Balanced drive electronic matrix system and method of operating the same

A method of operating an electronic matrix system to rapidly store and efficiently retain electric charge in selected ones of a plurality of storage elements of the matrix system, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of substantially parallel address line pairs;
• providing a plurality of substantially parallel additional address lines crossing said address line pairs at an angle and being spaced from said address line pairs to form a plurality of crossover points therewith;
• coupling a pair of threshold devices together at a common node and in nonopposing series relation between said address line pairs and associated with said crossover points, said threshold devices being of the type which provide a low impedance to current flow when forward biased into an on condition;
• coupling each of said storage elements between a respective one of said common nodes and one of said additional address lines;
• applying first operating potentials which are substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in polarity between said address line pairs to bias said threshold devices into said on condition to facilitate the storage of charge in the storage elements coupled thereto;
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• applying charging potential to selected ones of said additional address lines during the application of said first operating potentials to said address line pairs to store electric charge in said selected storage elements.