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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2010
Wilhelmus Johannes Robertus Van Lier, San Diego, CA (US);
Pramod K. Varma, San Diego, CA (US);
Wilhelmus Johannes Robertus Van Lier, San Diego, CA (US);
Pramod K. Varma, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for driving an array of display elements includes a supply line, at least one capacitor, a plurality of drive lines and overdrive lines, a plurality of switches and a controller configured to activate and deactivate subsets of the switches in order to selectively couple the at least one capacitor to the drive lines and to the overdrive lines. A method for generating an overdrive voltage includes activating and deactivating a plurality of switches to couple a drive voltage line and/or an overdrive voltage line to at least one capacitor.