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- the present invention relates to a large display device, and in particular, between a scan pulse circuit connected to a display electrode of a plasma tube having a phosphor layer inside and a display device having an array power and a sustain voltage pulse circuit.
- the electrical connection
- Plasma display panels emit light by exciting phosphors with ultraviolet light of 147nm, which generates plasma discharge in a closed discharge space of a large number of vertical and horizontal small cells, and discharges plasma power. Let The cell space is formed between two stacked glass sheets. On the other hand, in a plasma 'tube' array (PTA), a phosphor layer is formed in an elongated glass' tube, and multiple cell spaces are formed in the tube. By arranging a large number of such plasma tubes, a large display screen of, for example, 6 m ⁇ 3 m can be formed.
- the sustain voltage pulse for the X electrode is applied from the X electrode driver device, and the sustain voltage pulse circuit for the Y electrode of the Y electrode driver device is scanned from the scan electrode of the Y electrode driver device through the driver circuit.
- a sustain voltage pulse for the Y electrode is applied.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit for the Y electrode and the scan 'driver circuit are connected via, for example, an lm long flexible' cable.
- JP 2005-141193 A describes a method of driving a plasma 'display' panel.
- the drive method outputs of a plurality of selection circuits included in one selection circuit group are connected in parallel, a drive signal is applied to the first electrode, and the plurality of first electrodes are sequentially driven.
- the output of the selected selection circuit is floated.
- the drive current and power capacity of the selection circuit increase, and the large PDP can be driven by the low-capacity driver IC used for the small PDP.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-141193 Disclosure of the invention
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit has a long printed circuit board force.
- the sustain pulse voltage is applied to the scan driver circuit printed circuit board via the transmission line, and is maintained on the display electrode through the diode in the scan driver circuit.
- a pulse voltage is applied.
- the sustain pulse voltage waveform is distorted, the voltage waveform propagation is delayed, and an undesirably large difference voltage is instantaneously applied across the scan driver IC on the scan driver circuit printed circuit board.
- the scan driver IC may become unstable or break. Increasing the breakdown voltage of the scan driver IC increases the cost.
- the inventors of the present invention in a large-sized plasma tube array type display device, scan a signal transmission line coupled to a scanning pulse circuit board, in addition to a sustain voltage pulse circuit printed board, in the display period in the scanning pulse circuit board. Recognizing that it is possible to avoid applying an undesirably large voltage difference across the scan driver IC on the scan pulse circuit board.
- An object of the present invention is to prevent an undesirably large difference voltage from being applied to a scanning pulse circuit by a long signal line.
- Another object of the present invention is to prevent a scan pulse circuit from being broken or broken by a long signal line.
- the display device includes a phosphor layer formed therein, a discharge gas sealed therein, and a plurality of gas discharge tubes each having a plurality of light emitting points in the longitudinal direction.
- a plurality of display electrodes are arranged on the display surface side of the plurality of gas discharge tubes, and a plurality of signal electrodes are arranged on the back side of the plurality of gas discharge tubes, and the display electrodes are arranged in the first period.
- a scan drive circuit that applies a scan voltage and applies a sustain voltage pulse to the display electrode in the second period, and two signal lines to two input terminals of the scan drive circuit in the second period
- a sustain voltage circuit for applying a potential for the sustain voltage pulse
- a short-circuit switch that short-circuits the two input terminals of the scan drive circuit in the second period
- a switch control circuit for operating the short-circuit switch And Eteiru.
- the switch control circuit provides a control signal that operates the short-circuit switch to short-circuit the two input terminals during the second period.
- the display device applies a scanning voltage to the display electrode in the first period and applies a sustain voltage pulse to the display electrode in the second period.
- a sustain voltage circuit that applies a sustain voltage pulse potential to two input terminals of each of the plurality of scan drive circuits in the second period via two signal lines.
- a plurality of short-circuit switches for short-circuiting the two input terminals of the scanning drive circuits of the plurality of scan drive circuits in the second period, and a switch control circuit for operating the plurality of short-circuit switches.
- the switch control circuit supplies a control signal that operates the plurality of short-circuit switches to short-circuit the two input terminals of each scan drive circuit during the second period.
- FIG. 1 shows a plasma display tube or gas discharge tube 11R, 11 of a conventional color display device 10.
