Patent ID: 8013817

Claim:
A display with improved visual uniformity and sharpness, comprising: a) a substrate; b) a plurality of active-matrix circuits, each active matrix circuit, including a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; and c) an array of groups of light-emitting elements formed on the substrate, each group emitting at least three colors of light, each light-emitting element within the group associated with a different active-matrix circuit, and wherein each group includes including: i) a first low luminance light-emitting element connected to a single active-matrix circuit of the plurality of active-matrix circuits, the first low luminance light-emitting element subdivided into at least two spatially separated, light-emitting areas such that each is actuated by the same signal for producing a first color of light, wherein the spatially separated light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting element lie substantially along a first dimension direction; ii) a second low luminance light-emitting element connected to a single active-matrix circuit of the plurality of active-matrix circuits, the second low luminance light-emitting element subdivided into at least two spatially separated, light-emitting areas such that each is actuated by the same signal for producing a second color of light different from the first; wherein at least one area of the second low luminance light-emitting element is positioned between the spatially separated light-emitting areas of the first low luminance light-emitting element, and the spatially separated light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting element lie substantially along a second dimension direction which is different from the first direction; and iii) a third high luminance light-emitting element, connected to a single active-matrix circuit of the plurality of active-matrix circuits, each of the third high luminance light-emitting element formed from a single light-emitting area for producing a third color of light different from the first or second; wherein the number of each of the first and the second low luminance light-emitting elements is fewer than the number of the third high luminance light-emitting elements, and light-emitting areas of the same luminance are spaced apart by less than one minute of arc.