GB1314110A - Display arrangements - Google Patents

Display arrangements

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GB1314110A
GB1314110A GB6107270A GB6107270A GB1314110A GB 1314110 A GB1314110 A GB 1314110A GB 6107270 A GB6107270 A GB 6107270A GB 6107270 A GB6107270 A GB 6107270A GB 1314110 A GB1314110 A GB 1314110A
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point
discharge
devices
cross
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/22—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources
    • G09G3/28—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels
    • G09G3/288—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
    • H01J17/38—Cold-cathode tubes
    • H01J17/48—Cold-cathode tubes with more than one cathode or anode, e.g. sequence-discharge tube, counting tube, dekatron
    • H01J17/49—Display panels, e.g. with crossed electrodes, e.g. making use of direct current
    • H01J17/492—Display panels, e.g. with crossed electrodes, e.g. making use of direct current with crossed electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H04N3/12—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by switched stationary formation of lamps, photocells or light relays
    • H04N3/125—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by switched stationary formation of lamps, photocells or light relays using gas discharges, e.g. plasma

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Gas-Filled Discharge Tubes (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
  • Transforming Electric Information Into Light Information (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)

Abstract

1314110 Discharge display tubes WESTERN ELECTRIC CO Inc 23 Dec 1970 [24 Dec 1969] 61072/70 Headings G4H and G5C [Also in Division H1] A display arrangement comprises a stack of display devices 101, 102, 103 each of which has an array of crosspoint display regions defined by a first and second set of conductors such as R11-R111 and C11-C18, with a gas in each of said regions and light attentuating means 121, 122 between each adjacent pair of arrays. The gas and the conductors may be separated by dielectric material 51, 52 in the form of sheets, or alternatively, Fig. 5, (not shown), each conductor may be individually encased by dielectric material and removably mounted in the stack. By addressing suitable discharge voltages to selected cross-point regions, an array of discharges each of brightness depending on which, if any, of the devices have a discharge at a particular point, may be seen from the viewing surface. The light attentating factor of each of light attenuating means is preferably 2, which with n devices permits display of a grey side having 2<SP>n</SP> steps. This arrangement is particularly suitable if the input is in binary form which can be addressed to the devices using circuitry described with reference to Fig. 6 which shows three display cells Xa, Xb Xc of a single cross-point. A sustaining voltage insufficient to initiate a discharge is applied across cells Xa, Xb, Xc from source 620 through OR gates 623. An address circuit 630 has two sets of outputs, one set being leads 631 to 63m which define the cross-point, in this example lead 635, and the second set D1 to D4 which determine the brightness of the display at that cross-point. Address gates 645-648 each have one input terminal connected to lead 635 and the other connected to respective ones of leads D1 to D4, the outputs being taken to the second inputs of OR gates 623. An input circuit 650 receives a binary input signal representing the brightness of the display required and the bits of the signal are fed one-by-one to address circuit 630 whereby the required combination of discharges in cells Xa, Xb, Xc is achieved.
GB6107270A 1969-12-24 1970-12-23 Display arrangements Expired GB1314110A (en)

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US (1) US3626241A (en)
JP (1) JPS5019889B1 (en)
BE (1) BE760687A (en)
DE (1) DE2062658A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2074184A5 (en)
GB (1) GB1314110A (en)
NL (1) NL7018513A (en)
SE (1) SE373448B (en)

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US3976912A (en) * 1972-02-23 1976-08-24 Owens-Illinois, Inc. Electrical supply system and method for improving the operating characteristics of gaseous discharge display panels
US3778674A (en) * 1972-04-14 1973-12-11 Sperry Rand Corp D. c. gas discharge display apparatus with pulse train memory sustaining potential
US3811124A (en) * 1972-06-12 1974-05-14 Ibm Solid state gas panel display circuits with non-inductive solid state isolation between low level logic and high level drive signal functions
US4065698A (en) * 1972-12-18 1977-12-27 Fujitsu Limited Gas discharge display device including plurality of discharge panel units with intermediate light absorbing plates
US3845243A (en) * 1973-02-28 1974-10-29 Owens Illinois Inc System for producing a gray scale with a gaseous display and storage panel using multiple discharge elements
US3969715A (en) * 1973-06-01 1976-07-13 Ibm Corporation Gas panel with improved write circuit and operation
JPS61151963U (en) * 1985-03-08 1986-09-19
JPH02166419A (en) * 1988-12-21 1990-06-27 Nippon I B M Kk Liquid crystal display device
US5150007A (en) * 1990-05-11 1992-09-22 Bell Communications Research, Inc. Non-phosphor full-color plasma display device

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GB834030A (en) * 1955-09-06 1960-05-04 Sam H Kaplan Improvements in electron discharge devices used for picture reproduction in colour television systems and methods of manufacturing such devices
US3042823A (en) * 1958-11-28 1962-07-03 Ibm High speed electronic memory
US3015747A (en) * 1959-06-19 1962-01-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fluorescent screen

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US3626241A (en) 1971-12-07
JPS5019889B1 (en) 1975-07-10
SE373448B (en) 1975-02-03
BE760687A (en) 1971-05-27
FR2074184A5 (en) 1971-10-01
DE2062658A1 (en) 1971-07-01
NL7018513A (en) 1971-06-28

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
414F Notice of opposition given (sect. 14/1949)
414A Case decided by the comptroller ** specification amended (sect. 14/1949)
SPA Amended specification published
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee