Gas discharge panel and method for driving the same
US4044349A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 20, 1974 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G3/2986
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A gas discharge panel includes several pairs of column (X) electrodes arranged on a first substrate and several pairs of row (Y) electrodes arranged on a second substrate, the column and row electrodes being orthogonally oriented and in spaced, opposed relation to define therebetween a gap filled with an ionizable gas. In a first driving configuration, a corresponding electrode of each pair of (X) electrodes is selectively driven by an (X) address driver and similarly a corresponding one of each of the (Y) electrode pairs is selectively driven by a (Y) address driver. The other electrode of each of the (X) and (Y) electrode pairs then is connected in common to respective (X) and (Y) sustain voltage driver terminals. In a further embodiment, each of the (X) and (Y) electrode pairs is arranged in corresponding groups of electrode pairs, each group including a common number of such pairs. First electrodes of each pair of each group are connected to a common output terminal of an address and sustain voltage driver; thus, plural address and sustain voltage driver outputs corresponding to the plural groups are employed for each of the (X) and (Y) electrode pairs. The second electrodes of…
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