Flexible displays
    11.
    发明公开
    Flexible displays 审中-公开
    灵活的显示设备

    公开(公告)号:EP1657965A3

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-06

    申请号:EP05256963.9

    申请日:2005-11-10

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: H05B33/14 H05B33/22 H05B33/26

    摘要: A flexible display (10) comprising a display means, such as an electroluminescent (EL) panel, arranged to change appearance on application of an electric field; a display electrode (15) on a surface of the display means shaped so as to define a display area; an insulating layer (16) covering the electrode; and a conducting track (17) provided on the insulating layer; in which at least one gap (16a) is provided in the insulating layer, the conducting track contacts the electrode through the or each gap and in which the or each gap is placed substantially outside a region of the display which is to be flexed. Furthermore, or alternatively, the conducting track may contact the electrode through the or each gap (16a) and cover substantially the entire area of the or each gap. The display may also or alternatively comprise a plurality of display electrodes on a surface of the display means shaped so as to define a plurality of display areas; in which a plurality of gaps are provided in the insulating layer, the conducting track contacts the electrodes through the gaps, with the conducting track comprising a plurality of segments (60, 61) each contacting one electrode and contacting each other at one or more junctions, and in which the or each junction is not over a gap.

    CONTROL OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS
    12.
    发明公开
    CONTROL OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS 审中-公开
    控制电致发光显示器的

    公开(公告)号:EP1652165A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-03

    申请号:EP04743262.0

    申请日:2004-07-07

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: G09G3/12

    摘要: A controller (2) is provided for use with a multi-segment electroluminescent display (1). Control signals C1-C5 control a plurality of half H-bridges H1-H5, the terminals of the half H-bridges being connected respectively to ground (10) and to a high voltage DC supply (9) so that the half H-bridges each provide an AC voltage. One of said half H-bridges provides a common output Vcommon and the remaining H-bridges provide drive voltages V1-V4 for the segments of the display. During is each cycle, the controller (2) causes the drive outputs Vl-V4 to either be in phase or in anti-phase with the common output Vcommon. This selectively turns the segments on and off at a rate much higher than the human eye can perceive. The brightness of the segments is controlled by varying the proportion of the time that each segment is illuminated.

    DRIVE CIRCUITS FOR CAPACITIVE LOADS
    13.
    发明授权
    DRIVE CIRCUITS FOR CAPACITIVE LOADS 有权
    容性负载的驱动电路

    公开(公告)号:EP1987700B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-12

    申请号:EP07705025.0

    申请日:2007-01-25

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: H05B33/08 G09G3/30

    CPC分类号: H05B33/08 Y02B20/32

    摘要: A drive circuit for driving electroluminescent (EL) segments and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) segment of a display. The circuit may include a flyback converter for generating an A.C. output voltage, a first switching circuit for selectively connecting the output voltage to the EL segments, and a second switching circuit for selectively connecting the output voltage to the PDLC segments. In order to drive the EL segments and PDLC segments at the required frequencies, the polarity of the output voltage applied to the PDLC segments is swapped at a frequency lower than the frequency at which the polarity of the output voltage is swapped for the EL segments. In this way, only a single high voltage power supply is required to drive both the EL and PDLC segments.

    ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY
    14.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY 审中-公开
    电子电路,用于控制一个ELEKTROLUMINESZENZSDISPLAYS

    公开(公告)号:EP2036067A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-18

    申请号:EP07733048.8

    申请日:2007-06-01

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: G09G3/12 H05B33/08

    摘要: An electroluminescent circuit for driving an electroluminescent display having a plurality of segment electrodes and a common electrode. The circuit comprises a DC power supply, an output terminal for each of the segments and common electrodes and at least one supply half H-bridge for connecting at least one of each of the segment electrodes and the common electrode selectively to one of the DC supply and a reference voltage. Each supply half H-bridge comprises a top switch and a bottom switch in series having a junction between them. The top switch is connected to the DC supply and the bottom switch is connected to a reference voltage. A discharge circuit is provided for selectively discharging the electroluminescent display, the discharge circuit comprising a discharge half H-bridge in which a top switch is connected to the DC supply and to a discharge path.

    ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS
    15.
    发明公开
    ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS 有权
    电致发光显示器

    公开(公告)号:EP1756657A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-28

    申请号:EP05750278.3

    申请日:2005-06-10

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: G02F1/13357

    摘要: An electroluminescent display of the type having a switchable electroluminescent (EL) material backlight (16) mounted behind a mask (13) defining the information to be displayed, in which display the mask is constructed as a layer of physically-stabilised Liquid Crystal (LC) material (14) switchable to define the information to be displayed; and the LC mask and the EL backlight are constructed as a single entity. The LC mask may be directly formed on the EL backlight, or there may be an insulating interlayer (10) between LC mask and EL backlight. The LC mask and EL backlight may be held between a common pair of electrodes (11, 20).

    Flexible displays
    17.
    发明公开
    Flexible displays 审中-公开
    灵活Anzeigevorrichtungen

    公开(公告)号:EP1657965A2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-17

    申请号:EP05256963.9

    申请日:2005-11-10

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    IPC分类号: H05B33/14 H05B33/22 H05B33/26

    摘要: A flexible display (10) comprising a display means, such as an electroluminescent (EL) panel, arranged to change appearance on application of an electric field; a display electrode (15) on a surface of the display means shaped so as to define a display area; an insulating layer (16) covering the electrode; and a conducting track (17) provided on the insulating layer; in which at least one gap (16a) is provided in the insulating layer, the conducting track contacts the electrode through the or each gap and in which the or each gap is placed substantially outside a region of the display which is to be flexed. Furthermore, or alternatively, the conducting track may contact the electrode through the or each gap (16a) and cover substantially the entire area of the or each gap. The display may also or alternatively comprise a plurality of display electrodes on a surface of the display means shaped so as to define a plurality of display areas; in which a plurality of gaps are provided in the insulating layer, the conducting track contacts the electrodes through the gaps, with the conducting track comprising a plurality of segments (60, 61) each contacting one electrode and contacting each other at one or more junctions, and in which the or each junction is not over a gap.

    摘要翻译: 一种柔性显示器(10),包括诸如电致发光(EL)面板的显示装置,其被布置为在施加电场时改变外观; 在所述显示装置的表面上的显示电极(15)成形为限定显示区域; 覆盖电极的绝缘层(16); 和设置在所述绝缘层上的导电轨道(17); 其中在所述绝缘层中设置至少一个间隙(16a),所述导电轨道通过所述每个间隙或每个间隙接触所述电极,并且其中所述或每个间隙基本上放置在要弯曲的显示器的区域的外部。 此外,或者替代地,导电轨道可以通过该或每个间隙(16a)接触电极并且基本覆盖该间隙或每个间隙的整个区域。 显示器还可以或者可选地包括在显示装置的表面上形成为限定多个显示区域的多个显示电极; 其中在所述绝缘层中设置多个间隙,所述导电轨道通过所述间隙与所述电极接触,所述导电轨道包括多个段(60,61),每个段接触一个电极并且在一个或多个接合处彼此接触 ,并且其中每个连接点不在间隙上。

    ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS
    18.
    发明公开
    ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS 审中-公开
    电致发光显示器

    公开(公告)号:EP1654911A2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-10

    申请号:EP04768006.1

    申请日:2004-08-09

    申请人: Pelikon Limited

    摘要: Certain materials are electroluminescent, and this electroluminescent effect has been used in the construction of backlights for displays. Such a backlight commonly consists of a transparent front layer (11) known as the substrate carrying over its rear face a transparent electrically-conductive film (12) forming the backlight's front electrode and covered by a layer of electroluminescent/phosphor material (13) over the rear face of which is a high-dielectric layer (16) bearing on its rear face a conductive film (17) forming the back electrode. The whole is positioned behind a mask (18) that defines whatever characters the display is to show. This use of a mask has some disadvantages, some of which can be overcome by utilising an array of suitably shaped individual electrodes (21) instead of a continuous one, and by shaping the electroluminescent material itself in discrete areas (43) each tightly matching in shape and size the relevant individual shaped back electrode (21). This latter, however, itself has drawbacks, for the colour of the phosphor commonly contrast with the colour of the surrounding insulating material, so that the discrete areas of phosphor may be visible under ambient light even when in their inactivated, 'off', state. The invention deals with this problem by proposing that there be modified - or apparently modified - the colour/reflectivity of one or other (or, indeed, both) of the phosphor (43) and the surrounding insulator material (16) so as to 2match' that of the other, and thus cause the phosphor and insulator material to blend with, and so be less distinguishable from, each other.