Patent ID: 7180495

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display section having a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of dots corresponding to the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the plurality of dots including a display element and an active element; a scanning line driver that drives the plurality of scanning lines; a data line driver that drives the plurality of data lines; a memory cell section having a plurality of memory cell groups that include the plurality of memory cells being arranged in a matrix having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a selection switch section that controls transmission of an image signal to the plurality of memory cell groups, each of the plurality of memory cell groups including memory cells, the memory cell section being disposed between the display section and the selection switch section, the display section, the memory cell section, and the selection switch section being formed on one substrate, each of the plurality of memory cell groups storing first image signals supplied through the selection switch section, and second image signals that are generated by digital to analog conversions of the first image signals stored in each of the plurality of memory cell groups being supplied to one data line of the plurality of data lines.