PASSIVE CIRCUITS FOR DE-MULTIPLEXING DISPLAY INPUTS
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1. A method of making a display device, the method comprising:
- forming an array of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display elements comprising a plurality of columns and rows of display elements; and
forming a demultiplexer comprising a plurality of passive impedance network circuits coupled to said array and configured to provide row output signals to drive said array, each passive impedance network comprising;
a row driving input line to which one of a plurality of row driving signals is applied,at least one control input line; and
two or more row output lines, wherein each row output line is connected to a row of said array for providing a row output signal,wherein the plurality of passive impedance network circuits have more outputs than inputs and provides a single row output signal for each row of said array, wherein each passive impedance network circuit comprises a voltage divider, wherein each passive impedance network is connected to a different one of the plurality of row driving signals.
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Abstract
A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider.
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1. A method of making a display device, the method comprising:
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forming an array of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display elements comprising a plurality of columns and rows of display elements; and forming a demultiplexer comprising a plurality of passive impedance network circuits coupled to said array and configured to provide row output signals to drive said array, each passive impedance network comprising; a row driving input line to which one of a plurality of row driving signals is applied, at least one control input line; and two or more row output lines, wherein each row output line is connected to a row of said array for providing a row output signal, wherein the plurality of passive impedance network circuits have more outputs than inputs and provides a single row output signal for each row of said array, wherein each passive impedance network circuit comprises a voltage divider, wherein each passive impedance network is connected to a different one of the plurality of row driving signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making a display device, the method comprising:
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forming an array of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display elements on a substrate as a set of intersecting rows and columns; and forming a plurality of passive impedance network circuits on the same or a different substrate, the passive impedance network circuits being configured to provide row output signals to drive the array based on a plurality of row driving signals and a plurality of control voltage signals, the number of the row output signals is larger than the sum of the number of the row driving signals and the number of control voltage signals, each passive impedance network comprising; a first input lead to which one of the row driving signals is applied, a second input lead to which one of the control voltage signals is applied, and an output lead connected to a row of said array and configured to provide a row output signal to drive the row, wherein each row driving signals are applied to at least two passive impedance network circuits, wherein each passive impedance network circuit is connected to a different row of said array, wherein no passive impedance network circuit shares the same row driving signal and the control voltage signal with another passive impedance network circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of demultiplexing a row driving signal in a row by row addressing scheme of a display device, said method comprising:
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applying said row driving signal to a plurality of rows through a set of series impedances; applying a first control voltage to a first one of said plurality of rows through a first series impedance; and applying a second control voltage to a second one of said plurality of rows through a second series impedance.
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