Low cost panel display addressing structure

Claim 1

A flat panel display comprising: a scanning discharge light source including: coupling light sources for sequentially illuminating a plurality of coupling photoresistors, said sequential illumination being substantially in synchronism with addressing pulses applied to said coupling photoresistors, and decoupling light sources for sequentially illuminating a plurality of decoupling photoresistors at a predetermined interval subsequent to illumination of said coupling photoresistors; photoresistor divider means on a first substrate including a plurality of conductive output leads on said first substrate and further including at least one terminal adapted to receive said addressing pulses, for coupling said addressing pulses through selected coupling photoresistors to selected ones of said plurality of conductive output leads upon selective illumination by said coupling light source, wherein said photoresistor divider means comprises said plurality of coupling photoresistors each coupled at a first end to said terminal means and at a second end to each of said plurality of decoupling photoresistors, each of said decoupling photoresistors is coupled between ground potential and a corresponding one of said plurality of coupling photoresistors, each of said plurality of conductive output leads is coupled to a junction between each of said coupling photoresistors and decoupling photoresistors; and optical display means on a second substrate having a plurality of conductive input leads coupled to said plurality of conductive output leads for providing optical signals in response to said addressing signals.