A system and method for planarizing n-bit display data into m-bit data. The system includes a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals, and a first storage bank having a bit-depth less than m. In one embodiment, the first storage bank is a bi-directional shift register including...http://www.google.de/patents/US6144356?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6144356 - System and method for data planarization