Patent ID: 7256538
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. An AC-driven gas discharge display device, comprising: a front-side, transparent substrate and a rear-side substrate sandwiching therebetween a plurality of thin discharge tubes arranged side by side, said front-side substrate having, on an inner surface thereof, a plurality of pairs of display electrodes extending in a direction transverse to said thin discharge tubes, said rear-side substrate having, on an inner surface thereof, a plurality of signal electrodes extending along a length of said thin discharge tubes in a direction transverse to said plurality of display electrodes; and light-blocking, electrically conductive films on an outer surface of said front-side substrate at locations between respective ones of said pairs of display electrodes, said light-blocking, electrically conductive films being formed of black, electrically conductive material as stripes disposed between respective, adjacent ones of the pairs of display electrodes with respective, opposite ends thereof connected together.