Patent ID: 7777715

Claim:
A display device comprising: an array of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display elements comprising a plurality of columns and rows of display elements; and a demultiplexer comprising a plurality of passive impedance network circuits coupled to said array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive said array, each passive impedance network comprising: a row driving voltage input line to which one of a plurality of row driving signals is applied; two or more row output lines connected to said row driving voltage input line, each row output line connected to a row of display elements of said array for providing an output row driving voltage to the connected row of display elements; and at least one control input line connected to one of said two or more row output lines, wherein the plurality of passive impedance network circuits have more outputs than inputs and provides a single output for each row of said array, wherein each passive impedance network circuit comprises a voltage divider, wherein each passive impedance network is connected to a different one of the plurality of row driving signals.