Patent ID: 7545396

Claim:
A method for driving a display device including an array of pixels arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, said method comprising: receiving a first n-bit data word indicative of a first intensity value to be displayed on a pixel of a first row of said display, said first n-bit data word capable of defining 2 n intensity values; defining a first time period during which an electrical signal corresponding to said first intensity value is to be asserted on said pixel of said first row; updating said electrical signal asserted on said pixel of said first row more than n times and less than 2 n times during said first time period; receiving a second n-bit data word indicative of a second intensity value to be displayed on a pixel of a second row of said display, said second n-bit data word capable of defining 2 n intensity values; defining a second time period during which an electrical signal corresponding to said second intensity value is to be asserted on said pixel of said second row, said second time period being temporally offset with respect to said first time period; and updating said electrical signal asserted on said pixel of said second row more than n times and less than 2 n times during said second time period.