NO984907L - Digitalt fremvisningssystem med tidsinnfelt bitplan-pulsbreddemodulasjon - Google Patents

Digitalt fremvisningssystem med tidsinnfelt bitplan-pulsbreddemodulasjon

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NO984907L
NO984907L NO984907A NO984907A NO984907L NO 984907 L NO984907 L NO 984907L NO 984907 A NO984907 A NO 984907A NO 984907 A NO984907 A NO 984907A NO 984907 L NO984907 L NO 984907L
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pixel
bandwidth
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Richard John Edward Aras
Paul A Alioshin
Bryan P Staker
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Silicon Light Machines Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/2018—Display of intermediate tones by time modulation using two or more time intervals
    • G09G3/2022—Display of intermediate tones by time modulation using two or more time intervals using sub-frames
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/02—Addressing, scanning or driving the display screen or processing steps related thereto
    • G09G2310/0202—Addressing of scan or signal lines
    • G09G2310/0216—Interleaved control phases for different scan lines in the same sub-field, e.g. initialization, addressing and sustaining in plasma displays that are not simultaneous for all scan lines

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Transmission Systems Not Characterized By The Medium Used For Transmission (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal Display Device Control (AREA)
NO984907A 1996-04-22 1998-10-21 Digitalt fremvisningssystem med tidsinnfelt bitplan-pulsbreddemodulasjon NO984907L (no)

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US08/635,479 US5731802A (en) 1996-04-22 1996-04-22 Time-interleaved bit-plane, pulse-width-modulation digital display system
PCT/US1997/006656 WO1997040487A1 (en) 1996-04-22 1997-04-21 Time-interleaved bit-plane, pulse-width-modulation digital display system

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EP (1) EP0897573B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2000510252A (de)
KR (1) KR20000010572A (de)
AT (1) ATE225071T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2738097A (de)
DE (1) DE69715837T2 (de)
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WO (1) WO1997040487A1 (de)

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