- the display device 10 is a transparent elongated color 'plasma' tube 11R, 11G and 11B array, parallel front support sheet or thin, transparent front support substrate 31, transparent or opaque It includes a back support substrate 32 that also has a back support sheet or a thin substrate force, a plurality of display electrode pairs or main electrode pairs 2, and a plurality of signal electrodes or address electrodes 3.
- X indicates a sustain electrode or X electrode of the display electrode 2
- Y indicates a scan electrode or Y electrode of the display electrode 2.
- R, G and B indicate red, green and blue, which are the emission colors of the phosphors.
- the support substrates 31 and 32 are made of, for example, a flexible PET film or glass.
- Elongated plasma 'tubes 11R, 11G and 1 IB tubules 20 are made of transparent insulators such as borosilicate glass, Pyrex®, soda glass, quartz glass or zerodur, typically
- the tube diameter is 2 mm or less, for example, the tube cross-sectional width is about lmm and the height is about 0.55 mm, the length is 300 mm or more, and the tube wall thickness is about 0.1 mm.
- the support member is made of an insulator such as borosilicate glass, Neurex (registered trademark), quartz glass, soda glass, or lead glass.
- a phosphor layer 4 is formed on the support member.
- the support member is an outer portion of the glass tube. After the phosphor paste is applied on the support member and baked to form the phosphor layer 4 on the support member, the support member is inserted into the glass tube. Can be arranged.
- Various phosphor pastes known in the art can be used as the phosphor paste.
- the electron emission film 5 generates charged particles by collision with the discharge gas.
- a voltage is applied to the display electrode pair 2 in the phosphor layer 4, the discharge gas sealed in the tube is excited, and visible light is generated by vacuum ultraviolet light generated in the deexcitation process of the excited rare gas atoms.
- FIG. 2A shows a front support substrate 31 on which a plurality of transparent display electrode pairs 2 are formed.
- the FIG. 2B shows a back side support substrate 32 on which a plurality of signal electrodes 3 are formed.
- the signal electrode 3 is formed on the front surface, that is, the inner surface of the back-side support substrate 32, and is provided along the longitudinal direction of the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 1IB.
- the pitch between the adjacent signal electrodes 3 is the same as the width of each of the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 1IB, for example, lmm.
- the plurality of display electrode pairs 2 are formed on the back surface, that is, the inner surface of the front-side support substrate 31 in a well-known form, and are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the signal electrode 3.
- the width of the display electrode 2 is, for example, 0.75 mm, and the distance between the edges of each pair of display electrodes 2 is, for example, 0.4 mm.
- a distance or non-discharge gap as a non-discharge region is secured, and the distance is, for example, 1. lmm.
- the signal electrode 3 and the display electrode pair 2 are brought into contact with the lower outer peripheral surface portion and the upper outer peripheral surface portion of the plasma tube 11R, 11G, and 1IB, respectively.
- an adhesive may be interposed between each electrode and the plasma tube surface.
- the intersection between the signal electrode 3 and the display electrode pair 2 is a unit light emitting region.
- one of the display electrode pairs 2 is used as a scanning electrode, a selective discharge is generated at the intersection of the scanning electrode and the signal electrode 3, and a light emitting region is selected.
- a display discharge is generated at the display electrode pair 2 to emit light from the phosphor layer.
- the selective discharge is a counter discharge generated in the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 1IB between the scanning Y electrode and the signal electrode 3 facing each other in the vertical direction.
- the display discharge is a surface discharge generated in the plasma tubes 11R, 11G and 11B between a pair of display electrodes arranged in parallel on a plane.
- the display electrode pair 2 and the signal electrode 3 can generate discharge in the discharge gas inside the tube by applying a voltage.
- the electrode structure of plasma 'tubes 11R, 11G and 11B is a structure in which three electrodes are arranged in one light emitting part, and the display discharge is generated by a pair of display electrodes.
- a structure in which display discharge is generated between the display electrode 2 and the signal electrode 3 is not limited thereto. That is, display The electrode structure may be an electrode structure in which one electrode pair 2 is used and the display electrode 2 is used as a scanning electrode and a selective discharge and a display discharge (opposite discharge) are generated between the display electrode 2 and the signal electrode 3.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional structure perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tubes of the plasma “tube” array 11 of the display device 10.
