Patent ID: 8022911

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; a matrix of pixel elements, wherein a pixel element comprises, a capacitive element having a first terminal and a second terminal, a nonlinear element having a first terminal electrically connected to a column conducting line and having a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal of the capacitive element, wherein the nonlinear element is configured to function as a two-terminal switching element having the conductivity thereof controllable with a voltage across thereof or a current passing through, a resistive element having a first terminal electrically connected to a row conducting line and having a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal of the capacitive element, wherein the resistive element is a resistive linear element, and wherein (1) the nonlinear element and the resistive element are electrically connected in serial between the column conducting line and the row conducting line, and (2) the first terminal of the capacitive element are electrically connected to both the second terminal of the nonlinear element and the second terminal of the resistive element to form topologically a tee (“T”) connection; and electronic circuitry for applying a predetermined current to a column conducting line with a current value individually predetermined for a selected pixel element directly connected to the column conducting line, during a time period when the nonlinear element in the selected pixel element becomes conductive, to generate a current passing through the resistive element in the selected pixel element to create a voltage value across the resistive element that is that is substantially independent upon the current-voltage characteristics of the nonlinear element in the selected pixel element and to charge the capacitive element in the selected pixel element to a target voltage that is substantially independent upon the current-voltage characteristics of the nonlinear element but having the target voltage substantially depend upon the resistive value of the resistive element.