Flat-panel pixel arrays with signal regeneration
AssigneeX Display Company Technology Limited
InventorsRonald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
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Abstract
A flat-panel display comprises an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns. A first wire segment is electrically connected to a first subset of pixels in a row or column of pixels that conducts a signal between a controller and the first subset of pixels, and a second wire segment is electrically connected to a second subset of pixels in the row or column of pixels. A signal regeneration circuit electrically connected to the first wire segment and to the second wire segment regenerates a signal conducted on the first wire segment and drives the regenerated signal onto the second wire segment or regenerates a signal conducted on the second wire segment and drives the regenerated signal onto the first wire segment.
Claims22
A flat-panel pixel array, comprising:
- an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns;
- a first wire segment electrically connected to a first subset of pixels in a row or column of pixels;
- a second wire segment electrically connected to a second subset of pixels in the row or column of pixels;
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- a signal regeneration circuit electrically connected to the first wire segment and to the second wire segment that is operable to regenerate a signal conducted on the first wire segment and drive the regenerated signal onto the second wire segment or that is operable to regenerate a signal conducted on the second wire segment and drive the regenerated signal onto the first wire segment, wherein the signal regeneration circuit does not store the signal.
A flat-panel pixel array, comprising:
- an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns and electrically connected with row lines and column lines;
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- an array of signal regeneration circuits distributed throughout the array of pixels, wherein each of the signal regeneration circuits is independently electrically connected to two or more of the row lines or two or more of the column lines, wherein each of the signal regeneration circuits is operable to regenerate a signal conducted on each row line of the two or more row lines or to regenerate a signal conducted on each column line of the two or more column lines, and
- wherein each of the signal regeneration circuits does not store the signal.
A flat-panel pixel array, comprising:
- an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns and electrically connected with row lines and column lines;
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- a plurality of signal regeneration circuits, wherein each of the signal regeneration circuits is electrically connected to at least one of the row lines or column lines and operable to regenerate a signal conducted on the at least one of the row lines or column lines, wherein each of the signal regeneration circuits does not store the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.