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US3886389A
US3886389A US428415A US42841573A US3886389A US 3886389 A US3886389 A US 3886389A US 428415 A US428415 A US 428415A US 42841573 A US42841573 A US 42841573A US 3886389 A US3886389 A US 3886389A
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    • H01J17/49—Display panels, e.g. with crossed electrodes, e.g. making use of direct current
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    • H01J17/494—Display panels, e.g. with crossed electrodes, e.g. making use of direct current with crossed electrodes using sequential transfer of the discharges, e.g. of the self-scan type
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    • 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
    • G09G3/282—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 DC panels
    • G09G3/285—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 DC panels using self-scanning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
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  • the display panel includes a base plate which carries a plurality of pairs of scanning cathodes and display cathodes, oriented in columns, and insulating spacers which, in each pair, separate the scanning and display cathodes into operative pairs, with the pairs being arrayed in rows and columns.
  • the panel also includes a face plate which carries a plurality of anode strips, oriented in rows, each strip overlaying and having a portion in operative relation with a row of scanning and display cathode pairs. In each pair of cathodes, only the display cathode is visible to a viewer.
  • the face plate and base plate are sealed together to form an envelope which is filled with a gas suitable for supporting cathode glow.
  • SELF SCAN panel One type of display panel presently available commercially is made by Burroughs Corporation and is known as a SELF SCAN panel.
  • This type of panel is a dot matrix device and includes a first layer of dot-like cells arrayed in rows and columns and adapted to be scanned column by column.
  • the panel includes a sec-- ond layer of display cells, each such cell being aligned with one of the cells of the first layer which are known as priming or scanning cells and adapted to have glow transferred thereto as the scanning cells are scanned in accordance with input information signals. These input signals control the pattern of display cells which are caused to glow to provide a display of a character or message.
  • a display panel embodying the invention in cludes pairs of scanning and display cathodes disposed on a first plane and an anode electrode in operative relation with both cathodes, only the display cathode of each pair being visible to a viewer.
  • the cathode pairs and their associated anodes are arrayed in rows and columns, and gas communication paths are provided along the various rows to simplify circuit operation of the panel.
  • FIG. I is an exploded, perspective view of a display panel embodying the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view along the lines 2-2 in FIG. 1 showing the panel assembled
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view ofa portion of the panel of FIG.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of two adjacent electrode pairs of the panel of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view along the lines 55 in FIG. 1 showing the panel assembled
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of the panel of the invention and a circuit in which it may be operated;
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded, perspective view of a display panel embodying modifications in the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a plan view of portions of the panel of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view along the lines 99 in FIG.
  • a display panel 10 embodying the invention includes a base plate of glass, ceramic, or the like having a top surface 23 on which are provided a plurality of cathode pairs.
  • the cathode pairs include a first comb-like member comprising an elongated lead portion having a plurality of fingers 50 project ing therefrom toward the adjacent second member 60 which itself comprises an elongated lead portion 70 having a plurality of fingers projecting therefrom and disposed between the fingers 50 of the first member 30.
  • the fingers 50 of the first member 30 are narrower than the fingers 80 of the second member 60.
  • the first and second cathode members 30 and 60 can be formed of individual metal strips, or they can be. and are preferably, formed by a silk-screen process using a powdered metal in a suitable carrier.
  • the panel 10 is to be used in a scanning mode of operation wherein the pairs of cathode members 30 and 60 are scanned sequentially, beginning at the left and continuing to the right, as seen in FIG. 1.
  • this means comprises an auxiliary reset cathode electrode 40R in the form of a linear conductor positioned to the left of, but close to, cathode 40A.
  • keep-alive cell comprising a small-area cathode 40KK and a smallarea keep-alive anode 40KA formed on the top surface of plate 20 adjacent to cathode 40R and cathode 40A.
  • the keep-alive cell is constantly energized and provides a source of excited particles for the other cells of the panel.
  • Reset cathode 40R and keep-alive electrodes 40KA and 40KK may also be formed by a silk-screen process.
  • a layer of insulating material of glass or the like is formed over the cathodes by any suitable process, preferably a silk-screen process, and including a single elongated slot 93 or a plurality of short slots arranged in a column overlaying reset cathode 40R.
