Abstract:
A method of driving an electro-optical device having scanning lines, data lines, a switching transistor and a pixel electrode. The device also has an electro-optical layer interposed between the pixel electrode and a counter electrode. The method includes: supplying a data signal alternate between a positive and a negative voltage to the pixel electrode. The positive voltage has a potential greater than a counter electrode potential applied to the counter electrode and the negative voltage is a potential lower than the counter electrode potential; setting the counter electrode potential to reduce a flicker; supplying a first voltage that is either the positive or negative voltage to the pixel electrode in a first period; the other voltage to the pixel electrode in a second period. A ratio of the first period to the second period is variable.
Abstract:
An image display method includes dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames by multiplying a frame frequency of an input image signal, reducing a high-spatial frequency component of an image signal which is used for image display in at least one predetermined sub-frame among the plurality of sub-frames in comparison with that of an image signal which is used for image display in another sub-frame, and displaying an image in each sub-frame.
Abstract:
An image display method includes dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames by multiplying a frame frequency of an input image signal, reducing a high-spatial frequency component of an image signal which is used for image display in at least one predetermined sub-frame among the plurality of sub-frames in comparison with that of an image signal which is used for image display in another sub-frame, and displaying an image in each sub-frame.
Abstract:
An array of memory cells is physically divided into a data area and a tag area so that respective parts of the two areas share a word line but can be separately erased en bloc. The data area and tag area sharing one word line constitute a single logical unit. In the logical unit, the tag area stores location information for defective memory cells in the corresponding data area. On the basis of this information, the system avoids the use of the defective memory cells. The defective memory cell information is programmed in a test step performed after chip manufacture and, at the same time, ECCs are generated for the defective memory cell information and written to the tag area. Furthermore, the system is informed of the invalidity of the data area that shares a word line with a tag area by writing predetermined data to the tag area. Even when the data area is erased en bloc, the tag area is not erased and the defective memory cell information is retained there.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory with flash erase capability includes a plurality of clusters each having a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors holding the attribute information for identification. A cluster information sector is placed at the top of a cluster to which it belongs. A data sector is placed in a data area which is the region other than the top of the cluster. A controller connected to the nonvolatile memory creates a cluster information copy sector when erasing a cluster, and reconstructs cluster management information from the cluster information copy sector when initializing a cluster, thereby forming a cluster information sector. Accordingly, endurance against failure such as power failure in a solid state file apparatus using the nonvolatile memory is improved.
Abstract:
A hybrid magnetic bubble memory device includes, magnetic bubble propagation tracks formed of partial ion-implantation and bubble propagation tracks formed of a soft magnetic material pattern. At least one of the junctions between the two type tracks is located on a corner soft magnetic material pattern where the bubble propagation direction is changed, and the hairpin conductor is superposed on the part of the corner pattern under which the magnetic material is not ion-implanted to form ion-implanted propagation tracks.
Abstract:
In a magnetic bubble module comprising magnetic bubble chips disposed on substrates and driving coils surrounding the magnetic bubble chips, at least one of the substrates extends from the inside to the outside of the coils and serves as a heat transfer plate. The heat transfer plate includes at least one metal foil having a thickness smaller than a skin depth of the metal.