Serial row-select matrix-addressed system
First Claim
1. A matrix-addressed system, comprising:
- a system substrate;
an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns disposed on the system substrate;
a column-control circuit for providing information to or receiving information from the pixels, the column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; and
a row-select circuit disposed on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row,wherein the pixels each comprise one or more light elements and wherein each pixel comprises a pixel circuit connected to the light elements of the pixel, connected to the column-driver circuit corresponding to the column in which the pixel is arranged, and connected to the row-select line corresponding to the row in which the pixel is arranged; and
wherein the pixel circuit comprises a pixel storage element that stores information in response to signals communicated by the row-select line and column-driver circuit to which the pixel circuit is connected.
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Abstract
A matrix-addressed system includes a system substrate and an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns disposed on the system substrate. A column-control circuit provides information to or receives information from the pixels. The column-control circuit includes a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column. A row-select circuit likewise disposed on the system substrate includes a serial shift register having a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels. Each row storage element in the shift register has a row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row.
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21 Claims
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1. A matrix-addressed system, comprising:
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a system substrate; an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns disposed on the system substrate; a column-control circuit for providing information to or receiving information from the pixels, the column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; and a row-select circuit disposed on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row, wherein the pixels each comprise one or more light elements and wherein each pixel comprises a pixel circuit connected to the light elements of the pixel, connected to the column-driver circuit corresponding to the column in which the pixel is arranged, and connected to the row-select line corresponding to the row in which the pixel is arranged; and wherein the pixel circuit comprises a pixel storage element that stores information in response to signals communicated by the row-select line and column-driver circuit to which the pixel circuit is connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of making a matrix-addressed system, comprising:
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providing a system substrate, a column-control circuit, and a display controller; disposing an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns on the system substrate; providing a column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; disposing a row-select circuit on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select output connected to all of the pixels in a row; and electrically connecting the pixels to the row-select circuit and to the column-control circuit, wherein disposing the row-select circuit comprises micro-transfer printing the row-select circuit onto the system substrate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A matrix-addressed system, comprising:
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an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns; a column-control circuit for providing information to or receiving information from the pixels, the column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides or receives information in common to all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; a row-select circuit disposed on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row; and a system substrate and an array of pixel module substrates, wherein each pixel is disposed on a corresponding pixel module substrate, and wherein the pixel module substrates and the row select circuit are disposed on the system substrate.
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18. A matrix-addressed system, comprising:
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a system substrate; an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns disposed on the system substrate; a column-control circuit for providing information to or receiving information from the pixels, the column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; and a row-select circuit disposed on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row; wherein the row-select circuit is formed in or on one or more row-select substrates that are separate, distinct, and independent of the system substrate; and wherein the row-select circuit comprises a plurality of serially connected separate, distinct, and independent row-select substrates that each comprises a row storage element and provides one or more but less than all of the row-select lines.
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19. A matrix-addressed system, comprising:
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a system substrate; an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns disposed on the system substrate; a column-control circuit for providing information to or receiving information from the pixels, the column-control circuit comprising a separate column-driver circuit connected to each column of pixels that provides information in common to all of the pixels in the column or receives information in common from all of the pixels in the column through a corresponding column line; and a row-select circuit disposed on the system substrate, the row-select circuit comprising a serial shift register comprising a number of row storage elements equal to or larger than the number of rows in the array of pixels, each row storage element in the shift register comprising a corresponding row-select line connected to all of the pixels in a row; wherein the pixels each comprise one or more light elements, and the light elements are light emitters or light-emitting diodes, or the light elements are light sensors or photo-sensors sensitive to visible light, infrared light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, or electromagnetic radiation; and wherein each pixel comprises a pixel circuit that is connected to the light element(s) of the pixel, connected to the column line corresponding to the column in which the pixel is arranged, and connected to the row-select line corresponding to the row in which the pixel is arranged and wherein the pixel circuit is formed in or on one or more pixel substrates that are separate, distinct, and independent of the system substrate. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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