Disclosed is a low power and high density source driver and a current
driven active matrix organic electroluminescent device having the same,
in which all elements operate at a normal voltage and all circuits of the
source driver are shielded from a high voltage of a panel. The source
driver includes: a shift register for generating an enable signal for
storing data; a data latch circuit for storing digital data inputted from
an exterior; a line latch circuit for sequentially storing the data in
response to the enable signal and outputting the stored data in parallel
at one time in response to a load signal; a current type
digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital data outputted
from the line latch circuit into an analog signal, the analog signal
being outputted in a form of a current signal; and a high voltage shield
circuit for transferring the output of the current digital-to-analog
converter to source lines of an external panel and for shielding internal
circuits from a high voltage of the panel. The shift register, the data
latch circuit, the line latch circuit, the current type digital-to-analog
converter and the high voltage shield circuit are driven at a normal
voltage.