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          Appeal No. 99-0872                                                           
          Application 08/885,399                                                       

                    a set of N data lines, where N is an                               
                    integer greater than 32; each of the N data                        
                    lines extending across the surface of the                          
                    first substrate; each of the N data lines                          
                    having a drive input lead in a multiplexer                         
                    region of the surface of the first                                 
                    substrate; and                                                     
                    for each of the N data lines, M units of                           
                    cell circuitry, each connected for                                 
                    receiving signals from the data line, where                        
                    M is an integer greater than zero;                                 
               multiplexer circuitry formed in the multiplexer                         
               region of the surface of the first substrate; the                       
               multiplexer circuitry being connected to the drive                      
               input lead of each of the N data lines; the                             
               multiplexer circuitry comprising:                                       
                    for each of the N data lines, a drive                              
                    output lead connected for providing                                
                    multiplexed signals to the data line’s                             
                    drive input lead;                                                  
               P analog input leads for receiving input analog                         
               drive signals, where P is an integer less than N but                    
               not less than 32; and                                                   
                    Q multiplexer control leads for receiving                          
                    multiplexer control signals, where Q is an                         
                    integar not less than N/P and less than N;                         
               the multiplexer circuitry responding to the                             
                    input analog drive signals and the                                 
                    multiplexer control signals by providing                           
                    the multiplexed signals; and                                       
               one or more integrated circuit structures attached                      
               to the first substrate; the integrated circuit                          
               structures together comprising:                                         


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