DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME

摘要

A display element (10) comprising an upper substrate (a first substrate) (2), a bottom substrate (a second substrate) (3), and an electrically conductive liquid (16) sealed within a display space (S) formed between the top and bottom substrates (2, 3), the electrically conductive liquid (16) being movable between a side of an effective display region (P1) and a non-effective display region (P2), wherein a signal electrode (4), a reference electrode (5) and a scanning electrode (6) are provided, the electrodes being configured so that voltages within specified voltage ranges separate from each other are applicable. Furthermore, an identical voltage (a third voltage and a fourth voltage) is applied to the reference electrode (5) and the scanning electrode (6) that are provided over the bottom substrate (3) so as to be disposed, respectively, on the side of the effective display region (P1) and on the side of the non-effective display region (P2).