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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
OIS Optical Imaging Systems, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/136 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/136 ;
Abstract
A system and method for driving a thin film diode (TFD) inclusive AMLCD or imaging device includes providing each pixel with a pair of select lines and a single data line. In certain embodiments, the insulator or semi-insulator layer between electrodes of the diode includes, or is of, amorphous carbon nitride alloy. In other embodiments, the semi-insulating layer includes polycrystalline carbon or nanocrystalline carbon.