  • Layer 90 also includes a plurality of columns of alternating narrow rectangular openings and circular openings 110. Each narrow rectangular opening overlays and exposes a rectangular portion 53 (FIG. 3) of each finger 50, and each circular opening overlays and exposes a circular portion 83 of a finger 80.
  • Rectangular electrode portions 53 comprise scanning cathodes
  • circular electrode portions 83 comprise display cathodes.
  • the openings 50 and 80 and the exposed electrodes 53 and 83 are aligned in columns.
  • a plurality of thin insulating rod spacers 120 are disposed longitudinally on the insulating layer 90, and each is positioned between a rectangular aperture and a circular aperture so that they, in effect, isolate the columns of apertures into pairs, with each pair includ ing a rectangular aperture and its electrode and a circular aperture and its electrode. It is noted that row-wise the pairs of rectangular and circular apertures and electrodes are in gas communication with each other.
  • a spacer rod is also provided along the upper and lower margins of layer 90. Under some circumstances, spacer rods 120 may provide sufficient isolation between rows of cells, in which case, insulating layer 90 may be omitted from the panel.
  • the panel 10 also includes a top glass cover plate 130, the bottom surface of which is provided with a plurality of separate strips I40 of transparent conductive material such as NESA, with each strip overlaying reset cathode 40R and a row of pairs of scanning cathodes 53 and display cathodes 83.
  • a coating of opaque insulating material is provided over the anode strips 140, with circular apertures 153 formed therein overlaying and aligned with aperture 93 which exposes reset cathode 40R.
  • Coating 150 also includes circular apertures formed in vertical alignment with each circular aperture 110 and display cathode 83 and of approximately the same diameter (FIG. 4).
  • Each circular opening 110 exposes a circular portion 143 of the un derlying anode strip, the portion 143 comprising the anode for the associated pair of scanning and display cathodes.
  • the cover plate 130 is seated on the glass rod spacers 120 to provide suitable spacing between the anodes on the fact plate and the cathodes supported on the base plate.
  • the base plate and face plate are hermetically sealed together along their adjacent edges by means of a seal 170 formed of a glass frit or the like, as is well known in the art.
  • the panel is filled with the desired gas such as neon, argon, or the like through a tubulation 180 secured to the base plate and aligned with a hole 190 in the base plate and insulating layer 90.
  • Mer cury vapor is also included in the envelope to minimize cathode sputtering.
  • the desired gas and the optimum pressure therefor can be readily determined by those skilled in the art. It is known that firing potential, gas pressure and electrode spacing are related, and those skilled in the art can select the desired gas pressure from this relationship. In the present invention, gas pressures in the range of lOO to 300 Torr are suitable.
  • each open circular anode area 143 overlays and is in operative relation with a display cathode 83; however, it is also in operative relation with the associated scanning cathode 53 (FIG. 5), and a volume of gas fills the space in which these electrodes are located.
  • the scanning cathode S3 and the associated anode 143 comprise a scanning, or priming, cell
  • the display cathode 83 and the associated anode 143 comprise a display cell.
  • contact terminals are secured in any suitable fashion to the portions 40 of cathodes and portions 70 of cathodes 60, preferably the portions A and 70A thereof which are positioned at the lower edge 20A of base plate 20 (FIG. 1). Connection is made in similar fashion to one of the ends of the anode strips 140.
  • the base plate and face plate may be suitably dimensioned to permit contact members to be inserted between them to make the desired electrical connection to the various panel electrodes, The latter type of connection is employed with PANAPLEX ll display panels, which are presently offered for sale by Burroughs Corporation and are shown in copending application Ser. No. 120L655, filed Nov. 24, I971.
  • the display panel 10 may be operated in several different ways; however, basically, the panel utilizes principles of operation of the type employed in SELF- SCAN panels, which are made and sold by Burroughs Corporation.
  • FIG. 6, is a schematic representation of panel I0 and a circuit in which it may be oper ated.
  • operation of the panel comprises scanning and turning on the columns of scanning, or priming, cells 53 sequentially and continually throughout the panel by connecting the scan cathode conductors 40 to drivers or switches 210.
