Pixels and reference circuits and timing techniques
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1. A display system, including a plurality of pixels, comprising:
- a controller for receiving digital data indicative of information to be displayed on the display system;
a source driver for receiving data from the controller and for transmitting data signals to each pixel during a programming phase, and including a monitoring system integrated therewith for measuring a current or voltage associated with each pixel for extracting information indicative of a degradation of each pixel during a measurement phase;
a plurality of combined data/monitor lines extending from the source driver for transmitting both data and monitor signals during alternating programming and measurement phases, respectively;
a plurality of data lines extending to each pixel;
a plurality of monitor lines extending to each pixel for measuring a current or voltage associated with each pixel after the programming phase; and
a switching system coupled to each pixel via a data line and via a monitor line different from said data line, and coupled via a combined data/monitor line to the source driver, said switching system for alternatively connecting each combined data/monitor line with the data line and the monitor line respectively to steer to the pixel over the data line, signals received from the source driver over the combined data/monitor line, and to steer to the source driver over the combined data/monitor line, signals received from the pixel over the monitor line.
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Abstract
What is disclosed are systems and methods of compensation of images produced by active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Anomalies in luminance produced by pixel circuits and bias currents produced by current biasing circuits for driving current biased voltage programmed pixels are corrected through calibration and compensation while re-using existing data or other lines that can be controlled individually to perform said calibration and compensation.
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1. A display system, including a plurality of pixels, comprising:
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a controller for receiving digital data indicative of information to be displayed on the display system; a source driver for receiving data from the controller and for transmitting data signals to each pixel during a programming phase, and including a monitoring system integrated therewith for measuring a current or voltage associated with each pixel for extracting information indicative of a degradation of each pixel during a measurement phase; a plurality of combined data/monitor lines extending from the source driver for transmitting both data and monitor signals during alternating programming and measurement phases, respectively; a plurality of data lines extending to each pixel; a plurality of monitor lines extending to each pixel for measuring a current or voltage associated with each pixel after the programming phase; and a switching system coupled to each pixel via a data line and via a monitor line different from said data line, and coupled via a combined data/monitor line to the source driver, said switching system for alternatively connecting each combined data/monitor line with the data line and the monitor line respectively to steer to the pixel over the data line, signals received from the source driver over the combined data/monitor line, and to steer to the source driver over the combined data/monitor line, signals received from the pixel over the monitor line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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