Split-screen driving of electronic device displays

A method of operating a display for an electronic device, the display comprising an array of display pixels, the array including pixel rows on a first side of a center of the array and pixel rows on a second side of the center of the array, the method comprising:

• sequentially operating all of the pixel rows of the array to display an image frame in a first mode of operation for the display;
• and
• alternatingly operating a single pixel row on the first side and a single pixel row on the second side of the display to display an additional image frame in a second mode of operation for the display, wherein the alternatingly operating the single pixel row on the first side and the single pixel row on the second side of the display comprises:
• operating an outermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the first side;
• operating, immediately after the outermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the first side, a centermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the second side;
• and
• operating, immediately after the centermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the second side, a pixel row that is adjacent to the outermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the first side.

An electronic device with a display, the display comprising:

• an array of display pixels including:
• pixel rows on a first side of a center of the array, and
• pixel rows on a second side of the center of the array;
• and
• display control circuitry configured to:
• sequentially operate all of the pixel rows of the array to display an image frame in a first mode of operation for the display;
• and
• alternatingly operate the pixels rows on the first side and the pixels rows on the second side of the display to display an additional image frame in a second mode of operation for the display, wherein the display control circuitry comprises circuitry including a selector pin that is configured to receive a signal to selectively couple an input terminal of a second gate-in-panel driver for a centermost pixel row of the pixels rows on the second side to a start signal line in the second mode of operation for the display, wherein for the first mode of operation for the display, the selector pin is configured to receive the signal to selectively couple the output terminal of the first gate-in-panel driver to the input terminal of the second gate-in-panel driver.