Patent ID: 8629863
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of driving an electronic device, the method comprising acts of: providing one or more device elements, each device element having a volume defined by side walls for housing a plurality of particles, a plurality of electrodes including collector and output type electrodes, and a reset surface selectable from all included electrode types; in a reset phase applying a first set of control signals thereby moving the particles to the reset surface; and in an addressing phase applying a second set of control signals thereby moving a desired number of particles from the reset surface to the output type electrode, the second set of control signals using a pulse waveform oscillating between first and second voltages in which the first voltage is for attracting the particles to the reset surface and the second voltage is for attracting the particles from the reset surface to the output type electrode, a duty cycle and a magnitude of the first and second voltage determines a proportion of particles transferred to the output type electrode.