first, second, and third switching elements; the switching signal production circuit producing the first, second and third switching signals for demultiplexing to create first, second, and third activation periods, respectively, for the first, second, and third color components, respectively; the first, second, and third activation periods overlapping for an overlapped period.