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Matrix display having addressable display elements and methods

US7295199B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 2003
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/14
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device including a plurality of display elements (500) arranged in a matrix, wherein each display element includes a display pixel (510) coupled to a switch (530), and each display element includes an addressable latch (540) having an output coupled to a controlling input of the switch. The addressable latch includes a row address input (532) and a column address input (556). In one mode of operation, at least some display elements are activated at a first rate, and other display elements are activated at a second rate less than the first refresh rate by selectively addressing the display elements.

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