- the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 11B have phosphor layers 4R, 4G, and 4B formed on the inner surfaces of the support members 6R, 6G, and 6B on the back side, and have a cross-sectional width of 1 Omm, cross-sectional height of 0.55 mm, tube wall thickness of 0. 1 lm m, and length lm to 3 m.
- the red phosphor 4R includes a material of an iterator system ((Y. Ga) BO: Eu), and the green phosphor 4G is a zinc silicate system (Zn Si).
- blue phosphor 4B contains BAM-based (BaMgAl 2 O: Eu) material.
- a back-side support substrate 32 is bonded to the bottom surfaces of the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 11B via an adhesive layer 34.
- Signal electrodes 3R, 3G, and 3B are arranged on the bottom surfaces of the plasma tubes 11R, 11G, and 11B and on the top surface of the back support substrate 32.
- FIG. 4 shows the electrical connection of the X electrode driver device 500, the Y electrode driver device 800, and the address electrode driver circuit 46 of the normal display device 10.
- n pairs of display electrodes 2 (XI, Yl),..., ( ⁇ , ⁇ ),... ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) of the plasma “tube” array 11 are arranged on the front support substrate 31.
- the left end of the front support substrate 31 divided into a plurality of parts is connected to the sustain voltage pulse circuit 50 for the X electrode of the X electrode driver device 500 through the long flexible cable 52 from the right end 53 divided into From 71 is connected to the scan pulse circuit 70 of the electrode driver device 800.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit 60 for the negative electrode of the negative electrode driver apparatus 800 is connected to the scan pulse circuit 70 via a long flexible cable 62 having a length of, for example, lm or more.
- the m signal electrodes 3 Al,..., Ai,... Am of the plasma 'tube' array 11 are also connected to the address' driver circuit 46 with the lower end force divided into a plurality.
- the X electrode driver device 500 further includes a reset circuit 51.
- the Y electrode driver device 800 further includes a reset circuit 61.
- the driver control circuit 42 is connected to the X electrode driver device 500, the Y electrode driver device 800, and the address' driver circuit 46.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit 60 for the Y electrode of the Y electrode driver device 800 receives a plurality of potentials for generating a sustain voltage pulse and a scan pulse for performing display discharge via a signal line of the cable 62.
- the voltage is applied to the scanning noise circuit 70, and the potentials are selectively applied to the display electrodes ⁇ 1 to ⁇ .
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit 50 for the X electrode on the printed circuit board applies a drive voltage, that is, a sustain voltage, to the display electrodes XI to ⁇ formed on the inner surface of the front support substrate 31 via the flexible cable 52.
- One picture is typically composed of one frame period.
- one frame is composed of two fields, and in progressive scanning, one frame is composed of one field. .
- 30 frames per second are required for video display using the normal television system. Therefore, in the display by this kind of gas discharge display device 10, in order to perform color reproduction with gradation by binary light emission control, typically such one field F is set to a set of q subfields SF. replace.
- the field period Tf which is a field transfer period is divided into q subfield periods Tsf, and one subfield period Tsf is assigned to each subfield SF. Further, the subfield period Tsf is divided into a reset period TR for initialization, an address period TA for addressing, and a display period TS for light emission by sustain discharge.
- the length of the reset period TR and the address period TA is constant regardless of the weight, whereas the number of pulses in the display period TS is larger and the length of the display period TS is The greater the weight, the longer. In this case, the length of the subfield period Tsf is longer as the weight of the corresponding subfield SF is larger.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic drive sequence of output drive voltage waveforms of the X electrode driver device 500, the Y electrode driver device 800, and the address' driver circuit 42 in the normal display device 10.
- the waveform shown is an example, and the amplitude, polarity, and timing are changed. It can be changed from time to time.
- the order of the reset period TR, the address period TA, and the sustain period TS is the same in the q subfields SF, and the drive sequence is repeated for each subfield SF.
- a negative polarity pulse Prxl and a positive polarity pulse Prx2 are sequentially applied to all the display electrodes X, and a positive polarity pulse Pry is applied to all the display electrodes Y. 1 and negative polarity pulse Pry2 are applied in order.
- Pulses Prxl, P ryl and Pry2 are ramp waveforms or blunt pulses whose amplitude gradually increases with the rate of change at which a microdischarge occurs.
