Patent ID: 6075578
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
A plasma addressed display system having a flat panel structure, comprising:a display cell for displaying an image through modulation of incident light into outgoing light in accordance with an image signal, anda plasma cell joined to said display cell in respective planes, said plasma cell having discharge channels arrayed in rows and generating discharges in succession to scan said display cell line sequentially,said display cell having a plurality of signal electrodes arrayed in columns and forming pixels at intersections with said discharge channels, said display cell serving to apply an image signal in synchronism with the line sequential scanning and executing modulation of the incident light per pixel;wherein pixels of a plurality of rows are defined in the discharge channel of one row, and the intersections of the signal electrodes, anda mask over portions of said signal electrodes so that the discharge channels are partially masked in conformity with a predetermined pattern,unmasked portions of said signal electrodes left at said intersections being assigned to the pixels of either row, andthe image signal being applied simultaneously to the pixels of a plurality of rows by the discharge generated in the discharge channel of one row.