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Led dot matrix drive method and apparatus
   
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US Patent 5812105
Issued Date
September 22, 1998
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A method and apparatus for driving a light emitting diode (LED) display having a matrix of LEDs of different colors wherein different color LEDs of the matrix are commonly connected so that a voltage applied to one LED of the commonly connected LEDs is applied to all of the commonly connected LEDs. Different voltages are applied to the commonly connected different color LEDs in the matrix of LEDs. A drive circuit may have commonly connected drivers which multiplex voltages to an array of commonly connected LEDs such that different voltages may be applied to LEDs having different operating voltages. An LED display is also provided.
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Owner
Cree Research, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Published
September 22, 1998
Application Number
08/658,440
Filed
June 10, 1996
US Classification
345/83   257/E25.02 345/46 345/82
Int'l Classification
H01L   25/075   (20060101)   G09F   9/33   (20060101)   G09G   3/32   (20060101)  
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USPTO Field of Search
345/82   345/83   345/39   345/46  
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