Patent ID: 7880374
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A display device with a plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes disposed side by side, the display device comprising: a front support member and a plurality of rear support members separated from each other with a gap disposed between edges of adjacent rear support members, the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes being sandwiched between the front support member and the plurality of separate rear support members; a plurality of display electrodes formed on a surface of the front support member facing the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes to extend across tube axes of the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes; a plurality of signal electrodes formed on surfaces of that plurality of rear support members facing the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes to extend along the longitudinal direction of the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes, so that each separate rear support member is associated with corresponding signal electrodes of the plurality of signal electrodes; and another rear support member supporting the plurality of separate rear support members, the other rear support member being disposed on surfaces of the plurality of rear support members that are opposite to the surfaces thereof facing the plurality of elongated gas discharge tubes.