IP Library Granted Patent US 8,471,875
Granted Patent B2
US 8,471,875 · App. 12/510,780 · Granted Jun 25, 2013

Method and system for driving light emitting display

Inventors: G. Reza Chaji (Waterloo, CA); Kongning Li (Harbin, CN); Vasudha Gupta (Kitchener, CA); Arokia Nathan (Cambridge, GB)
Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,471,875
App. No.
12/510,780
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display system includes a driver for operating a panel having a plurality of pixels arranged by a plurality of first lines and at least one second line The driver includes a driver output unit for providing to the panel a single driver output for activating the plurality of first lines, the single driver output being demultiplexed on the panel to activate each first line.

Claims (7)

1. A drive system for an LED display panel having a multiplicity of LED pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of said LED pixels having a drive transistor that includes a gate, a source and a drain and an LED coupled to said drive transistor, comprising:

a gate driver having at least one address cell providing a single gate driver output for multiple rows of pixels of said display panel,

a gate driver multiplexer and a demultiplexer that includes multiple switch blocks coupled to the gate driver and controllably coupling said single gate driver output to said multiple rows of pixels in sequence so that whenever a selected one of said multiple rows is connected to said single gate driver output, all the other said multiple rows are disconnected from said single-game driver output.

2. A display system according to claim 1 , wherein the gate driver output unit comprises:

at least one multiplexer, the multiplexer for multiplexing driver signals to provide the single gate driver output.

3. A display system according to claim 2 , wherein the panel comprises:

a demultiplexer having a plurality of switch blocks for activating the first lines, each switch block receiving outputs from the at least one multiplexer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: IGNIS INNOVATION INC.
To: IGNIS INNOVATION INC.
Reel/Frame 063706/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2009
From: CHAJI, G. REZA; LI, KONGNING; GUPTA, VASUDHA; NATHAN, AROKIA
To: IGNIS INNOVATION INC.
Reel/Frame 023502/0295 →
Priority Claims (2)
CA 2637343 · Jul 29, 2008 · national
CA 2672590 · Jul 24, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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