- the first applied pulses Prxl and Pryl are applied once to generate moderate wall charges of the same polarity in all discharge cells regardless of light emission Z non-light emission in the previous subfield SF. Subsequently, by applying pulses Prx2 and Pry2 to the discharge cells where moderate wall charges are present, the wall charges are adjusted so as to be reduced to a level where they are not redischarged by the sustain pulses (erased state).
- the drive voltage applied to the cell is a composite voltage representing the difference in the amplitude of the pulses applied to the display electrodes X and Y.
- the address period TA a wall charge necessary for maintaining the discharge is formed only in the discharge cells that emit light.
- the negative scan scan pulse is applied to the display electrode Y corresponding to the selected row for each row selection period (scanning time for one row). Apply Vy.
- the address pulse Va is applied only to the address electrode A corresponding to the selected cell that should generate the address discharge. That is, the potential of the address electrodes A to A is binary-controlled for each scanning line based on the subfield data Dsf for m columns of the selected row j.
- Address discharge is generated between the address electrode A and the discharge tube.
- the display data written by the address discharge is stored in the form of wall charges on the cell inner wall of the discharge tube, and the surface discharge between the display electrodes X and Y is generated by the subsequent application of the sustain pulse.
- a sustain pulse Ps having a polarity (positive polarity in the example shown in the figure) that is first added to the wall charge generated in the previous address discharge to generate a sustain discharge is applied. Thereafter, the sustain pulse Ps is alternately applied to the display electrode X and the display electrode Y.
- the amplitude of the sustain pulse Ps is the sustain voltage Vs.
- a surface discharge is generated in the discharge cell in which a predetermined wall charge remains. Suspension
- the number of times the tin pulse Ps is applied corresponds to the weight of the subfield SF as described above.
- the address electrode A is biased to a voltage Vas having the same polarity as the sustain pulse Ps.
- FIG. 6A shows a sustain voltage pulse circuit for a Y electrode in a normal Y electrode driver device 800.
- the structure of (SST) 60 and scanning pulse circuit (SCN) 70 is shown.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit (SST) 60 has a high pulse voltage source Vs connected to the signal line SU through the switch T1, a ground potential GND connected to the signal line SD through the switch T2, and a switch T3.
- Control to supply scan control signal SC—CTRL to negative bias voltage source Vscl connected to signal line SU, positive bias voltage source Vsc2 connected to signal line SD via switch T4, and scan pulse circuit 70 Circuit 602 is included.
- the switches T1 and T2 operate in the sustain period TS, and apply the sustain voltage pulse Vs to the Y electrodes Yl to Yn through the scan pulse circuit (SC N) 70 via the signal lines SU and SD.
- Switches ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 4 operate in the address period ⁇ to apply the voltage sources Vscl and Vsc2 to the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70.
- the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70 includes a scan 'Dryno IC700.
- Scan 'Driver IC700 applies the potential and sustain voltage pulse, which also received the signal line SU and SD force, to Y electrodes Yl to Yn and applies the scan pulse voltage to ⁇ electrodes ⁇ 1 to ⁇ according to scan control signal SC—CTR L To do.
- FIG. 6A shows the waveform of the voltage applied to the input of the normal scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70 via the signal lines SU and SD by the normal sustain voltage pulse circuit (SST) 60.
- C shows a waveform of a voltage applied to the ⁇ electrodes ⁇ 1 to ⁇ by the sustain voltage pulse scanning pulse circuit (SCN) 70.
- 6D is an enlarged view showing the change in the waveform of the sustain pulse voltage Vs applied to the signal lines SU and SD
- FIG. 6E shows the difference voltage between the potentials V and V of the two signal lines SU and SD ( V-V).
- Example of sustain pulse voltage Vs Example of sustain pulse voltage Vs
- V -V the maximum value of the differential voltage (V -V) is, for example,
- the sustain voltage pulse scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70 scans'Drynoku's two input terminals TU and TD of IC700, and input terminal TD Is applied with the potential Vsc2, and the input terminal TU is applied with the potential Vscl.
- SCN sustain voltage pulse scan pulse circuit
- the scanning pulse Vscl is sequentially applied to the Y electrodes Yl, ⁇ 2,.
- the pulse voltage source Vs of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 60 is scanned via the signal line SU and the input terminal TU.