  • the keep-alive anode 40KA and keep alive cathode 40KK are connected to a source of potential V, and they are held ON constantly to provide a steady source of excited particles.
  • the reset cathode 40R is connected to a driver or switch 210R, and the scan cathode conductors 40 are connected in three groups, with every fourth such conductor being connected to a driver or switch 210.
  • the reset cathode 40R is connected to a driver or switch 210R, and the scan cathode
  • three drivers are designated by reference numerals 210A, B, and C.
  • the display cathodes are similarly connected in three groups, and their conductors are coupled to cathode drivers or switches 216A, B, and C.
  • an anode driver 214 which operates as a current source, is coupled to each anode I40, and a source of data signals 220 is connected to each anode driver.
  • Data source 220 represents an array of informationhandling apparatus including, as required, a computer, encoders, decoders, character generators and the like apparatus, as is well known in the art.
  • the circuit also includes suitable clock or synchronizing circuits 224 coupled to the data source 220, to the anode drivers 2M, and to the cathode drivers 210 and 216 for synchronizing the operation in a manner described below.
  • operation of the panel 10 comprises, turning on the reset cells formed by cathode 40R and the anodes, by the application of operating potentials and causing current flow therebetween, and then the columns of scanning cells 53 are turned on sequentially throughout the panel by the turn'on of each scan cathode driver 210, in turn, and by the simultlaneous turnon of all of the anode drivers 214.
  • the associated column of display cathodes and display cells is energized, and, by applying the proper potential to selected anodes as determined by the input information signals, and generating corresponding current flow, the associated selected display cathodes can be made to glow. This glow is visible to a viewer, and, as the columns of scanning cells are continually scanned throughout the panel, and selected associated display cells are turned on at suitable current level, an appar ently stationary but changeable message is displayed by the selected display cells.
  • the reset cathode driver 210R is switched on and the anode drivers 214 are energized to cause current flow between the reset cathode and the anodes and to cause cathode glow to appear along the reset cathode 40R.
  • excited particles are generated thereby and are available for the scanning cycle which is initiated by the turn-off of the reset cathode driver 210R and the turn-on of scan cathode driver 210A, with the anodes still energized.
  • Current flows between the first column of scan cathodes 53 and the anodes, and the first column of scanning cells is energized, with the applied potentials being adjusted so that the scanning cells are turned on at a low level of excitation and current flow.
  • the scan cathode driver 210A is connected to other columns of scan cathodes, because of their remoteness from the excited particles generated by the reset cathode, they do not turn on; the first scan cathode turns on preferentially because of its closeness to the reset cathode, the source of excited particles.
  • the first display cathode driver 216A is turned on to cause current flow between the first column of display cathodes 83A and the anodes, and simultaneously, signals from data source 220 coupled to selected anode drivers 214 cause suitably higher currents to flow to the selected anodes 140, from their associated display cathodes and the display cathodes 83A associated with such selected anodes glow at a favorable visible level.
  • display cathode driver 216A is turned off and scan cathode driver 210A is turned on again, and. at the same time, all of the anodes 140 are energized at a low level so that a low level of current flows to all of the first scan cathodes 53A, and they are thus reenergized and they again generate excited particles.
  • the display cathodes selected by the data signals are turned on for a relatively short period of time of the order of I00 microseconds to insure that excited particles, which had been generated by the scan cathodes when they were first turned on, are present in sufficient supply to permit all of the scan cathodes to be turned on again.
  • a display panel 10' includes base plate and a pattern of screened cathode electrode pairs, each including scan cathode member and display cathode member which are generally similar to corresponding cathodes 30 and 60 of panel 10.
  • each scan cathode finger 50' is disposed between its own pair of display cathode fingers
  • the panel 10' includes an insulating layer formed on the base plate 20' and having circular apertures I10 overlaying fingers 80' and relatively wide, generally dumbbell or rectangular shape apertures overlaying fingers 50'.
  • Glass rod spacers are seated on insulating layer 90' overlaying the openings 100' and so positioned that they separate each such opening and the associated scan cathodes 53 into two portions, one associated with the display anode 143 above it in the column, and the other associated with the display cell below it in the column.
