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Passive multiplexing of printed electroluminescent displays
Author(s) -
Johnston Duncan,
Barnardo Chris,
Fryer Chris
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/1.1973995
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , art history , world wide web , art
— A method is required for creating a graphics display, or pixel array, from printed electroluminescent (PEL) display technology and driving it efficiently and cost effectively. The display is made up of a matrix of capacitive light‐emitting display elements which are to be driven by a passive multiplexing method. A four‐level drive system is required in order to produce the best possible contrast ratio on the display. A four‐level drive system is costly to implement at the high voltages at which PEL displays operate, but a system is presented here which is able to make a significant reduction in the amount of electronics required to control the display. By selectively switching the output from a fly‐back power supply to different parts of the matrix display, the optimum voltages can be obtained across all segments from a single high‐voltage power supply. This provides potential for using passive‐matrix PEL displays in a wide variety of applications, as well as having possible applications for other display technologies such as PDLCs (see demonstration in Fig. 1).