SHIFTED QUAD PIXEL AND OTHER PIXEL MOSAICS FOR DISPLAYS
First Claim
1. A passive matrix display apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of display elements arranged in rows and columns forming an array, each display element configured to have a dark state and a bright state in which the display element is capable of providing a color of light;
a plurality of common lines that are capable of providing electrical drive signals to the plurality of display elements, each common line associated with two or more rows of display elements, wherein each common line is electrically connected to display elements that provide the same color of light in the bright state and that are in the associated two or more rows of display elements; and
a plurality of sets of multiple segment lines, each of the multiple segment lines disposed between two columns of display elements, and each set of multiple segment lines associated with a column of display elements,wherein the display apparatus is configured to address each of the display elements in the array using one of the segment lines and one of the common lines.
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Abstract
This disclosure provides systems and apparatuses having pixels connected to various drive lines. In one implementation, a passive matrix display apparatus comprises a plurality of display elements, arranged in rows and columns, each common line driving display elements of a single color, wherein at least one common line of the plurality of common lines is coupled to display elements in two or more rows to drive the two or more rows, and a plurality of sets of multiple segment lines, each set of multiple segment lines associated with a column of display elements, wherein one segment line of the set of multiple segment lines addresses display elements of a given color of one row along the column and an other segment line in the set of multiple segment lines addresses display elements of the given color of another row along the column.
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25 Claims
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1. A passive matrix display apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of display elements arranged in rows and columns forming an array, each display element configured to have a dark state and a bright state in which the display element is capable of providing a color of light; a plurality of common lines that are capable of providing electrical drive signals to the plurality of display elements, each common line associated with two or more rows of display elements, wherein each common line is electrically connected to display elements that provide the same color of light in the bright state and that are in the associated two or more rows of display elements; and a plurality of sets of multiple segment lines, each of the multiple segment lines disposed between two columns of display elements, and each set of multiple segment lines associated with a column of display elements, wherein the display apparatus is configured to address each of the display elements in the array using one of the segment lines and one of the common lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A passive matrix display apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of means for displaying information, each of the information displaying means configured to have a dark state and a bright state in which the information displaying means provides a color of light; a plurality of means for providing drive signals to rows of information displaying means, wherein each of the row drive signal providing means is associated with two rows of information displaying means, and wherein each of the row drive signal providing means is electrically connected to information displaying means that provide the same color of light in a bright state and that are in the associated two rows of information displaying means; and a plurality of paired means for providing drive signals to columns of information displaying means, each pair of column drive signal providing means disposed between two columns of information displaying means, wherein each column drive signal providing means associated with a column of information displaying means, wherein the display apparatus is configured to address each of the information providing means array using one of the row drive signal providing means and one of the segment lines and one of the column drive signal providing means. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of manufacturing a passive matrix display apparatus, comprising:
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providing a plurality of display elements arranged in rows and columns forming an array, each display element configured to have a dark state and a bright state in which the display element is capable of providing a color of light; providing a plurality of common lines that are capable of providing electrical drive signals to the plurality of display elements, each common line associated with two rows of display elements, and connecting each common line to display elements that provide the same color of light in the bright state and that are in the associated two rows of display elements; providing a plurality of sets of multiple segment lines, set of multiple segment lines disposed between two columns of display elements, each set of multiple segment line associated with a column of display elements; and configuring the display apparatus to address each of the display elements in the array using one of the segment lines and one of the common lines. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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