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Large image display apparatus

US4839564A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1988
Grant dateJun 13, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S315/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A large image display apparatus comprises a plurality of discharge lamps each having an anode, a cathode and a light emitting tube, a display board having the plurality of discharge lamps thereon, a heating circuit for heating the cathodes of the plurality of discharge lamps, a power supply circuit for generating a rectified high frequency voltage and biasing the plurality of discharge lamps, an image signal generator for generating an image signal, and a control circuit for controlling the quantity of light emitted from each discharge lamp in response to the image signal.

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