Patent ID: 9726880
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B,G09G

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a matrix of m columns and n rows of electrowetting display elements, with m greater than or equal to two and n greater than or equal to two, each of the electrowetting display elements comprising: a plurality of first switches, each first switch of the plurality of first switches associated with a respective one of the electrowetting display elements and configured for control of transmission of a respective column voltage signal to the electrode of the respective one of the electrowetting display elements; a column driving circuit configured to transmit the respective column voltage signal to the electrode of the respective one of the electrowetting display elements, for each of the electrowetting display elements of a selected row of the n rows; a first row driving circuit for an active matrix driving mode, the first row driving circuit configured to transmit a first row voltage signal to the first switches associated respectively with the electrowetting display elements of the selected row of the n rows; a second row driving circuit for a substantially simultaneous multi-row driving mode, the second row driving circuit different from the first row driving circuit, the second row driving circuit configured to transmit a second row voltage signal to the first switches associated respectively with the electrowetting display elements of a plurality of rows of the n rows to switch the first switches associated respectively with the electrowetting display elements of the plurality of rows of the n rows to a conducting state; at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions operable to, with the at least one processor, control the configuration of the first fluid and the second fluid of the respective one of the electrowetting display elements of at least one row of the n rows by selective transmission of: the first row voltage signal using the first row driving circuit, and the second row voltage signal using the second row driving circuit.