摘要:
An electroluminescent display panel includes a first plurality of addressing conductors, a second plurality of addressing conductors forming a plurality of intersection regions with the first plurality of addressing conductors, each intersection region having associated with it an electrical series combination of an electroluminescent element of phosphor material of the d.c. kind as hereinafter defined electrically connected to the member of the first plurality of addressing conductors forming the intersection region and a photosensitive latch electrically connected to the member of the second plurality of addressing conductors forming the intersection region, the combination being arranged so that when light is emitted from the electroluminescent element it is incident on the latch, and each intersection region having associated with it a by-pass channel incorporating an electrical isolating element connected commonly to the electroluminescent element, and the latch associated with that intersection region, whereby a voltage may be applied across the electroluminescent element belonging to that intersection region without being applied across the associated latch. The isolating elements may be capacitors, non-linear diodes or semiconductor glass (amorphous) threshold switches. The latches may be photoconductors or photocapacitors.