Method and apparatus for amplitude band enabled addressing arrayed elements

A method for addressing a display comprising pixels arrayed in M rows and N columns, the method comprising:

• (a) electromagnetically coupling together all pixels in each of said M rows with a row conductive element having first and second ends;
• (b) electromagnetically coupling together all pixels in each of said N columns using a column conductive element having first and second ends, wherein said first end of said column conductive element is coupled to said second end of said row conductive element;
• (c) driving the row-coupled pixels coupled together in step (a) with a first row driver outputting a row driver signal f1(t);
• (d) driving the column-coupled pixels coupled together in step (b) with a first column driver outputting a column driver signal f4(t), wherein frequency of f4(t).noteq.frequency of f1(t);
• wherein said pixels in said display are enabled or disabled according to a beat frequency time-varying non-zero voltage magnitude determined by amplitude and frequency of said signals f1(t) and f4(t) and by propagation time needed for said signals to reach a said pixel.

A display, driveable with less than five drivers, comprising:

• pixels arrayed in M rows and N columns;
• a row conductive element electromagnetically coupling together all pixels in said M rows, said row conductive element having a first end and a second end;
• a column conductive element electromagnetically coupling together all pixels in each of said N columns, said column conductive element having a first end and a second end;
• a first row driver coupled to said first end of said row conductive element and outputting a first row drive signal f1(t);
• a second row driver coupled to said second end of said row conductive element and outputting a second row drive signal f2(t), wherein frequency of f1(t).noteq.frequency of f2(t);
• a first column driver coupled to said first end of said column conductive element and outputting a first column drive signal f3(t);
• and
• a second column driver coupled to said second end of said column conductive element and outputting a second column drive signal f4(t), wherein f3(t).noteq.f4(t);
• wherein at least one condition is met selected from a group consisting of (i) frequency of f1(t).noteq.frequency of f2(t), and frequency of f3(t).noteq.frequency of f4(t), and wherein at least one of said f1(t), f2(3), f3(t), and f4(t) is modulatable with a video signal to be displayed on said display;
• wherein said pixels in said display are enabled or disabled according to a beat frequency time-varying non-zero voltage magnitude determined by amplitude and frequency of said signals f1(t), f2(t), f3(3), f4(t) and by propagation time needed for said signals to reach a said pixel.