摘要 |
A drive circuit for a bi-stable display comprises: a driver ( 101, 102 ) which supplies drive waveforms (DWk) to the pixels (Pij) of the display during an image update period (IUk) wherein the image presented by the pixels (Pij) is updated. A temperature sensing circuit senses the temperature of the display. A controller ( 103 ) controls the driver ( 101, 102 ) to supply, during the image update period (IUk) wherein a particular optical transition of a particular one of the pixels (Pij) is required, an associated one of the drive waveforms (DWk) to the particular one of the pixels (Pij). The associated one of the drive waveforms (DWk) comprises a sequence of a particular number of pulses (SPk), wherein consecutive ones of the pulses (SPk) of the sequence are separated by a non-zero separation period of time (SPT), during which period a voltage level is supplied which substantially keeps an optical state of the particular one of the pixels (Pij) unaltered. The particular number of said pulses (SPk), and/or a duration of said pulses (SPk), and/or a duration of the separation period (SPT) of the associated one of the drive waveforms (DWk) is determined to obtain the particular optical transition at the temperature sensed.
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