  • a spacer rod 120' is disposed between the adjacent circular openings 110' which are not separated by an opening 100.
  • Panel 10 also includes face plate which carries on its lower surface, anode strips covered with an opaque layer I50 having circular openings overlaying display cathodes 83'.
  • each column of cells includes a scanning cell made up of an anode 143' and a scanning cathode 53, and a display cell made up of the same anode 143 and a display cathode 83'.
  • each scanning cathode 53 operates with two adjacent anodes 143' to form adjacent scanning cells.
  • panel 10 is essentially the same as panel 10 except that each scan cathode 53' operates with two display cathodes 83' to provide economy in device and circuit structures.
  • the display panel of the invention has many advantages which derive from its relative simplicity of construction. Since the panel includes only two electrodesupport plates, and all of the cells are disposed in a single layer, it is clear that the construction is relatively simple and economical. In addition, since the panel includes only a single layer of cells, individual panels can be made in larger size than the SELF-SCAN panels described above. Also, a composite wall-size" panel may be made by butting together the individual panels.
  • a display panel comprising a gas-filled housing.
  • said electrodes being operable as cathode electrodes
  • said anode being operable with each member of said pair separately to comprise separate ionizable gas cells.
  • said anodes comprise transparent conductive strips which are coated with a layer of opaque insulating material having a plurality of apertures, each being in operative relation with a cathode electrode pair.
  • said anodes comprise transparent conductive strips which are coated with a layer of opaque insulating material having a plurality of apertures, each being in operative relation with a cathode electrode pair and each directly overlaying one member of each said pair.
  • a display panel comprising a gas-filled envelope
  • each pair of electrodes including one operable as a scanning cathode and one operable as a display cathode, and
  • each electrode of a pair being separately operable with its associated anode to comprise separately energizable gas cells.
  • a display panel comprising a gas-filled envelope
  • a first conductive member disposed on said plate and including a first vertical arm and a plurality of first horizontal projections
  • a second conductive member disposed on said plate positioned adjacent to said first member and in cluding a second vertical arm and second horizontal projections
  • first and second horizontal projections being interleaved to form electrode pairs, each including a first horizontal projection and a second horizontal projection
  • said anodes comprise transparent conductive strips which are coated with a layer of opaque insulating material having a plurality of apertures, each being in operative relation with a cathode electrode pair.
  • said anodes comprise transparent conductive strips which are coated with a layer of opaque insulating material having a plurality of apertures, each being in operative relation with a cathode electrode pair and each directly overlaying one member of each said pair.
  • a display panel comprising a gas filled envelope
  • each electrode pair in a column including a first electrode and a second electrode
  • each said first electrode into two separate operative portions, each such portion being operable with and forming an electrode pair with the two adjacent second electrodes in its column, and
  • a display panel comprising a gas-filled housing
  • said electrodes being operable as cathode electrodes
  • said anode being operable with each member of a pair separately to comprise separate ionizable gas cells.
  • each electrode pair includes a scan cathode and a display cathode.
  • each said display cathode is visible through said housing.
  • a display panel comprising a gas-filled housing.
  • Electrodes a plurality of electrode pairs supported on a surface in said housing and oriented in rows and columns, said electrodes being operable as cathode electrodes,
  • each anode electrode in operative relation with at least one of said cathode electrode pairs,
  • said anode being operable with each member of a pair separately to comprise separate ionizable gas cells.
  • each said anode electrode is an elongated electrode in operative relation with a row of said electrode pairs.
  • each said anode is a transparent conductive film seated on a portion of said housing.
  • each electrode pair includes a scan cathode and a display cathode, and including a common electrical connection to all of the scan cathodes in a column of electrode pairs.
  • each electrode pair includes a scan cathode and a display cathode, and including a common electrical connection to all of the scan cathodes in a column of electrode pairs, and another common electrical connection to all of the display cathodes in a column of electrode pairs.

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CA215,238A CA1017398A (en) 1973-12-26 1974-12-04 Gas discharge display panel
IT30216/74A IT1026816B (it) 1973-12-26 1974-12-05 Pannello di visualizzazione
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