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Display device having current-addressed pixels

US6577302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2001
Grant dateJun 10, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0233
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device has current-addressed pixels, with the currents being supplied by driver circuitry which comprises a transistor (10) for applying a charging voltage to a switched capacitor arrangement (Ci, S1, S2) arranged to selectively charge and discharge the capacitor (Ci) at a predetermined rate to a charging voltage. A transistor control voltage (Vref) is applied to a control terminal of the transistor which is adjusted depending on the transistor threshold voltage to ensure that the capacitor (Ci) is charged to the charging voltage irrespectively of the value of the threshold voltage. This enables an accurately controllable current to be provided which is used to drive the current-addressed pixels.

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