Gas display panel having planar conductors

Apparatus for providing a visual information screen of the type formed from a plurality of gas cells wherein electrical voltages are capacitively coupled to selected cells to cause gas ignition and subsequent light emisson. The present invention comprises an improvement over prior art devices in tha...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors ANDREADAKIS; NICHOLAS CLEANTHIS, MAYER; WILLIAM NORMAN, KIRCHNER; RICHARD KARL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.03.1978
Subjects
ADVERTISING
ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
SEALS
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Apparatus for providing a visual information screen of the type formed from a plurality of gas cells wherein electrical voltages are capacitively coupled to selected cells to cause gas ignition and subsequent light emisson. The present invention comprises an improvement over prior art devices in that it utilizes a single plane of parallel spaced conductors to ignite gas in channels perpendicularly aligned with respect to the conductors and located above the conductor plane, wherein a gas cell is defined by the region within a channel between two parallel conductors, and further in that it utilizes a special conductor geometry to initially ignite a gas cell and introduce data into the screen with only a single voltage-magnitude source.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19760706071