Low voltage pulse system for addressing gas discharge display/memory panels

Claim 1

In a system for supplying operating potentials to a gas discharge display and memory panel having insulated row-column conductor matrix, said operating potentials including periodic sustainer voltages uniformly applied from a source to a selected number of row conductors and from said source, and at opposite phase, to a selected number of column conductors, respectively, and discharge condition manipulating voltage pulses selectively applied to selected row-column conductor pairs from row and column pulse voltage sources corresponding to each row and column conductor, respectively, the improvements comprising, for said row conductors, a further row pulse voltage source, means connecting said further pulse voltage source in series relation with said sustainer voltage for said row conductors and with each said row pulse source, said further row pulse voltage source being actuated once during a half cycle of said sustainer voltage and at a selected time period thereof, and for said column conductors, a further column pulse voltage source, means connecting said further pulse voltage source in series relatIon with the sustainer source for said column conductors and with each of said column pulse source, said further column pulse voltage source being actuated simultaneously with said further row pulse voltage source for said row conductors.