Patent ID: 7030412

Claim:
A thin-film transistor array comprising at least first, second and third transistors, each of the transistors comprising: a source electrode; a drain electrode spaced from the source electrode; a semiconductor layer in electrical communication with both the source and drain electrodes; and a gate electrode disposed adjacent to the semiconductor layer for varying the resistance of the semiconductor layer between the source and drain electrodes by varying a potential of the gate electrode, the transistor array further comprising: a first data line in communication with one of the source and drain electrodes of each of the first and second transistors; a second data line in communication with a corresponding one of the source and drain electrodes of the third transistor; a first select line in communication with the gate electrodes of the first and third transistors; and a second select line in communication with the gate electrode of the second transistor, wherein the semiconductor layer extends continuously among the first, second and third transistors.