Manufacture and operation of gas discharge panel

Claim 1

A method of operating a gaseous discharge display panel having a pair of support members at least one of which is transparent, joined in spaced apart relation to define a single thin gas chamber, a plurality of row conductor elements on the inner surfaces of each of the support members, respectively, a dielectric film on each of the conductor means, respectively, the conductors on one of the support members being oriented on its supporting member in a direction transverse to the direction of the other of said conductor member to thereby define a cross conductor matrix for locating selected discharge sites in the gas medium in said gas chamber, an ionizable gas medium within the chamber and contacting the surfaces of the dielectric, the ionizable gas producing, upon ionization, and within a selected volume thereof, conditioning photons, said method including the steps of turning ''''on'''' an entire line of discharge sites in the matrix thus formed, and maintaining said line of sites in said ''''on'''', state during normal operation of the device, to thereby permit photons generated thereat to be passed in open photonic communication to discharge sites remote therefrom for thereby conditioning said remote sites.

Claim 2

A method of operating a gaseous discharge display panel having a pair of support members at least one of which is transparent, joined in spaced apart relation to define a single thin gas chamber, a plurality of row conductor elements on the inner surfaces of each of the support members, respectively, a dielectric film on each of the conductor means, respectively, the conductors on one of the support members being oriented on its supporting member in a direction transverse to the direction of the other of said conductor member to thereby define a cross conductor matrix for locating selected discharge sites in the gas medium in said gas chamber, an ionizable gas medium within the chamber and contacting the surfaces of the dielectric, the ionizable gas producing, upon ionization, and within a selected volume thereof, conditioning photons, said method including the steps of turning ''''on'''' an entire line of discharge sites in the matrix thus formed, and maintaining said line of sites in said ''''on'''', state during normal operation of the device, to thereby permit photons generated thereat to be passed in open photonic communication to discharge sites remote therefrom for thereby conditioning said remote sites.

Claim 3

A method of operating a gaseous discharge display panel having a pair of support members at least one of which is transparent, joined in spaced apart relation to define a single thin gas chamber, a plurality of row conductor elements on the inner surfaces of each of the support members, respectively, a dielectric film on each of the conductor means, respectively, the conductors on one of the support members being oriented on its supporting member in a direction transverse to the direction of the other of said conductor member to thereby define a cross conductor matrix for locating selected discharge sites in the gas medium in said gas chamber, an ionizable gas medium within the chamber and contacting the surfaces of the dielectric, the ionizable gas producing, upon ionization, and within a selected volume thereof, conditioning photons, said method including the steps of turning ''''on'''' an entire line of discharge sites in the matrix thus formed, and maintaining said line of sites in said ''''on'''', state during normal operation of the device, to thereby permit photons generated thereat to be passed in open photonic communication to discharge sites remote therefrom for thereby conditioning said remote sites.

Claim 4

A method of operating a gaseous discharge display panel having a pair of support members at least one of which is transparent, joined in spaced apart relation to define a single thin gas chamber, a plurality of row conductor elements on the inner surfaces of each of the support members, respectively, a dielectric film on each of the conductor means, respectively, the conductors on one of the support members being oriented on its supporting member in a direction transverse to the direction of the other of said conductor member to thereby define a cross conductor matrix for locating selected discharge sites in the gas medium in said gas chamber, an ionizable gas medium within the chamber and contacting the surfaces of the dielectric, the ionizable gas producing, upon ionization, and within a selected volume thereof, conditioning photons, said method including the steps of turning ''''on'''' an entire line of discharge sites in the matrix thus formed, and maintaining said line of sites in said ''''on'''', state during normal operation of the device, to thereby permit photons generated thereat to be passed in open photonic communication to discharge sites remote therefrom for thereby conditioning said remote sites.