Electro-optical device

An addressing structure including:

• a first substrate which has a plurality of non-overlapping first electrodes formed on a major surface thereof;
• a second substrate which is opposed to the first substrate and which has a plurality of non-overlapping second electrodes formed on a major surface thereof, the second electrodes being disposed substantially perpendicular to the first electrodes and positioned at equal intervals, so that any adjacent second electrodes constitute a pair of discharge electrodes;
• an electro-optical material layer positioned between the first and second substrates;
• and
• a discharge chamber formed between the electro-optical material layer and the second substrate, and containing an ionizable gas,
• further including a dielectric material layer positioned between the electro-optical material layer and the discharge chamber;
• wherein said discharge chamber comprises a plurality of scanning units, each of the scanning units being formed by plasma discharge between adjacent pairs of the second electrodes;
• wherein said second electrodes are arranged in the second substrate so that all of the scanning units are formed as a continuous space;
• and
• further including partition walls formed on the second electrodes so as to support the dielectric material layer.