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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Alan R Arthur, Salem, OR (US);
Joseph Stellbrink, Corvallis, OR (US);
Tim R Koch, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Alan R Arthur, Salem, OR (US);
Joseph Stellbrink, Corvallis, OR (US);
Tim R Koch, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A display element () corresponds to a pixel of a display. The display element includes a top electrode () connected to a first addressable line of the display, and a bottom electrode () connected to a second addressable line of the display. The display element includes a display mechanism () situated between the top electrode and the bottom electrode and having a number of individually turned-on steps. Each individually turned-on step has a turn-on voltage threshold at which the step is turned on upon a voltage applied between the top and the bottom electrodes equal to or greater than the turn-on voltage threshold. Each individually turned-on step has a turn-off voltage threshold at which the step is turned off upon a voltage applied between the top and the bottom electrodes equal to or less than the turn-off voltage threshold.