Patent 7145532 was granted and assigned to Hitachi on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
There is provided an image display apparatus having light emitting elements in its pixels, and capable of producing a high-resolution, multi-gray-scale-level display. In an embodiment of the present invention, each of pixel circuits is provided with a current limiting circuit for generating a specified drive current and a time modulation circuit for modulating a duration of time supplying the specified drive current to the light emitting element. In another embodiment of the present invention, each of pixel circuits is provided with a current limiting circuit for generating a specified drive current and a current generator circuit for generating a plurality of values of currents on the basis of the specified drive current.