Patent ID: 7466299

Claim:
A display device comprising: a plurality of display elements disposed in a matrix shape; a data line drive circuit for applying a drive voltage to each of data lines of said plurality of display elements; a memory for storing display data; and a scanning line drive circuit for selecting said display element to be driven, wherein said memory is electrically connected between said data line drive circuit and said plurality of display elements disposed in the matrix shape; wherein said memory includes memory cells disposed in a matrix shape, said memory cells having a capacity which corresponds to display data of n-columns×m-rows where n and m are integers equal to or greater than 2, wherein said memory is configured to write the display data in said memory cell or read the display data from said memory cell synchronously with a timing at which said scanning line drive circuit selects said display elements sequentially, and wherein said n corresponds to the number of the columns of the plurality of display elements disposed in a matrix shape, and said integer m is smaller than the number of the rows of the plurality of display elements disposed in a matrix shape.