| US 7,573,452 B2 | ||
| Integrated multiplexer/de-multiplexer for active-matrix display/imaging arrays | ||
| Arokia Nathan, Waterloo (Canada); Karim S. Karim, Coquitlam (Canada); Nitin Mohan, Kitchener (Canada); Anil Kumar, Kitchener (Canada); and Kapil Sakariya, Kitchener (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Ignis Innovation Inc., Cambridge, Ontario (Canada) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/487,034 PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2002, PCT No. PCT/CA02/01290 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 26, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/017241, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2355067 (CA), filed on Aug. 15, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0007352 A1, Jan. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 3/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—92 [345/94; 345/98; 345/100; 345/103] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A drive circuit for driving a row of pixel in a display or imaging application having a plurality of pixels, the drive
circuit comprising:
an output terminal connected to a gate line or the row, the gate line connected to the gate terminal of a switching transistor
of a pixel in the row;
a drive transistor connected to the output terminal, the drive transistor for transferring a gate selecting signal to the
gate line of the row;
a series of control transistors comprising a plurality of transistors serially connected, the series of control transistors
having a first terminal and a second terminal at opposite ends of the series of control transistors, the first terminal of
the series of control transistors connected to the gate terminal of the drive transistor, the series of control transistors
for transferring an addressing signal from the second terminal of the series of control transistors to the gate terminal of
the drive transistor to control the transferring of the gate selecting signal to the gate line of the row; and
a plurality of control signals connected to the gate terminals of the plurality of control transistors for controlling the
transferring of the addressing signal to the gate of the drive transistor,
herein the drive transistor, the plurality of control transistors and the switching transistor of the pixel are each a thin
film transistor.
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