- Current flows through the diodes Dsl1, Dsl2,... Dsnl, Dsn2, and further flows through the input terminal TD to the signal line SD, and the potentials of the Y electrodes Y1 to Yn rise to Vs.
- the rise timing of the pulse voltage Vs at the input terminal TD is somewhat delayed from the rise timing at the input terminal TU.
- the switch T2 of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 60 when the switch T2 of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 60 is turned on, the charges accumulated in the capacitances of the display electrodes (XI, Yl), ( ⁇ 2, ⁇ 2), ... ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) As shown in the figure below, the scan dry diode IC700 diodes Dsl1, Dsl2,... Dsnl, Dsn2 flows through the signal line SD to the ground potential GND and the potentials of the Y electrodes Yl to Yn return to GND. In this way, the sustain pulse voltage is applied to the ⁇ electrodes ⁇ 1 to ⁇ . The falling timing of the pulse voltage Vs at the input terminal TU is somewhat delayed from the falling timing at the input terminal TD.
- the scanning pulse circuit (SCN) 70 Sustain pulse signal waveform force generated at the input terminal of, for example, contains a large overshoot component of about 50V. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6E, a large differential voltage of, for example, 50 V is instantaneously generated between the signal lines SU and SD at the input terminals TU and TD of the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70. .
- This differential voltage tends to momentarily apply a voltage exceeding an undesired breakdown voltage to the switches Tsl1, Tsl2,... Tsnl, Tsn2 in the scan / dry IC700. As a result, the scan IC driver 700 may be unstable or damaged.
- FIG. 7A shows a configuration of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 64 and the scan pulse circuit 74 for the Y electrode according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit (SST) 64 is connected via the switch T1.
- High voltage pulse voltage source Vs connected to signal line SU, ground potential GND connected to signal line SD via switch T2, and negative bias voltage connected to signal line SU via switch T3
- control circuit 604 for supplying scan control signal SC—CTRL and switch control signal SW—CTRL to scan pulse circuit 74 Speak with it.
- the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 includes a scan driver IC 702 and a switch SW1 that short-circuits the signal lines SU and SD via the short circuit S near the input terminals TU and TD.
- Scan 'driver IC702 applies the received potential and sustain voltage pulses to the Y electrodes Y1 to Yn, and shorts the signal lines SU and SD according to the switch control signal SW—CTRL, and scan control signal SC — Apply scan voltage to Y electrodes Yl to Yn according to CTRL.
- Fig. 7 (b) shows the waveform of the voltage applied to the input of the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 via the signal lines SU and SD by the sustain voltage pulse circuit (SST) 64
- Fig. 7C shows the sustain voltage.
- the waveform of the voltage applied to the ⁇ electrodes ⁇ 1 to ⁇ by the pressure pulse scanning pulse circuit (SCN) 74 is shown.
- FIG. 7D shows an on / off state of the switch control signal SW-CTRL supplied to the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 by the control circuit 604.
- Fig. 7E is an enlarged view showing the change in the waveform of the sustain pulse voltage Vs applied to the signal lines SU and SD.
- Fig. 7F shows the voltage difference between the potentials V and V of the two signal lines SU and SD (V —V)
- the sustain pulse voltage Vs is a high pulse voltage such as 250V.
- sustain voltage pulse circuit (SST) 64 and scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 in address period TA are the same as those in FIG. 6A.
- the control circuit 604 of the sustain voltage pulse scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 supplies the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 with a switch control signal SW-CTRL indicating an ON state.
- switch control signal SW—CTRL switch SW1 in scan pulse circuit (SCN) 74 shorts input terminals TU and TD of scan driver IC 702 connected to signal lines SU and SD.
- the switch T1 of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 64 is turned on, the pulse of the sustain voltage pulse circuit 64 from the pulse voltage source Vs via the signal line SU and the input terminal TU is scanned through the die of the scan driver IC704. Ode Dsl l, Dsl2,...
- the signal lines (transmission lines) SU and SD which are long flexible cables 62, have a large inductance, and as shown in FIG. 7E, a scanning pulse circuit (SCN) Sustain pulse signal waveform force generated at the input terminals of 70 signal lines SU and SD, for example, includes a large overshoot component of about 50V.
- a scanning pulse circuit (SCN) Sustain pulse signal waveform force generated at the input terminals of 70 signal lines SU and SD for example, includes a large overshoot component of about 50V.
