Display system having common electrode modulation
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1. A color sequential display system comprising:
- a first substrate having a first plurality of pixel electrodes for receiving a first plurality of pixel data values representing a first image to be displayed;
an electro-optic layer operatively coupled to said pixel electrodes;
a liquid crystal color filter operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, said liquid crystal color filter having a first color state and a second color state wherein said electro-optic layer is illuminated with a first produced by said liquid crystal color filter in said first color state and said electro-optic layer is illuminated with a second color produced by said liquid crystal color filter in said second color state;
an electrode operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, said display system displaying said first image while said liquid crystal color filter is in said first color state and then applying a first control voltage to said electrode to alter a state of said electro-optic layer such that said first image is substantially not displayed and then changing said liquid crystal color filter to said second color state and loading a second plurality of pixel data values onto said first plurality of pixel electrodes and then said display system displaying a second image represented by said second plurality of pixel data values after said electrode receives a second control voltage.
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An electro-optic display system having cover glass electrode modulation. The display system comprises an electro-optic layer disposed between first and second substrates having a single common electrode and a plurality of pixel electrodes, respectively. Voltage modulation of the common electrode is temporally related to image data acquisition by the pixel electrodes and allows data to be updated to each of the plurality of pixel electrodes simultaneously.
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1. A color sequential display system comprising:
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a first substrate having a first plurality of pixel electrodes for receiving a first plurality of pixel data values representing a first image to be displayed; an electro-optic layer operatively coupled to said pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal color filter operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, said liquid crystal color filter having a first color state and a second color state wherein said electro-optic layer is illuminated with a first produced by said liquid crystal color filter in said first color state and said electro-optic layer is illuminated with a second color produced by said liquid crystal color filter in said second color state; an electrode operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, said display system displaying said first image while said liquid crystal color filter is in said first color state and then applying a first control voltage to said electrode to alter a state of said electro-optic layer such that said first image is substantially not displayed and then changing said liquid crystal color filter to said second color state and loading a second plurality of pixel data values onto said first plurality of pixel electrodes and then said display system displaying a second image represented by said second plurality of pixel data values after said electrode receives a second control voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a display system, said display system comprising a first substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, an electro-optic layer operatively coupled to said pixel electrodes, a switchable color filter operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, and an electrode operatively coupled to said electro-optic layer, said method comprising:
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applying a first plurality of pixel data values to said plurality of pixel electrodes such that a first pixel data represented by said first plurality of pixel data values is displayed after said switchable color filter is set to a first color state wherein said electro-optic layer is illuminated with a first color produced by said switchable color filter in said first color state; applying a first control voltage to said electrode to alter a state of said electro-optic layer after applying said first plurality of pixel data values to said plurality of pixel electrodes such that said first pixel data is substantially not displayed; changing said switchable color filter to a second color state after applying said first control voltage; applying a second plurality of pixel data values to said plurality of pixel electrodes after applying said first control voltage to said electrode, said second plurality of pixel data values representing a second pixel data; displaying said second pixel data after said switchable color filter is switched to said second color state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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