Electrode storage display addressing system and method

A system for addressing a set of data display elements in a display of a type that displays arbitrary information patterns, the system comprising:

• a matrix field comprising overlapping first electrodes and a set of second electrodes;
• plural data display elements in electrical communication with the first electrodes;
• a selected second electrode arranged to control the electrical communication between the plural data display elements and the first electrodes;
• a controlled signal propagation velocity transmission line;
• a data signal driver for sequentially generating and applying to said transmission line a frame of data having N bits, said frame of data being comprised of M sub-frames of data sequentially composed as M signal profiles upon said transmission line during a sequence of M unique time windows, each of said M signal profiles being comprised of N/M informational bits;
• N/M multiplexer assemblies positioned along the controlled signal velocity transmission line and having thereby, selectable access the N/M informational bits of each of M signal profiles;
• N/M banks of first electrodes, each of said N/M banks of first electrodes being connected to corresponding ones of said N/M multiplexer assemblies and each of said N/M banks comprising M unique first electrodes having associated charge storage capacity enabling temporary storage of data;
• a first control circuit for generating and applying enable signals to said N/Ni multiplexer assemblies to control thereby the enablement of said N/Ni multiplexer assemblies in accordance with the sequential composition of said M signal profiles upon said transmission line to capture said N/M informational bits by the N/M multiplexer assemblies;
• a selection circuit for generating and applying digital selection signals to said N/M multiplexer assemblies to direct storage of said captured N/M informational bits to said designated ones of M unique first electrodes of each of said N/M banks of first electrodes for temporary storage;
• a display enable signal generator for generating and applying display signals to the selected second electrode to enable the electrical communication between the plural data display elements and the first electrodes to convey the temporarily stored N/M informational bits from the designated ones of M unique first electrodes to corresponding designated ones of the plural data display elements.