Patent ID: 8237880

Claim:
An active matrix display comprising: an array of column conducting lines; an array of row conducting lines crossing the array of column conducting lines; an array of enabling lines crossing the array of column conducting lines; a matrix of pixel elements, wherein a pixel element is connected to at least a row conducting line, at least a column conducting line, and at least an enabling line, and wherein the pixel element comprises, a resistive element having a first terminal and a second terminal, a capacitive element having a first terminal and a second terminal, a nonlinear element having a first terminal and a second terminal, the nonlinear element being functionally a nonlinear diode, and a switching transistor having a gate and a semiconductor channel; within the pixel element, the nonlinear element and the resistive element are electrically connected in serial between the column conducting line and the row conducting line, the gate of switching transistor is configured to receive an electric signal from the enabling line, the nonlinear element is electrically connected between the column conducting line and the second terminal of the resistive element, the resistive element is electrically connected between the row conducting line and the second terminal of the nonlinear element; and wherein the nonlinear element, the semiconductor channel of the switching transistor, and the capacitive element are all electrically connected in serial between the column conducting line and a voltage contact to allow the capacitive element be charged by the column conducting line only if both the nonlinear element and the semiconductor channel of the switching transistor are in conducting state.