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Electro-optical device

Granted 29 Sep 2009 · 6 office actions

Current assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. · originally Semiconductor Energy Laboratory

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Inventors: Akira Mase, Masaaki Hiroki · Examiner: Vijay Shankar · AU 2629 · TC 2600

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Abstract

An electro-optical device comprising a display drive system with the display timing related to the unit time t for writing-in a picture element and to the time F for writing-in one picture is disclosed. In the device, a gradated display corresponding to the ratio of the division can be obtained by time-sharing the signal during a write-in of time t without changing the time F.

Claims

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Classifications

6 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G09G3/36
USPC · US Patent Classification
345/87345/213345/89345/691345/690

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Pendency
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1,965 days filing → grant
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4
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Examiner
Vijay Shankar
art unit 2629 · TC 2600
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related publicationUS 20040207777 A121 Oct 2004

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