Abstract—A combination of passive‐ and active‐matrix addressing is proposed by dividing the ITO columns of a passive‐matrix LCD in parts, thus only covering a group of rows. The ITO parts are connected to metal columns via TFTs. This leads to a significantly smaller number of TFTs, as compared to an active‐matrix LCD. The proposed system may either be driven as a switched passive matrix (SPM) with a low multiplexing factor, or as a multiplexed active matrix (MAM) by holding the voltages. The number of row connections may be decreased by connecting the corresponding ITO rows of a number of groups. Both row‐at‐a‐time addressing and multiple‐row selection with orthonormal waveforms may be used for bot