Digital driving circuits, methods and systems for display devices
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1. A method comprising:
- generating display driver signals that vary between only two levels and vary in pulse density, wherein the display driver signals are digital signals and comprise common driver signals and segment driver signals;
applying, by a driver circuit, the display driver signals to opposing electrodes of a display element within a display device, wherein the driver circuit comprises an output resistance, wherein the output resistance, an intrinsic resistance, and an intrinsic capacitance of the display device form a low pass filter with respect to a modulating frequency of the display signals, wherein the low pass filter filters the display driver signals to generate different analog signal levels at the display element of the display device, wherein the modulating frequency is outside of a pass band of the low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter transforms display driver signals having a variable pulse density into variable voltage levels of a voltage across the display element;
in a first mode, varying the pulse density of the display driver signals to select or de-select the display element based on a first average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a first time period, wherein the display element is activated in the first mode when the first average voltage magnitude exceeds a first threshold value; and
in a second mode, varying a correlation between the common drive signals and the segment drive signals to select or de-select the display element based on a second average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a second time period, wherein the display element is activated in the second mode when the second average voltage magnitude exceeds a second threshold value.
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Abstract
A method may include generating display driver signals that vary between only two levels and applying the display driver signals to opposing electrodes of a display segment within a display device. An intrinsic capacitance of the display device filters the display driver signals to generate different analog signal levels at the display segment of the display device. The method varies the pulse density of the display driver signals to select or de-select the display segment based on an average voltage magnitude across the display segment over a time period. The display segment is activated when the average voltage magnitude exceeds a threshold value.
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1. A method comprising:
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generating display driver signals that vary between only two levels and vary in pulse density, wherein the display driver signals are digital signals and comprise common driver signals and segment driver signals; applying, by a driver circuit, the display driver signals to opposing electrodes of a display element within a display device, wherein the driver circuit comprises an output resistance, wherein the output resistance, an intrinsic resistance, and an intrinsic capacitance of the display device form a low pass filter with respect to a modulating frequency of the display signals, wherein the low pass filter filters the display driver signals to generate different analog signal levels at the display element of the display device, wherein the modulating frequency is outside of a pass band of the low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter transforms display driver signals having a variable pulse density into variable voltage levels of a voltage across the display element; in a first mode, varying the pulse density of the display driver signals to select or de-select the display element based on a first average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a first time period, wherein the display element is activated in the first mode when the first average voltage magnitude exceeds a first threshold value; and in a second mode, varying a correlation between the common drive signals and the segment drive signals to select or de-select the display element based on a second average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a second time period, wherein the display element is activated in the second mode when the second average voltage magnitude exceeds a second threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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generating display driver signals that vary between only two levels, wherein the display driver signals are digital signals and comprise common driver signals and segment driver signals; applying, by a driver circuit, the display driver signals to electrodes of display elements within a display device, wherein the driver circuit comprises an output resistance, wherein the output resistance, an intrinsic resistance, and an intrinsic capacitance of the display device form a low pass filter with respect to a modulating frequency of the display driver signals, wherein the low pass filter transforms a variable pulse density into varying voltage levels of a voltage across the display element; in a first mode, varying a pulse density of the display driver signals; in the first mode, filtering, by the lower pass filter, the display driver signals to provide different analog voltage levels across the display elements that vary according to the variable pulse density, wherein the display element is activated when an average voltage magnitude across the display element over a time period exceeds a threshold value; in a second mode, varying a correlation between the common drive signals and the segment drive signals to select or de-select the display element based on a second average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a second time period, wherein the display element is activated in the second mode when the second average voltage magnitude exceeds a second threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a plurality of programmable digital blocks to be coupled to display elements of a display device, wherein the plurality of programmable digital blocks are configured into the following circuits; a first signal generator circuit that generates control signals that vary between substantially only two levels, wherein the control signals are digital signals and comprise common drivers signals and segment driver signals; and a selection driver circuit coupled to the first signal generator circuit, wherein the selection driver circuit is to apply the control signals to opposing electrodes of the display element elements, wherein the selection driver circuit comprises an output resistance, wherein the output resistance, an intrinsic resistance of the display device, and an intrinsic capacitance of the display device form a low pass filter with respect to a modulating frequency of the control signals, wherein the modulating frequency is outside of a pass band of the low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter transforms a variable pulse density into varying voltage levels of a voltage across the display element, wherein the low pass filter filters the control signals to generate different analog signal levels at the display element of the display device, wherein the selection driver circuit, in a first mode, varies the pulse density of the control signals to select or de-select the display element based on a first average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a first time period, wherein the display element is activated in the first mode when the first average voltage magnitude exceeds a first threshold value, and wherein the selection driver circuit, in a second mode, varies a correlation between the common drive signals and the segment drive signals to select or de-select the display element based on a second average voltage magnitude of the voltage across the display element over a second time period, wherein the display element is activated in the second mode when the second average voltage magnitude exceeds a second threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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