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Display apparatus with a display device and method of driving the display device

US7995029B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2003
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/041
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus including a matrix display device with pixels wherein particles move in a fluid between electrodes. An optical state of the pixels is defined by a value of a drive voltage and a duration of a drive period during which the drive voltage is present across the pixel. A DC-balancing circuit controls the amplitudes of the drive voltages and/or durations of drive periods to obtain a substantially zero time-average value across each pixel or across each sub-group of pixels. This control of the amplitude of the drive voltages and/or the duration of the drive periods allows minimizing the image retention, without requiring reset pulses causing all pixels to become temporarily white or black.

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