Patent ID: 6677704
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
An AC-type gas discharge display comprising:a base; a plurality of discharge tubes which are arranged on the base in parallel to each other and which contain fluorescent phosphors; data electrodes formed on the external surfaces of the discharge tubes such that the data electrodes extend in the longitudinal direction of the discharge tubes; and display electrodes formed in pairs, in each of which one display electrode serves as a scanning electrode and the other display electrode serves as a common electrode, on the exterior surfaces of the discharge tubes at the opposite side from the data electrodes such that the display electrodes intersect the discharge tubes, wherein each of the discharge tubes has a flattened elliptical shape in cross-section thereof and includes a pair of flat portions, wherein the data electrodes are formed on one of the flat portions and the scanning electrodes and the common electrodes are alternately arranged on the other one of the flat portions, and the discharge tubes are supported by the base at one or the other one of the flat portions.