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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Kenneth Graham Paterson, Bristol, GB;
Kenneth Graham Paterson, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A decoding system which is arranged to perform a plural-stage process in determining which of the driver lines to stimulate in response to each electrode address value supplied to the decoder. This enables the network configuration of the impedances to be machine generated, and also enables the decoder to calculate on the fly which driver lines to stimulate in response to each address value. Furthermore, different resolutions may be provided to enable groups of the electrodes to be addressed simultaneously. Such a decoder arrangement may also be used with an electrode arrangement in which each electrode is connected to only two of the driver lines, in order to achieve addressing schemes in which up to t consecutive electrodes can be driven simultaneously. The invention is applicable, for example, to liquid crystal displays, arrays of memory elements and arrays of sensors such as light-sensors.