Patent ID: 7545550

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: an array comprising a plurality of MEMS display elements; and an array controller connected to said array, said array controller configured to write a frame of data to the array in a two-portion write operation by applying a first potential to each of said MEMS display elements during a first portion of a frame data write operation, said first potential corresponding to a first display state for each of said MEMS display elements that is opposite of a second display state, the first display state of each of said MEMS display elements being based on the second display state of each respective MEMS display element, and a second potential to each of said MEMS display elements during a second portion of the frame data write operation, said second potential corresponding to the second display state, the second display state being opposite the first display state for each of said MEMS display elements, the second display state displaying the frame of data on the array after the write operation is completed.