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Display driver circuits

US7456812B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 2002
Grant dateNov 25, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2360/148
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Display driver circuitry for electro-optic displays, in particular active matrix displays using organic light emitting diodes. The circuitry includes a driver to drive an electro-optic element in accordance with a drive voltage, a photosensitive device optically coupled to the electro-optic display element to pass a current dependent upon illumination reaching the photosensitive device, a first control device coupled between the photosensitive device and a data line and responsive to a first control signal on a first control line to couple the photosensitive device to the data line, and a second control device coupled between the photosensitive device and the driver and responsive to a second control signal on a second control line to couple the photosensitive device to the driver. The circuit can be operated in a number of different modes and provides flexible control of an electro-display element such as an organic LED pixel.

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