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A device for providing addressability in an apparatus including one or more volume elements which together with the device form part of a matrix in the apparatus. The device establishes an electrical connection to specific cells by electrodes in the matrix and thereby defining a cell in the volume e

A device for providing addressability in an apparatus including one or more volume elements which together with the device form part of a matrix in the apparatus. The device establishes an electrical connection to specific cells by electrodes in the matrix and thereby defining a cell in the volume element. The device includes at least three sets of plural strip-like electrodes, the strip-like electrodes of each set being provided in substantially parallel relationship to each other in a two-dimensional and planar layer forming an additional part of the matrix. A set of strip-like electrodes in one layer is oriented at an angle to the projected angle of orientation of the electrode sets in proximal neighboring layers onto this one layer, such that the sets of strip-like electrodes in proximal neighboring layers exhibit a mutual non-orthogonal relationship.

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1. A means for providing addressability in an apparatus comprising one or more volume elements, wherein said volume or volume elements together with said means form a part of a two- or three-dimensional matrix in said apparatus, wherein a volume element comprises one or more cells having a data stor

1. A means for providing addressability in an apparatus comprising one or more volume elements, wherein said volume or volume elements together with said means form a part of a two- or three-dimensional matrix in said apparatus, wherein a volume element comprises one or more cells having a data storage, data-processing or signal-processing functionality depending on the electronic or electric properties of a material of said volume element, wherein said means provides addressability to a specific location in a volume element by establishing a selective electrical connection to said volume element or in case said volume element comprises more than one cell, a specific cell thereof, wherein the selection of a specific volume element or cell thereof takes place by providing a not necessarily simultaneous electrical connection to three or more electrodes formed by said means and contacting said volume element for effecting a selective interaction therewith in a region thereof in close proximity to said electrodes, and wherein said region defines a cell in said volume element thus interacted upon, and said means comprises at least three sets of plural electrically conducting lines or strip-like electrodes, each electrode set comprises said strip-like electrodes provided in a substantially parallel relationship to each other in a respective two-dimensional planar layer in said matrix, said layers of electrode sets being substantially mutually parallel, a set of strip-like electrodes in one layer being oriented at an angle to the projected angle of orientation of the electrode sets of the proximal neighbouring layers on said one layer, such that said sets of strip-like electrodes in proximal neighbouring layers exhibit a mutual non-orthogonal relationship, and said electrodes contacting said region of a volume element are formed by a crossing of three or more of said strip-like electrodes in said respective electrode sets contacting said volume element, such that said cell or cells of said volume element in any case is located therein between or at said crossing of said three or more strip-like electrodes, a selective addressing of a cell taking place by applying a current or voltage to a selected strip-like electrode in each of the electrode sets either simultaneously or in a temporal sequence defined by a predetermined addressing protocol.