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Driving apparatus with circuits for efficiently transferring and storing compensation data

US5990920A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 1996
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driving apparatus has driving circuits that supply driving energy to driven elements which form dots. The driving circuits are controlled by driving data indicating which driven elements are to be driven, and compensation data adjusting the amount of driving energy. The compensation data are stored in compensation memory circuits coupled to the driving circuits. A single data transfer means transfers the driving data to the driving circuits and the compensation data to the compensation memory circuits. If the driven elements are located on two or more different semiconductor chips, some of the compensation data preferably compensate for chip-to-chip differences, while other compensation data compensate for dot-to-dot differences within the same chip.

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