Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members in contact with the gaseous medium, each dielectric being backed on the non-gas contacting side by an array of conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each dielectric material member being appropriately oriented with respect to the conductor members behind the opposing dielectric material member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, the gas contacting surface of the dielectric material having a first layer of at least one oxide of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, and Si and a second layer of lead oxide, both layers being applied to the surface in an amount sufficient to provide substantially lower and more stable panel operating voltages which do not significantly change with panel operating time.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a gas discharge device containing at least one dielectric charge storage member, the gaseous medium contacting surface portion of the dielectric member consisting of magnesium oxide in an amount sufficient to substantially decrease the operating voltages of the device. The dielectric member can consist of magnesium oxide or it can be coated with a continuous or discontinuous layer of magnesium oxide.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members which are respectively backed by a series of parallel-like conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each dielectric material member being transversely oriented with respect to the conductor members behind the opposing dielectric material member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, the surface of the dielectric material having a first layer of at least one oxide of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, and Si and a second layer of lead oxide, both layers being applied to the surface in an amount sufficient to provide substantially lower and more stable panel operating voltages which do not significantly change with panel operating time.
Abstract:
1. IN A GASEOUS DISCHARGE DISPLAY/MEMORY DEVICE COMPRISING AN IONIZABLE MEDIUM AND AT LEAST ONE DIELECTRIC CHARGE STORAGE MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH THE GASEOUS MEDIUM AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTRODE INSULATED FROM THE GASEOUS MEDIUM BY A DIELECTRIC MEMBER, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE POSITION OF THE DIELECTRIC MEMBER CONTACTING THE GASEOUS MEDIUM CONSISTS OF AT LEAST ONE OXIDE OF BE,
CA, SR, BA OR RA, IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO INCREASE THE UNIFORMITY OF THE OPERATING VOLTAGES OF THE DEVICE.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed charge storage members which are respectively backed by a series of parallel-like conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each charge storage member being transversely oriented with respect to the conductor members behind the opposing charge storage member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, each charge storage member being comprised of a continuous thin film of dielectric material having a thickness of 150,000 angstrom units or less.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members which are respectively backed by a series of parallellike conductor (electrode) members, the conductor members behind each dielectric material member being transversely oriented with respect to the conductor members behind the opposing dielectric material member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit, the surface of the dielectric material having a lead oxide applied thereto in an amount sufficient to substantially decrease the preliminary aging time of the panel and to provide stable panel-operating voltages which do not significantly change with panel-operating time.