The invention comprises systems and methods for partitioning displays, and
in particular, displays of interferometric modulator displays. In one
embodiment, a display system includes one driving circuit configured to
provide signals based on video data intended for display, and a bi-stable
display comprising an array having a plurality of bi-stable display
elements. The array is configured to display video data using signals
received from the driving circuit, and the driving circuit is configured
to partition the array into two or more fields, each field including at
least one bi-stable display element, and refresh each of the two or more
fields in accordance with a refresh rate associated with each field. In
another embodiment, a method of displaying data on a display of a client
device includes partitioning a bi-stable display of the client device
into two or more fields, displaying video data in the two or more fields,
and refreshing each of the two or more fields in accordance with a
refresh rate that is associated with each field.