Patent ID: 8508516

Claim:
An active matrix display device, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix with columns and rows; and a source driver configured to provide either analogue image data or digital image data for the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a demultiplexer configured to divide the digital image data provided by the source driver into a plurality of bits representing gradation display data, and each of the plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprises: a display component; a memory unit configured to memorize the gradation display data provided by the demultiplexer for the display component; and a data switching unit directly connected to the memory unit and a source line of the source driver, the data switching unit configured to switch data provided for the display component to either: the memorized gradation display data in the memory unit, or the analogue image data provided by the source driver.