Array of cells with light active circuitry

摘要

An array (10) includes a patterned dark matrix layer (34) electrically connected to a fixed potential (VF). The dark matrix material is sufficiently conductive that capacitively coupled signals decay in a time ( tau D) that is significantly less than addressing time ( tau A) of each cell of the array. In one form, each cell's dark matrix can overlap the cell's electrode around its perimeter, and the overlap areas of the dark matrix and the electrode can be sufficiently large and a part of a dielectric layer between them can be sufficiently thin that the storage capacitor they form meets the cell's requirements. <IMAGE>