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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7777695 | Plasma display device A plasma display device which selectively generates address discharge in each display cell in accordance with pixel data based on a video signal in an address period, applies a sustain pulse between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair in a sustain period,... | 08/17/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7372204 | Plasma display panel having igniter electrodes A plasma display panel, and particularly to a surface-discharge plasma display panel that may have an electrode structure in which a pair of discharge sustain electrodes may be arranged at respective discharge cells between two substrates to make the display dischar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7286103 | Method and apparatus for driving panel by performing mixed address period and sustain period A display device for displaying pictures by sequentially performing an address period and a sustain period, such as, a plasma display panel (PDP), is provided. The pixels of a panel are arranged into a plurality of groups, and an address period and a sustain period ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7034775 | Display device and method for manufacturing the same The invention provides a display device whose size and resolution can easily be increased. Signal transmission lines, from signal control circuits to data electrode driving circuits, are optical waveguides serving as optical transmission lines capable of transmittin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7006056 | Three-dimensional display apparatus A three-dimensional display apparatus capable of producing an image in three dimensions without the aid of optical illusions or perspective trickery. The display apparatus is comprised of a plurality of pixels which are, in turn, comprised of a plurality of cells. T... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6897564 | Plasma display panel having trench discharge cells with one or more electrodes formed therein and extended to outside of the trench A plasma display panel having a trench discharge cell and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The plasma display panel having a plurality of trench discharge cells includes a transparent substrate having at least one isolated tre... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6839045 | Display apparatus A display apparatus, that includes current driving type luminescent elements, has a driving system that takes the conduction types of TFTs to control the emission of the luminescent elements into consideration. In order to reduce driving voltage and improve display ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6198220 | Sealing structure for organic light emitting devices A sealing structure for an organic light emitting device display. The sealing structure comprises a metal film overlying a dielectric film. The sealing structure has low moisture and oxygen permeability. At least one of the metal layers may react with moi... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195075 | Plasma display device and method for driving the same In a plasma display device having a three-dimensional matrix wiring arrangement of anodes, cathodes and address electrodes, writing discharge is caused between anodes and address electrodes to temporarily store writing charge on a dielectric layer, and th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6195074 | Three electrodes face discharge type color plasma panel A three electrodes face discharge color plasma display panel (PDP) is disclosed. The three electrodes face discharge color PDP comprises a front glass substrate, a back glass substrate, a plurality of partition walls, a plurality of scanning and sustainin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6084559 | Plasma-display panel of high luminosity and high efficiency, and a driving method of such a plasma-display panel A plasma-display panel of high luminosity and efficiency which does not require auxiliary cells so that the panel structure has high-density cells, enabling longer emission time and smaller reactive power. A driving method of such a PDP comprising a first... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5907311 | Electrode structure for plasma chamber of plasma addressed display device A liquid crystal cell and a plasma cell are layered together with a dielectric sheet in between. Data electrodes (column electrodes) are constructed to form parallel columns on the underside of an upper substrate in a display cell. Discharge channels fill... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5523770 | Plasma addressing display device A plurality of signal electrodes D arranged in parallel to each other are formed on a major surface of a first substrate 4. A second substrate 6 is opposed to the first substrate. A plurality of plasma electrodes 7 arranged in parallel to each other and i... | 06/04/1996 |
| 4783651 | Linear D.C. gas discharge displays and addressing techniques therefor A linear D.C. gas discharge display is provided wherein light emissions resulting from the application of video pulse trains to a linear array of preionized illuminable gas discharge cells comprising the display are used for selective point to point expos... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4342993 | Memory display panel The display panel comprises a gas-filled envelope, made up of a hermetically sealed base plate and face plate, which includes electrodes disposed to form a dot matrix array of cell regions. The array of cell regions includes D. C. cells in which the elect... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4292631 | Plasma matrix display unit The plasma matrix display unit comprises a plurality of cathodes perpendicular to a scan anode and to at least one display anode in a gastight enclosure. All the cathodes are positioned on a rear plate. A front plate is transparent at least at the level o... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4280079 | Driving system for a plasma display panel Upon applying a discharge voltage between opposed electrodes of a plasma display panel, all electrodes other than a selected electrode are clamped at a fixed potential. To that end, a toggled voltage is supplied from a toggled voltage source and applied v... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4233544 | Input-keep alive arrangement for plasma charge transfer device A pair of electrodes perform both input and keep-alive functions in a plasma charge transfer device. The input-keep alive electrodes are formed on opposite walls of the device adjacent an array of transfer electrodes and are capacitively coupled to the io... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4147959 | Display section for multilayer gas-discharge display panel In a multilayer gas-discharge display panel of the type including a plurality of character blocks, each including a plasma supply reservoir section, a control anode section, and a display section, such sections being arranged in a plurality of parallel, g... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4132924 | System for driving a gas discharge panel Methods and systems for driving a self-shift type of gas discharge panel utilize a plurality of basic pulse trains for the shifting of discharge spots. The pulse trains are applied cyclically and sequentially to each phase of a multi-phase display cell ar... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4132982 | Gaseous display device There is disclosed a gas discharge device containing at least two electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being insulated from the gas by a dielectric member. There is particularly disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an e... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4112332 | Matrix-addressed gas-discharge display device for multi-colored data display A gas-discharge display device for multi-colored data display in three basic colors, comprising a gas-filled, gas-tight enclosure, a board-like matrix control structure, dividing the enclosure into two chambers, which is in the form of an insulating plate... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4101810 | System for and method of operating gas discharge display and memory Operating wave forms which are asymmetrical are applied to a gas discharge display and memory panel device to simplify the drive electronics, improve interfacing to logic controls and adapt to integrated circuitry. One bulk sustainer wave form is applied ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4099097 | Driving and addressing circuitry for gas discharge display/memory panels A driving and addressing circuit for applying sustaining, writing and erasing voltages to the cells of a multicelled gas discharge display/memory panel. The voltage generating circuitry is isolated from the panel by a pair of diodes individual to each ele... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4053804 | Dielectric for gas discharge panel A high resolution gaseous discharge display and/or memory device comprises a panel array of bistable charge storage areas designated gaseous discharge cells or sites, each cell having an associated pair of coordinate orthogonal conductors defining the cel... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4053803 | Gas dielectric overcoat for panel There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectri... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4047065 | Gas dielectric overcoat for panel There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectri... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3993990 | Method of and apparatus for enhancing discharge state manipulation of multicelled gas discharge display/memory devices Multicelled gas discharge display/memory device addressing is enhanced by altering the sustainer voltage waveform during addressing to provide longer intervals for the transfer of addressed cells between an "on state" and an "off state" of discharge. Sust... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3991341 | Plasma discharge shift registers A planar plasma discharge shift register includes a plurality of electrodes of a first polarity and a unitary electrode of the opposite polarity. Multi-phase clock signals applied in succession to each of the pluralities of electrodes cause a plasma disch... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3984718 | Gas discharge dielectric containing germanium or tin There is disclosed a gas discharge device containing at least two electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being insulated from the gas by a dielectric member. There is particularly disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an e... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3964050 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel according to this disclosure comprises a plurality of display elements having a dielectric surface upon which charges may accumulate adjacent a plurality of conductors. The conductors are supported by a single substrate in substanti... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3943394 | Gaseous discharge display/memory panel with dielectric layer There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectri... | 03/09/1976 |
