1. A tiled display having an emissive image area that causes light emission, comprising:
a. a plurality of display tiles aligned so that they provide the emissive image area; each display tile including:
i. a plurality of light-emitting pixels arranged in groups of pixels in the emissive image area;
ii. a plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits and each pixel drive circuit being electrically connected to a particular group of pixels for controlling the light emission of such pixels;
iii. first means including one or more signal communication line(s) for providing data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit; and
iv. each pixel drive circuit receiving data from the first means for controlling the light emission of its corresponding group of pixels and providing information to the next sequential pixel drive circuit to cause such next sequential pixel drive circuit to respond to its corresponding data to control the operation of its group of light-emitting pixels and repeating this operation until a predetermined number of pixel drive circuits have caused the desired light emission from the emissive area.
2. The tiled display of claim 1 wherein the plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits on a display tile is electrically connected in series by at least one signal communication line.
3. The tiled display of claim 2 further including one or more parallel signal communication lines for providing a portion of the data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit.
4. The tiled display of claim 1 further including a data source separate from the tiles for receiving image information and producing the data, and wherein the tiles include first edges which are parallel to each other and second edge(s) perpendicular to the first edge(s), and the tiles are aligned along the first parallel edges and the signal communication line(s) are connected through the second edge(s) to the data source.
5. The tiled display of claim 4 wherein the first edges are longer than the second edges.
6. The tiled display of claim 1 each tile further includes a substrate and wherein each pixel drive circuit includes a separately fabricated first integrated circuit mounted on said substrate and electrically connected to the first means and the next sequential pixel drive circuit.
7. The tiled display of claim 6 wherein the first integrated circuit receives data from the first means and further including a separately fabricated second integrated circuit mounted on said substrate and electrically connected to the first integrated circuit and its corresponding group of light-emitting pixels for controlling light emission.
8. The tiled display of claim 1 wherein each pixel comprises an OLED.
9. The tiled display of claim 1 each tile further including a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a metal.
10. The tiled display of claim 9 wherein the metal substrate conducts electricity to or from the light-emitting pixels.
11. The tiled display of claim 1 each tile further including a substrate where light is emitted from the side opposite the substrate.
12. A display causing light emission from an emissive image area, comprising:
a. a plurality of light-emitting pixels arranged in groups of pixels in the emissive image area;
b. a plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits and each pixel drive circuit being electrically connected to a particular group of pixels for controlling the light emission of such pixels;
c. first means including one or more signal communication line(s) for providing data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit; and
d. each pixel drive circuit receiving data from the first means for controlling the light emission of its corresponding group of pixels and providing information to the next sequential pixel drive circuit to cause such next sequential pixel drive circuit to respond to its corresponding data to control the operation of its group of light-emitting pixels and repeating this operation until a predetermined number of pixel drive circuits have caused the desired light emission from the emissive area.
13. The display of claim 12 wherein the plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits on the display is electrically connected in series by at least one signal communication line.
14. The display of claim 13 further including one or more parallel signal communications lines for providing a portion of the data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit.
15. The display of claim 12 further including a substrate and wherein each pixel drive circuit includes a separately fabricated first integrated circuit mounted on said substrate and electrically connected to the first means and the next sequential pixel drive circuit.
16. The display of claim 15 wherein the first integrated circuit receives data from the first means and further including a separately fabricated second integrated circuit mounted on said substrate and electrically connected to the first integrated circuit and its corresponding group of light-emitting pixels for controlling light emission.
17. The display of claim 12 wherein each pixel comprises an OLED.
18. The display of claim 12 further including a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a metal.
19. The display of claim 18 wherein the metal substrate conducts electricity to or from the light-emitting pixels.
20. The display of claim 12 further including a substrate where light is emitted from the side opposite the substrate.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A gas-insulated switchgear in which main circuit equipments are accommodated within a tank hermetically filled with an electrically insulating gas, comprising;
at least one switchgear module in which a disconnector with a grounding switch and an electrically insulating frame for selectively supporting an interrupter including a vacuum switch tube are disposed in the tank in a vertically stacked relationship, and in which said disconnector and a movable rod of said vacuum switch tube are electrically connected to each other,
wherein said tank is provided, at a front face thereof, with an opening portion that is hermetically closed by a mounting plate for selectively mounting thereon the interrupter and the disconnector with the grounding switch and, at the rear face thereof, with an opening portion for selectively mounting therein a bus bar bushing or a cable connecting bushing, and, at the upper or the lower portions thereof, with at least one opening for selectively mounting thereto a spacer for hermetically connecting the tanks.
