Tiled flat panel displays
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1. A large flat panel display comprising:
- a) a plurality of tile display modules, each tile display module having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having uniformly periodic interpixel spacing, said pixels comprising an active area and an inactive, dark area, and each tile display module having electrical interconnection means for addressing the pixels such that each pixel may be selectively controlled through the electrical interconnection means, and pads for interconnecting with the electrical interconnection means; and
b) a back plate for supporting and interconnecting the tile display modules, having at least one layer of optically opaque interconnection lines for connection to the electrical interconnection means of a plurality of the tile display modules, said at least one layer of optically opaque interconnection lines forming a light shield being disposed in said inactive, dark areas of said pixels, thereby forming a mask structure, the optically opaque interconnection lines having pads for electrical connection thereto;
the tile display modules being mounted upon the back plate, with the pads of the tile display modules being electrically connected to the pads of the interconnection lines of the back plate, aligning the tile display modules thereon, and located such that the interpixel spacing between two adjacent pixels on two adjacent tile display modules maintains the uniform periodicity of the interpixel spacing between adjacent pixels within the tile display modules, andthe pixels of the large flat panel display being addressed via the interconnection means of the back plate as if the large flat panel display comprising a plurality of tile display modules were a single monolithic large display.
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Abstract
A large flat panel display having a plurality of tile display modules with capability in the range of 12 or more lines per inch, being precisely manufactured and aligned such that the interpixel spacing between two adjacent tiles maintains the uniformly periodic spacing of the interpixel spacing within tiles. The display is addressed as a single monolithic display, without reference to the plurality of individual tiles making up the display. All of the interconnections between tiles are located between tiles in the "shadow area", unless all tiles can have an edge around the periphery of the display. Also disclosed are methods of making and assembling the tiles and the displays.
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1. A large flat panel display comprising:
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a) a plurality of tile display modules, each tile display module having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having uniformly periodic interpixel spacing, said pixels comprising an active area and an inactive, dark area, and each tile display module having electrical interconnection means for addressing the pixels such that each pixel may be selectively controlled through the electrical interconnection means, and pads for interconnecting with the electrical interconnection means; and b) a back plate for supporting and interconnecting the tile display modules, having at least one layer of optically opaque interconnection lines for connection to the electrical interconnection means of a plurality of the tile display modules, said at least one layer of optically opaque interconnection lines forming a light shield being disposed in said inactive, dark areas of said pixels, thereby forming a mask structure, the optically opaque interconnection lines having pads for electrical connection thereto; the tile display modules being mounted upon the back plate, with the pads of the tile display modules being electrically connected to the pads of the interconnection lines of the back plate, aligning the tile display modules thereon, and located such that the interpixel spacing between two adjacent pixels on two adjacent tile display modules maintains the uniform periodicity of the interpixel spacing between adjacent pixels within the tile display modules, and the pixels of the large flat panel display being addressed via the interconnection means of the back plate as if the large flat panel display comprising a plurality of tile display modules were a single monolithic large display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A large flat panel display comprising:
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a) a plurality of tile display modules, each tile display module comprising; i) a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having uniformly periodic interpixel spacing said pixels comprising an active area and an inactive, dark area, ii) electrical interconnection means for addressing the pixels such that each pixel may be selectively controlled through the electrical interconnection means, and iii) edge connection on at least one edge of the tile display module, connected to the electrical interconnection means; b) a back plate for supporting the tile display modules, the tile display modules being mounted upon the back plate, located such that the interpixel spacing between two adjacent pixels on two adjacent tile display modules maintains the uniform periodicity of the interpixel spacing between adjacent pixels within the tile display modules, and such that the edge connection of each tile display module is located around the periphery of the display formed by the plurality of tile display modules; c) driver means for driving the display modules, having connection means connected to the edge connection of the tile display modules such that the pixels of the tile display modules are operatively driven by the driver means; and d) masking means disposed proximate said back plate, said shadow mask means preventing light entering said back plate from exiting in said dark areas of said pixels; the pixels of the large flat panel display being addressed as if the large flat panel display comprising a plurality of tile display modules were a single monolithic large display. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A liquid crystal display module for use in tiled flat panel displays, comprising:
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a) a first and a second plate, located in alignment, one below the other; b) adhesive sealing means located between the first and second plates around the periphery of at least one of said plates, adhesively joining the first and second plates together and creating a volume therebetween, a gap being left in the adhesive sealing means forming an orifice, and the display module further comprising a notch in an edge thereof, aligned with the orifice; c) liquid crystal material located in the volume between the first and second plates, the liquid crystal material being introduced between the first and second layers by evacuating the area between the first and second areas, introducing the liquid crystal through the orifice, then sealing the orifice, such that the seal in the orifice fits in the notch in the edge of the display module and does not extend beyond the edge; d) a plurality of light valves arranged across the second plate with dark, shadow areas between the light valves, each light valve having a control input for controlling the light flow through the light valve, the control inputs being addressed through a matrix of row and column control lines, the spacing between light valves being uniformly periodic across the liquid crystal display module, the control lines being arranged in the dark, shadow areas between the light valves and forming a mask therein, said connecting lines connecting the plurality of light valves to the periphery of the liquid crystal display module, the width of the seal means being less than half the spacing between light valves; and e) edge interconnection means for connecting the display module to a flat panel display, the edge interconnection means being located at the periphery of the display module, and connected to the control lines;
the adhesive seal means and the edge interconnection means being arranged such that when two modules are aligned in proximity to each other, the spacing between adjoining light valves on the two modules maintains a uniform periodicity with the spacing between light valves within the display module. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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