Split screen electrode structure for TFEL panel
US4797667A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2320/0223
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrode structure for an AC matrix-addressed TFEL panel includes top and bottom sets of scanning electrodes, each located in a respective half of the panel, and top and bottom sets of data electrodes extending at right angles to the scanning electrodes where each electrode in the top and bottom set extends for a distance slightly less than halfway across the panel to provide a split screen display. The scanning electrodes are driven by driver amplifiers that simultaneously energize complimentary pairs of the scanning electrodes in the top and bottom halves of the panel driving them in line-by-line fashion. The top and bottom sets of data electrodes are driven simultaneously by top and bottom sets of electrode drivers simultaneously with each scan of the data electrodes. In this way the top and bottom halves of the panel are scanned simultaneously, and the writing of one frame of data is faster. Also, the column electrodes are shorter and therefore require less energy and consume less power per frame.
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