Electric lamp and discharge devices – With gas or vapor – Three or more electrode discharge device
Patent
1993-06-02
1995-11-21
O'Shea, Sandra L.
Electric lamp and discharge devices
With gas or vapor
Three or more electrode discharge device
313572, 313637, H01J 1720
Patent
active
054690218
ABSTRACT:
A flat-panel gas discharge display operable with either alternating or direct current is free of implosive forces because it operates at substantially atmospheric pressure. The display comprises a first set of conductors disposed on a transparant substrate and a second set of conductors crossing over the first set at a distance therefrom. An array of crosspoints is formed at each location where a conductor of the second set crosses over a conductor of the first set. A gas is contained in the space between the sets of conductors at each crosspoint. The gas will undergo light emissive discharge when a Paschen minimum firing voltage is applied to the pair of crossed conductors crossing at that crosspoint. Air may be used as the operative gas. The display may be formed on a single side of the substrate. At least one of the sets of conductors may be provided with an aperture at each of the crosspoints to facilitate viewing the discharge. A system incorporating the flat-panel display is described.
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BTL Fellows Company, LLC
O'Shea Sandra L.
Patel Vip
Spectron Corporation of America, L.L.C.
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