Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7403174 | Method and apparatus for improving gray-scale linearity of plasma display A method and an apparatus for improving the gray-scale linearity of a plasma display. At least two types of gray-scale allocations are mixed for forming the original gray scale, or different gray scales are mixed to derive the original gray scale, so as to obtain th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7375722 | Driving circuit and display device In a circuit driving a capacitive load Cp, current passed through a transistor Q3, a diode D1 and a recovering coil L is passed through lines L1, L2, and the inductance components of the lines L1 and L2, and the drain-source... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7312574 | Plasma display panel having display electrode terminals located on the same side, and plasma display device incorporating the same For reducing EMI and simplifying driving circuits, a plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other, a plurality of barrier ribs disposed between the first and second substrates and forming a plurality of discharge ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304436 | Generator for sustaining pulse of plasma display panel It is disclosed that there is a sustaining pulse generator of a plasma display panel capable of simplifying a circuit configuration thereof. A sustaining pulse generator of a plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7222981 | EL display device and electronic device A cover member is adhered onto a substrate on which an EL element is formed with a filler as an adhesive. Further, a sealing member is provided so as to cover a side surface (an exposing surface) of the filler, and a frame member is adhered using the sealing member.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7148873 | Entrance intercom specific color panel module An entrance intercom specific color panel module provides higher lumens and more consistent brightness, lower production cost, upgraded image quality, longer service life, summary manufacturing process, easy assembly and fast replacement of parts, comprised of chip ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6977642 | Back light and liquid crystal display A back light is provided with light sources, lighting control circuits for lighting the light sources, respectively, and a brightness control circuit for outputting light volume adjusting signals to the lighting control circuits, respectively. The brightness control... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6762566 | Micro-component for use in a light-emitting panel An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplied across the micro-component ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6731255 | Progressive sustain method of driving a plasma display panel A method of driving a plasma display panel showing images having frames composed of odd and even fields. The plasma display panel has scan electrodes and address electrodes perpendicular to the scan electrodes. In the method, first the odd and then the even scan ele... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6617802 | Apparatus for recovering energy using magnetic coupled inductor in plasma display panel driving system and method for designing the same An apparatus for recovering energy using a magnetic coupled inductor so as to drive a plasma display panel (PDP) and a method for designing the same. Accordingly, reactive power and heat dissipation amount are reduced without having an additional isolatio... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6456264 | Method of driving plasma display panel with automatic power control function In an address-while-display (AWD) driving method in which addressing and sustaining are simultaneously performed, a plasma display panel (PDP) is driven with an automatic power control function for reducing power consumption when there are lots of ON pixe... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6404411 | Display panel driving method and discharge type display apparatus The present specification and drawings disclose a technique to display image on the display panel using subfield. Particularly, it is disclosed that the technique for conducting the reset operation by impressing, to the electrode of cells, a plurality of ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6160531 | Low loss driving circuit for plasma display panel The present invention discloses a driving method utilizing a driving circuit for driving a plasma display unit of a plasma display panel. The plasma display unit is repeatedly charged for sustaining an image signal. The driving circuit comprises an induct... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6150999 | Energy recovery driving circuit for driving a plasma display unit The present invention provides a driving circuit for driving a plasma display unit. The plasma display unit can be repeatedly charged for sustaining a display of an image signal. The driving circuit comprises two driving circuits, a control circuit, and a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6034657 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel includes a front substrate; a plurality of row electrodes provided on an inner surface of the front substrate; a dielectric layer provided on the inner surface of the front substrate so as to cover the row electrodes; a rear substra... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5821923 | Picture display device Picture display device with one or more resonant selection pulse drivers for generating selection pulses for selecting rows of pixels. The resonant selection pulse driver has two driver output electrodes to which selection electrode(s) are connected for s... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5763139 | Plasma display panel and method for manufacturing the same A plasma display panel includes a light-transmittable first substrate, a plurality of first electrodes provided in correspondence with pixels on the first substrate and partition walls provided on the first substrate so that each of the partition walls su... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5629716 | Luminescent panel for color video display and its driving system, and a color video display apparatus utilizing the same. A plurality of filaments are stretched in parallel on a rear plate, and an insulating plate is provided so as to cover the filaments. In the insulating plate, a plurality of through-holes are formed along the longitudinal direction of the respective filam... | 05/13/1997 |
| 4347509 | Plasma display with direct transformer drive apparatus A system for driving a plasma display panel is disclosed in which a transformer operated at a system clock frequency supplies voltage pulses to both the electrodes in the cells of the display device. Switching members operated by control signals generated... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4346379 | AC Drive system for plasma display panels An improved drive scheme for a plasma display panel having a cell formed at the crossover point of each of the panel's column and segment electrodes and a control system for implementing this drive scheme. The drive scheme of the present invention compris... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4303918 | Gas panel with improved drive circuits A driving circuit for a gas-discharge display device includes a pair of switching members and the secondary windings of a transformer wired in series with one of the switching members. The switching members in response to receiving out-of-phase control si... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4110663 | Plasma display panel driving circuit including apparatus for producing high frequency pulses without the use of clock pulses In a circuit for driving a plasma display panel, a blocking oscillator produces pulses varying between a positive and a negative voltage. Transistors controlled by first selection signals selectively supply first electrodes of the panel with either the co... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4056806 | Interfacing circuitry and method for multiple discharge gaseous display and/or memory panels An interface circuit and method for multiple discharge gaseous display and/or memory panels utilizing the slope characteristics of individual discharge units in a multiple discharge panel to control the status of individual units without effecting the sta... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4027196 | Bilateral selective burst erase system Erase waveforms effecting improved erase action are provided for a gas panel of the type in which light emitting cells are formed in an ionizable medium at the crossover point of a set of horizontally and vertically extending insulated wires. The erase wa... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4002946 | Latching driver circuit for a gas panel display The circuit and structure of a high voltage switch with latchup is disclosed for a latching driver used in a gas panel display. The driver circuit functions as a high voltage, single pole, double throw switch with memory. A plurality of the latching drive... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3973253 | Floating addressing system for gas panel A system for addressing and controlling a gaseous discharge display or memory device is adapted for intercommunication between a processor or controller, control logic and panel driving circuits in a gaseous discharge display system. By application of wri... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3969715 | Gas panel with improved write circuit and operation An improved write waveform is provided for a gas panel of the type in which light emitting cells are formed in an ionizable medium at the cross points of a set of horizontally and vertically extending insulated wires. A write pulse of high amplitude is fo... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3959669 | Control apparatus for supplying operating potentials There is disclosed a system for supplying operating potentials which is particularly useful with load devices wherein at least two transversely oriented conductors are dielectrically isolated from a gaseous discharge medium between the conductors. The sys... | 05/25/1976 |
