Patent ID: 7312638

Claim:
A scanning line driving circuit for driving a plurality of scanning lines of an active matrix substrate which has a plurality of switching elements and the plurality of scanning lines connected to the switching elements, comprising: a timing circuit for outputting at least one timing signal to each scanning line, the timing signal indicating a selection timing where a select potential is applied to the plurality of scanning lines and a non-selection timing where a non-select potential is applied thereto; a first buffer circuit for amplifying the driving capacity of the timing signal; a second buffer circuit for amplifying the driving capacity of the timing signal; a level shifter circuit for amplifying the amplitude of a timing signal potential connected to input terminals of the first buffer circuit or the second buffer circuits and an output terminal of the timing circuit; a first transistor serving as an N-channel electric field effect transistor and having a gate electrode connected to an output terminal of the first buffer circuit; and a second transistor serving as a P-channel electric field effect transistor and having a gate electrode connected to an output terminal of the second buffer circuit; wherein a drain electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the second transistor are connected to one of the scanning lines, respectively, a power supply electrode having an electric potential VL is connected to a source electrode of the first transistor a power supply electrode having an electric potential VH is connected to a source electrode of the second transistor, the timing circuit is connected to a power supply electrode having an electric potential VD and a power supply electrode having an electric potential VS, the electric potential VS is lower than the electric potential VD, the electric potential VL is lower than the electric potential VS, and the electric potential VH is higher than the electric potential VD, at least one electric potential of the power supply electrodes connected to the first buffer circuit is substantially equal to the electric potential VD, and at least one electric potential of the power supply electrodes connected to the second buffer circuit is substantially equal to the electric potential VS.