Patent ID: 7619604

Claim:
A display device comprising: a light source ( 6 ) comprising thin, substantially parallel, independently controllable control electrodes, wherein the light source ( 6 ) is configured for operation as a single broad light source or a plurality of narrow light sources, spaced in a spacing direction; and an array ( 5 ) of light intensity modulators ( 15 ) for modulating light from the light source ( 6 ), wherein the light source ( 6 ) and the array ( 5 ) of light intensity modulators are arranged such that each modulator ( 15 ) is significantly illuminated by only one of said narrow sources; and a string of said modulators ( 15 ), which are parallel to said spacing direction, are illuminated by a corresponding one of said narrow light sources, wherein said control electrodes are skewed relative to a corresponding one of said string of said light intensity modulators such that said control electrodes extend under a plurality of said light intensity modulators.