Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple gas discharge device containing an ionizable gaseous medium, the gaseous medium consisting essentially of neon and about 0.01 to about 10 percent atoms of xenon so as to significantly improve the photon conditioning of the device. In one preferred embodiment the gaseous medium consists essentially of neon and about 0.05 to about 5 percent atoms of xenon, most preferably about 0.05 to about 0.5 percent atoms of xenon. The gaseous medium may contain small beneficial amounts of other gaseous ingredients, such as mercury. Likewise, buffering quantities of helium may be incorporated into the panel with the ionizable medium. In one preferred practice hereof, the device contains at least one charge storage dielectric member, the dielectric charge storage surface being coated with at least one layer of at least one member selected from oxides of lead, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, silicon, and Group IIa.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a gas discharge display/memory device containing electrode arrays and an ionizable gaseous medium, the gaseous medium having incorporated therein an effective amount of helium sufficient to decrease the minimum applied voltage sufficient to sustain a gas discharge once initiated and increase the memory margin of the device. In the preferred embodiment, there is incorporated at least about 0.01 percent atoms of helium, based on the gaseous medium concentration after helium addition, to an initial gaseous medium consisting essentially of about 99.5 percent to about 99.99 percent atoms of neon and about 0.5 percent to about 0.01 percent atoms of at least one member selected from argon, xenon, and krypton. The gas discharge device is preferably of a display/memory type wherein electrical charges are stored on opposing dielectric surfaces.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple discharge gas display/memory panel of the type in which filamentary or capillary size gas tubes or gas continuums are assembled and formed as a monolayer to form the gas discharge panel.
Abstract:
Methods of making complex panel structures having precision dimensions. Glass tubes, rods, plates or other large glass structures are redrawn individually or in groups to filamentary or capillary size tube or glass continuums which are assembled as a monolayer to form a gas discharge panel, for example. Complex glass structures having precision uniform cross-sectional dimensions are constructed. Various novel glass structures and/or conductor configurations and methods of assembling are disclosed.
Abstract:
A simplified high resolution display and/or memory device having rugged nonconductive support members carrying matrix forming conductor arrays, inorganic dielectric adherent coating or film on the conductor arrays forming a plurality of discrete, but not physically isolated or localized, charge storage surfaces for gaseous discharge generated charges in an ionizable gas at a pressure sufficient to laterally confine charges to selected charge storage areas.
Abstract:
Methods of making complex glass panel structures having precision dimensions. Glass tubes, rods, plates or other large glass structures are redrawn individually or in groups to filamentary or capillary size tube or gas continuums which are assembled as a monolayer to form a gas discharge panel, for example. Complex glass structures having precision uniform crosssectional dimensions are constructed. Various novel glass structures and/or conductor configurations and methods of assembling are disclosed.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a display/memory panel or unit containing an ionizable gaseous medium and at least one dielectric charge storage member, the gaseous medium consisting essentially of neon and about 0.01 to about 10 percent atoms of xenon so as to significantly increase the memory margin of the panel. In one preferred embodiment the gaseous medium consists essentially of neon and about 0.05 to about 5 percent atoms of xenon, most preferably about 0.05 to about 0.5 percent atoms of xenon. The gaseous medium may contain small beneficial amounts of other gaseous ingredients, such as mercury. Likewise, buffering quantities of helium may be incorporated into the panel with the ionizable medium. In the most preferred practice hereof, the charge storage portion of the dielectric is coated with at least one layer of at least one member selected from oxides of lead, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, silicon and Group IIa.
Abstract:
There is disclosed the manufacture and operation of a gas discharge display/memory panel having a pair of opposed support members carrying conductor arrays with an inorganic dielectric coating on the conductor arrays, and an ionizable gas confined between the opposed dielectric surfaces of the substrate.
Abstract:
Methods of making complex glass panel structures having precision dimensions. Glass tubes, rods, plates or other large glass structures are redrawn individually or in groups to filamentary or capillary size tube or gas continuums which are assembled as a monolayer to form a gas discharge panel, for example. Complex glass structures having precision uniform crosssectional dimensions are constructed. Various novel glass structures and/or conductor configurations and methods of assembling are disclosed.