Patent ID: 7046256

Claim:
A display system comprising: a panel, said panel comprising a repeating subpixel grouping, each subpixel comprising one of a group, said group comprising a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel; said subpixel grouping comprising a plurality of columns wherein at least a first and a third column further comprising an alternating pattern of subpixels of said first color and subpixels of said second color; said subpixel grouping further comprising a second column of subpixels of said third color and said first and said third column comprising a checkerboard pattern of said first and said second color subpixels; a set of drivers coupled to said columns of subpixels; a subpixel rendering circuit coupled to said drivers, said subpixel rendering circuit to output first color data, second color data, and third color data to said first color subpixels, said second color subpixels, and said third color subpixels respectively; and wherein said first color data, said second color data, and said third color data are output to said set of drivers with less than three data lines.