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Abstract

An AMEL display is formed and operated in a manner to provide enhanced gray scale or color operation. The AMEL display is operated over consecutive illumination frames which are partitioned into a plurality of passes. The desired illumination intensity for a given pixel during each illumination frame is determined and the pixel is activated for a substantially equal duration in each pass to provide the desired illumination level for each frame. Each pass has an associated illumination profile signal composed of a plurality of discrete steps for selectively passing a number of illumination pulses to each active EL cell in the display in accordance with a pixel activation voltage loaded into each active EL cell. The pixel activation voltage and illumination profiles cooperate to distribute the number of illumination pulses in a substantially equal fashion in each pass of an illumination frame. Pixel driver circuits are disclosed for operating the pixel in accordance with the disclosed illumination methods.

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First Claim