- FIG. 7F since the signal lines SU and SD at the input terminals TU and TD of the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 70 are biased to the same potential by the switch SW, the difference voltage is always almost equal. Zero (0) V. This prevents a voltage exceeding an undesired breakdown voltage from being instantaneously applied to the switches Tsl 1, Tsl 2,... T snl, Tsn 2 in the scan / dry IC 704. As a result, the scan
- FIG. 8 shows electrical connections of the X electrode driver device 500, the Y electrode driver device 810, and the address electrode driver circuit 46 of the display device 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the sustain voltage pulse circuit 64 for the Y electrode of the Y electrode driver device 810 is a plurality of long flexible cables of, for example, 1 m or longer. Each is connected to the pulse circuit 76.
- Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.
- Sustain voltage pulse circuit for Y electrode 64 control circuit 604 supplies the switch control signal SW-CTRL to the switch SW1 of each scanning pulse circuit 76 of the Y electrode driver device 810 via the switch control signal line 67.
- FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the scan pulse circuit 77 of the Y electrode driver device 810 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Scan pulse circuit (SCN) 77 is a short circuit that connects multiple scan / dry IC 704 mounted on one printed circuit board and signal lines SU and SD at the input terminals TU and TD of each scan / dry IC 704. Includes switches SW21, SW2 2,..., And SW28 that are shorted through S. As a result, it is avoided that a voltage exceeding an undesired breakdown voltage is momentarily applied to the switches (Tsll, Tsl2,... Tsnl, Tsn2) in each scan.
- FIG. 10 shows a configuration of the scan pulse circuit 78 of the Y electrode driver device 810 according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- the scan pulse circuit (SCN) 78 is a signal in the vicinity of the input terminal TU of the top driver IC and the input terminal TD of the bottom driver IC in the multiple scan 'driver IC704 mounted on one printed circuit board. Lines SU and SD are short-circuited via path S. One common switch SW3 is included. As a result, it is avoided that a voltage exceeding an undesired breakdown voltage is momentarily applied to the switches (Tsl1, Tsl2,... Tsnl, Tsn2) in each scan IC 704.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic partial structure of an array of plasma tubes or gas discharge tubes of a conventional color display device.
- FIG. 2A shows a front-side support substrate on which a plurality of transparent display electrode pairs are formed.
- FIG. 2B shows a backside support substrate on which a plurality of signal electrodes or signal electrodes are formed.
- FIG. 3 shows the structure of a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tube of the plasma tube array of the display device.
- Figure 4 shows the electrical connection of the X electrode driver device, Y electrode driver device, and address electrode driver circuit of a normal display device! /
- FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic drive sequence of output drive voltage waveforms of an X electrode driver device, a Y electrode driver device, and an address' driver circuit in a normal display device.
- FIG. 6A shows a configuration of a sustain voltage pulse circuit and a scanning pulse circuit for a Y electrode in a normal Y electrode driver device.
- Fig. 6B shows the waveform of the voltage applied to the input of the normal scan pulse circuit via the signal line by the normal sustain voltage pulse circuit
- Fig. 6C shows the Y electrode by the sustain voltage pulse scan pulse circuit. The waveform of the applied voltage is shown.
- FIG. 6D is an enlarged view showing a change in the waveform of the sustain pulse voltage applied to the signal line
- FIG. 6E shows a difference voltage between the potentials of the two signal lines.
- FIG. 7A shows a configuration of a sustain voltage pulse circuit for a Y electrode and a scan pulse circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7B shows the waveform of the voltage applied to the input of the scan pulse circuit via the signal line by the sustain voltage pulse circuit
- Fig. 7C shows the waveform of the voltage applied to the ⁇ electrode by the sustain voltage pulse scan pulse circuit. Is shown.
- FIG. 7D shows the ON / OFF state of the switch control signal supplied to the scan pulse circuit by the control circuit.
- FIG. 7E is an enlarged view showing a change in the waveform of the sustain pulse voltage applied to the signal line
- FIG. 7F shows a difference voltage between the potentials of the two signal lines.
- FIG. 8 shows an electrical connection of the X electrode driver device, the Y electrode driver device, and the address electrode driver circuit of the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 shows the configuration of a scan pulse circuit of a Y electrode driver device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 shows the configuration of a scan pulse circuit of a Y electrode driver device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
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