| US 7,586,484 B2 | ||
| Controller and driver features for bi-stable display | ||
| Jeffrey B. Sampsell, San Jose, Calif. (US); Karen Tyger, Foster City, Calif. (US); and Mithran Mathew, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to IDC, LLC, San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/96,546. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/613412, filed on Sep. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0066503 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—204 [345/97; 345/103; 345/107; 345/109] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A display system, comprising:
at least one driving circuit configured to provide signals for displaying video data; and
a display comprising an array having a plurality of bi-stable display elements, the array being configured to display video
data using signals received from the driving circuit,
wherein the array is partitioned into one or more fields, each field including at least one bi-stable display element and
wherein the driving circuit is configured to refresh each of the one or more fields in accordance with a refresh rate associated
with each field,
wherein the plurality of bi-stable display elements comprise interferometric modulators, and wherein the one or more fields
comprise a first field comprising a first set of interferometric modulators and a second field comprising a second set of
interferometric modulators, and
wherein at least one interferometric modulator of the first set of interferometric modulators is also an interferometric modulator
of the second set of interferometric modulators.
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