Method for driving a gas discharge panel

Claim 1

A method for driving a gas discharge panel provided with an electrode support substrate having plural display electrode pairs (11) which are adjacently arranged in parallel in units of two electrodes and plural selection electrodes (13) which are arranged with insulation (12, 15) in a direction crossing these display electrode pairs, and a cover substrate (16) which is arranged in a way defining the specified gas-filled space at the upper part of said electrode support substrate (10) and a plurality of display dots arranged in a matrix type each of which comprising a selection cell defined at respective intersecting points between the one display electrodes of said display electrode pairs and the selection electrodes, and a display cell (K) defined between the pairing display electrodes adjacent to said selection cells (T), where in discharges followed by generation of wall charges are once generated at all discharge cells of dot lines along a pertinent display electrodes by applying a firing voltage exceeding the discharge start voltage across a pair of display electrodes to be selected, and thereafter a voltage is selectively applied to the selection electrodes which form. selection cells of dots except for the dots to be displayed on the pertinent dot lines and thereby the wall charges of the display cell forming a pair with the pertinent selection cell are erased and then only the remaining display cells are caused to discharge by applying an AC sustain voltage across said display electrode pair.

Claim 2

A method for driving a gas discharge panel provided with an electrode support substrate having plural display electrode pairs (11) which are adjacently arranged in parallel in units of two electrodes and plural selection electrodes (13) which are arranged with insulation (12, 15) in a direction crossing these display electrode pairs, and a cover substrate (16) which is arranged in a way defining the specified gas-filled space at the upper part of said electrode support substrate (10) and a plurality of display dots arranged in a matrix type each of which comprising a selection cell defined at respective intersecting points between the one display electrodes of said display electrode pairs and the selection electrodes, and a display cell (K) defined between the pairing display electrodes adjacent to said selection cells (T), where in discharges followed by generation of wall charges are once generated at all discharge cells of dot lines along a pertinent display electrodes by applying a firing voltage exceeding the discharge start voltage across a pair of display electrodes to be selected, and thereafter a voltage is selectively applied to the selection electrodes which form. selection cells of dots except for the dots to be displayed on the pertinent dot lines and thereby the wall charges of the display cell forming a pair with the pertinent selection cell are erased and then only the remaining display cells are caused to discharge by applying an AC sustain voltage across said display electrode pair.

Claim 5

A method for driving a gas discharge panel comprising a plurality of display electrode pairs adjacently arranged in parallel forming a pair with two electrodes on the one substrate specifying the gas sealed space, a plurality of selection electrodes insulatingly arranged in the direction as crossing these display electrodes and providing such an electrode structure that the one display electrodes of each pair are connected in common with the plural adjacent display electrode pairs considered as a group, the other display electrodes of each pair are connected in common with same order display electrode pair in each group, said method characterized by firing a display cell line by applying a firing voltage across a selected pair of display electrodes; erasing a discharge information stored unwanted display cell among said fired display cell line by applying a selection voltage across a selected selection electrode and said other display electrode and redischarging remaining display cells by applying an AC sustaining voltage to said display electrode pair.

Claim 6

A method for driving a gas discharge panel comprising a plurality of display electrode pairs adjacently arranged in parallel forming a pair with two electrodes on the one substrate specifying the gas sealed space, a plurality of selection electrodes insulatingly arranged in the direction as crossing these display electrodes and providing such an electrode structure that the one display electrodes of each pair are connected in common with the plural adjacent display electrode pairs considered as a group, the other display electrodes of each pair are connected in common with same order display electrode pair in each group, said method characterized by firing a display cell line by applying a firing voltage across a selected pair of display electrodes; erasing a discharge information stored unwanted display cell among said fired display cell line by applying a selection voltage across a selected selection electrode and said other display electrode and redischarging remaining display cells by applying an AC sustaining voltage to said display electrode pair.

Claim 7

A method for driving a gas discharge panel having an electrode configuration wherein a plurality of display electrode pairs arranged adjacently in parallel forming a pair with two electrodes and a plurality of selection electrodes arranged through insulation in the direction as crossing these display electrodes are provided on the one substrate specifying a gas filled space, the pairing display electrodes adjacent to the points crossing the selection electrodes form a plurality of display cells, and one display electrode of each of adjacent electrode pairs are connected in common at least to one block, while the other display electrode of each electrode pairs in said block can be operated individually, wherein, after the operation for firing all display cells belonging to said display electrode block connected in common is added, operation for generating discharge to all selection cells on the selected lines formed by said display electrodes connected in common and a selected selection electrode and operation, following said operations for selective discharges, for selectively giving the sustain voltage only to the display electrode pairs forming the display cells to be displayed on the pertinent selected line are sequentially carried out for each selected line of said display electrode pair block.

Claim 8

A method for driving a gas discharge panel having an electrode configuration wherein a plurality of display electrode pairs arranged adjacently in parallel forming a pair with two electrodes and a plurality of selection electrodes arranged through insulation in the direction as crossing these display electrodes are provided on the one substrate specifying a gas filled space, the pairing display electrodes adjacent to the points crossing the selection electrodes form a plurality of display cells, and one display electrode of each of adjacent electrode pairs are connected in common at least to one block, while the other display electrode of each electrode pairs in said block can be operated individually, wherein, after the operation for firing all display cells belonging to said display electrode block connected in common is added, operation for generating discharge to all selection cells on the selected lines formed by said display electrodes connected in common and a selected selection electrode and operation, following said operations for selective discharges, for selectively giving the sustain voltage only to the display electrode pairs forming the display cells to be displayed on the pertinent selected line are sequentially carried out for each selected line of said display electrode pair block.