2. A gas-insulated switchgear in which main circuit equipments are accommodated within a tank hermetically filled with an electrically insulating gas, comprising;
at least one switchgear module in which a disconnector with a grounding switch and an electrically insulating frame for selectively supporting an interrupter including a vacuum switch tube are disposed in the tank in a vertically stacked relationship, and in which said disconnector and a movable rod of said vacuum switch tube are connected to each other, wherein in said switchgear module, said tank is provided, at a front face thereof, with an opening portion that is hermetically closed by a mounting plate for selectively mounting thereon the interrupter and the disconnector with the grounding switch and, at a rear face thereof, with an opening portion for selectively mounting therein a bus bar bushing or a cable connecting bushing, and, at the upper or the lower portions thereof, with at least one opening for selectively mounting thereto a spacer for hermetically connecting the tanks.
3. A gas-insulated switchgear in which main circuit equipments are accommodated within a tank hermetically filled with an electrically insulating gas, comprising;
at least one switchgear module in which a disconnector with a grounding switch and an electrically insulating frame for selectively supporting an interrupter including a vacuum switch tube are disposed in the tank in a vertically stacked relationship, and in which said disconnector and a movable rod of said vacuum switch tube are electrically connected to each other,
wherein a plurality of said switchgear modules are connected to each other via a spacer hermetically connecting said tank to define a circuit,
wherein said tank is provided, at a front face thereof, with an opening portion that is hermetically closed by a mounting plate for selectively mounting thereon the interrupter and the disconnector with the grounding switch and, at a rear face thereof, with an opening portion for selectively mounting therein a bus bar bushing or a cable connecting bushing, and, at an upper or a lower portion thereof, with at least one openings for selectively mounting thereto a spacer for hermetically connecting the tanks.
4. A gas-insulated switchgear in which main circuit equipments are accommodated within a tank hermetically filled with an electrically insulating gas, comprising;
at least one switchgear module in which a disconnector with a grounding switch and an electrically insulating frame for selectively supporting an interrupter including a vacuum switch tube are disposed in the tank in a vertically stacked relationship, and in which said disconnector and a movable rod of said vacuum switch tube are electrically connected to each other,
wherein in said switchgear module, at least one of the interrupter, the disconnector with the grounding switch, a bus bar bushing and the cable connecting bushing is mounted, wherein a plurality of said switchgear modules are connected to each other via a spacer hermetically connecting said tank to define a circuit, wherein said tank is provided, at a front face thereof, with an opening portion that is hermetically closed by a mounting plate for selectively mounting thereon the interrupter and the disconnector with the grounding switch and, at a rear face thereof, with an opening portion for selectively mounting therein a bus bar bushing or a cable connecting bushing, and, at upper or lower portions thereof, with at least one opening for selectively mounting thereto a spacer for hermetically connecting the tanks.
5. A gas-insulated switchgear as claimed in claim 1, wherein, within said switchgear module, said insulating frame has a lightning arrester accommodated therein, and wherein a module in which a grounding switch or a disconnector with a grounding switch is accommodated is disposed above or below the insulating frame.
6. A gas-insulated switchgear as claimed in claim 2, wherein, within said switchgear module, said insulating frame has a lightning arrester accommodated therein, and wherein a module in which a grounding switch or a disconnector with a grounding switch is accommodated is disposed above or below the insulating frame.
7. A gas-insulated switchgear as claimed in claim 3, wherein, within said switchgear module, said insulating frame has a lightning arrester accommodated therein, and wherein a module in which a grounding switch or a disconnector with a grounding switch is accommodated is disposed above or below the insulating frame.
8. A gas-insulated switchgear as claimed in claim 4, wherein, within said switchgear module, said insulating frame has a lightning arrester accommodated therein, and wherein a module in which a grounding switch or a disconnector with a grounding switch is accommodated is disposed above or below the insulating frame.
9. A gas-insulated switchgear in which main circuit equipments are accommodated within a tank hermetically filled with an electrically insulating gas, comprising;
at least one switchgear module in which a disconnector with a grounding switch and an electrically insulating frame for selectively supporting an interrupter including a vacuum switch tube are disposed in the tank in a vertically stacked relationship;
in which a movable element of said disconnector is rotatably supported at one distal end solely by said insulating frame; and
in which said disconnector and a movable rod of said vacuum switch tube are electrically connected to each other,
wherein said tank is provided, at a front face thereof, with an opening portion that is hermetically closed by a mounting plate for selectively mounting thereon the interrupter and the disconnector with the grounding switch and, at the rear face thereof, with an opening portion for selectively mounting therein a bar bushing or a cable connecting bushing, and, at the upper or the lower portions thereof, with an opening for selectively mounting thereto a spacer for hermetically connecting the tanks, and wherein, the tank is made applicable in either modules by, during tank manufacture, eliminating forming of the selected opening or by closing the selected opening with a cover plate.