Modular flat-screen television displays and modules and circuit drives therefor

Claim 1

A module for a flat-screen television display comprising: A. a substrate with first and second major surfaces and edge surfaces; B. a matrix of transparent conducive pads capable of defining picture elements and extending over the first major surface of the substrate in a regular pattern with boundary conductive pads adjacent the edge surfaces of the substrate to distances such that the regular pattern is capable of continuing substantially uninterrupted when a similar module is positioned adjacent said module; C. a matrix of electrical switching elements extending over the first major surface of the substrate with each said switching element capable of activating one of said conductive pads upon receiving electrical signals through both row and column conductive strips; D. said row and column conductive strips each extending over the first major surface from adjacent an edge surface to adjacent an opposite edge surface of the substrate such that each said switching element can be electrically activated by a row conductive strip and a column conductive strip; E. an electrical drive circuit positioned adjacent the second major surface of the substrate an capable of electrically activating the switching elements in correspondence to desired visual images to be formed by the picture elements over the first major surface of said substrate; and F. interconnecting conductors electrically connecting the drive circuit adjacent the second major surface of the substrate with the row and column conductive strips on the first major surface of said substrate and electrically insulated from similar interconnecting conductors of an adjacent module.