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Plasma panel with dynamic keep-alive operation utilizing a lagging sustain signal
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1975-11-24
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Granted: 1977-02-22
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Expires: 1995-11-24
Abstract
Abstract An a-c plasma display panel including apparatus for driving the keep-alive cell sustain signal circuits in a non-fixed relation with address pulses. By constraining the keep-alive sustain signal to selectively lag the addressing signal by an amount dependent on the address of a cell being addressed it is possible to refine the control over voltage margins afforded by dynamic keep-alive while simplifying the circuitry required to produce it.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Dinh-Tuan Ngo
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 11:26
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/22; G09G3/28; G09G3/288; G09G3/291; G09G3/294; G09G3/293; G09G3/296
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A display system comprising a plurality of display sites, each capable of existing in at least two states, circuit means for applying addressing signals to selected ones of said sites, at least one selectable external priming source disposed in an operative relation to said display sites for enhancing the effect of said addressing signals on said selected sites, and circuit means for selectively initiating the activation of at least said one priming source during a designated intermediate portion of an individual one of said addressing signals, said designated intermediate portion being determined by th position of a selected display site relative to the position of at least said one priming source.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A display system comprising a plurality of display sites, each capable of existing in at least two states, circuit means for applying addressing signals to selected ones of said sites, at least one selectable external priming source disposed in an operative relation to said display sites for enhancing the effect of said addressing signals on said selected sites, and circuit means for selectively initiating the activation of at least said one priming source during a designated intermediate portion of an individual one of said addressing signals, said designated intermediate portion being determined by th position of a selected display site relative to the position of at least said one priming source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 1 wherein each of said display sites comprises a discharge cell, and each priming source comprises means for facilitating a discharge in a selected cell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 2 wherein each discharge cell comprises a plasma discharge cell, and each priming source comprises a plasma discharge cell maintained in a repetitively discharging mode of operation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said circuit means comprises means for generating activating signals substantially concurrent with said addressing signals, and means for selectively delaying said activating signals, thereby selectively modifying the effective duration of said addressing signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The system of claim 4 wherein said means for selectively delaying said activating signals comprises means for selectively delaying said activating signals by a smaller increment when said addressing signals are applied to sites more remotely spaced to identified priming sources, and for selectively delaying said activating signals by a larger increment when said addressing signals are applied to sites more closely spaced to identified priming sources.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
98 words
Apparatus comprising an array of discharge cells, each comprising a volume of ionizable gas disposed between two or more uniquely associated conductors, addressing means for selectively applying addressing signals to said cells, at least one selectable external source of conditioning flux for priming said cells, and circuit means for selectively activating at least said one source at a time after the onset of the addressing signals which is dependent upon the distance of an addressed cell from at least said one source, thereby selectively modifying the effective duration of said addressing signals as a function of said distance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
98 words
Apparatus comprising an array of discharge cells, each comprising a volume of ionizable gas disposed between two or more uniquely associated conductors, addressing means for selectively applying addressing signals to said cells, at least one selectable external source of conditioning flux for priming said cells, and circuit means for selectively activating at least said one source at a time after the onset of the addressing signals which is dependent upon the distance of an addressed cell from at least said one source, thereby selectively modifying the effective duration of said addressing signals as a function of said distance.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said conductors are arranged in mutually orthogonal sets along rows and columns of a matrix, said cells being defined by the overlapping of a particular orthogonal pair of said conductors, wherein each source is located in a fixed position relative to said matrix, and wherein said circuit means for selectively activating comprises circuit means for activating each source in accordance with the position of a selected cell in said matrix.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein each source comprises one of a plurality of keep-alive plasma cells, and wherein said circuit means for selectively activating comprises means for applying sustain signals to said keep-alive cells at a time dependent on the position of said selected cell relative to said keep-alive cells.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said addressing means comprises first means for writing information into a selected cell, second means for erasing information from a selected cell, and third means for causing a selected cell to momentarily emit light.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
84 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said conductors are arranged in mutually orthogonal sets along rows and columns of a matrix, wherein each source comprises one of a plurality of keep-alive plasma cells disposed around the periphery of said matrix, and wherein said circuit means for selectively activating comprises (1) means for determining the remoteness of a selected cell from the nearest edge of said matrix and (2) means for applying sustain signals to said keep-alive cells at a time dependent on said remoteness.
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