Wire-based flat panel displays
AssigneeNupix, LLC
InventorsChad B. Moore, Giacomo James Piazza
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Abstract
An effective method to create very large electronic displays forms the structure using fiber or tube arrays or electroded sheets containing wire electrodes. The electroded sheets are formed by embedding wire electrodes into the surface of a polymer substrate and electrically connecting a patterned transparent conductive electrode lines to the wires. The wire electrodes are used to carry the bulk of the current and the transparent conductive electrode is used to spread the charge or voltage from the wire electrode across the line of pixels. In most display applications, the electroded surface of the electroded sheet has to be flattened. The electroded sheets may be used to form many different types of displays.
Claims20
An electronic display combining at least two types of displays, comprising at least one electroded sheet, wherein the electroded sheet comprises:
- a) a polymer substrate, where a length and a width of the polymer substrate covers substantially a length and a width of the electronic display;
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- b) an array of wire electrodes embedded in a surface of the polymer substrate;
- wherein each wire electrode is a highly conductive thread-like or fiber-like material;
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- wherein the wire electrodes are formed using a standard wire forming process as free standing entities, are not evaporated or deposited on the substrate and are capable of being extended away from the substrate and connected directly to a printed circuit board.
A tubular plasma display comprising:
- a) an array of plasma tubes, where each plasma tube contains at least one wire electrode and a plasma gas;
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- b) an electroded sheet comprising a polymer substrate and an array of wire electrodes embedded in a surface of the polymer substrate, wherein a length and a width of the polymer substrate covers substantially a length and a width of the electronic display;
- wherein each wire electrode is a highly conductive thread-like or fiber-like material;
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- wherein the wire electrodes are formed using a standard wire forming process as free standing entities, are not evaporated or deposited on the substrate and are capable of being extended away from the substrate and connected directly to a printed circuit board.
An electroded sheet liquid crystal display comprising:
- a) two orthogonal electroded sheets, wherein each electroded sheet comprises a polymer substrate, an array of wire electrodes embedded in a surface of the polymer substrate, and transparent conductive electrode strips connected to the wire electrodes, wherein the electroded sheet surfaces containing the wire electrodes are facing each other and wherein a length and a width of the polymer substrate covers substantially a length and a width of the electronic display;
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- b) a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the two electroded sheets;
- wherein each wire electrode is a highly conductive thread-like or fiber-like material;
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- wherein the wire electrodes are formed using a standard wire forming process as free standing entities, are not evaporated or deposited on the substrate and are capable of being extended away from the substrate and connected directly to a printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.