Patent ID: 6326937
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
A plasma addressed display device comprising:a flat panel in which a plasma cell having rows of scanning electrodes and a display cell having columns of signal electrodes are stacked to each other;a scanning circuit for scanning said display cell by applying selective pulses to said scanning electrodes in sequence; anda signal circuit for supplying image data to said signal electrodes in synchronization with the scanning, thereby writing the image data for each scanning line,wherein said plasma cell has rows of discharge channels separated from each other;each of said discharge channels is filled with a dischargeable gas, to which channel a plurality of scanning electrodes are allocated; andsaid scanning circuit applies selective pulses in sequence to the plurality of scanning electrodes allocated to each discharge channel to generate discharge, to form a plurality of scanning lines in each discharge channel.