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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432656 | Plasma display panel and method for manufacturing same A plasma display panel in which a first substrate having a protective layer formed thereon opposes a second substrate across a discharge space, with the substrates being sealed around a perimeter thereof. At a surface of the protective layer, first and second materi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7273993 | Keypad for data entry A keypad (102) for entering data in an electronic device (100) is disclosed. The keypad includes a first carrier (302), a key panel (202), and a backlighting module (204). The key panel is coupled to a first side of the first carri... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7190117 | Incandescent lamp having a carbide-containing luminous element The incandescent lamp is equipped with a luminous element which is hermetically inserted in a bulb together with a filling, the luminous element having a metal carbide whose melting point is above that of tungsten. The supply lead is fabricated integrally with the l... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7029763 | Light-emitting phosphor particles and electroluminescent devices employing same Light-emitting substance-coated phosphor particles and light-emitting devices employing phosphor particles and light-emitting substances are provided. Also provided are light-emitting devices employing a layer of phosphor material that is covered by at least one lay... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6894438 | Lighting system and method incorporating pulsed mode drive for enhanced afterglow A lighting system that includes a lamp and a control circuit configured to apply signals to the lamp in pulsed mode operation. The lamp may employ ferroelectric ceramic cathodes to enhance life of the lamp when used with the pulsed mode drive circuitry. The drive ci... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6703992 | EL display device with inter-line insulation In an active matrix type EL device, a semiconductor layer (intersection protective film F1, F2, F3, F4) is inserted between lines at an intersection of a gate line GL and a data line DL; an intersection of the gate line GL and a power source line VL; an i... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6534912 | Active matrix drive fluorescent display device and method for manufacturing same An active matrix drive fluorescent display device capable of preventing misluminescence of phosphor layers. A semiconductor chip which includes a plurality of luminous dots arranged in a matrix-like manner and is arranged in an envelope is covered on a cu... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6075578 | Signal electrodes for plasma addressed display system A plasma addressed display system with a flat panel structure comprising a display cell for displaying an image through modulation of incident light in accordance with an image signal, and a plasma cell joined to the display cell for scanning the same. Th... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5528105 | Copper-steel composite lead wire and use in incandescent filament electric lamps The subject invention relates to a copper-steel composite wire suitable for use as inner lead wires in lamp applications. The subject copper-steel composite wire comprises a steel core having a thick copper cladding on the outside thereof such that the co... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5428263 | Discharge cathode device with stress relieving layer and method for manufacturing the same According to the present invention there is provided a discharge cathode device comprising: a substrate, an Al layer formed on the substrate, and a layer of hexabonide of either lanthanum, a lanthanide or yttnium formed on the Al layer. There is also prov... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5264758 | Plasma display panel and method of producing the same A plasma display panel which uses a porous metal plate having a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 mm as a spacer and/or a discharge diaphragm, and has an insulating layer that electrically insulates said porous metal plate from the discharge electrodes, and a meth... | 11/23/1993 |
| 4956573 | Gas discharge display device with integral, co-planar, built-in heater A gas discharge display which includes a heater element that is built into the unit. The heater element is co-planar with the cathode electrodes of the display. A single set of parallel conductive pins is used to provide the connections for the anode, cat... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4766345 | Gas discharge display panel having novel cathode assembly A cold cathode gas discharge display panel comprising a gas-filled envelope including a glass base plate and glass face plate. An array of linear electrodes are provided on the base plate with some of the cathodes having adjacent ends. The usual masking l... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4692655 | Plasma display having heater and method of making same A gas discharge display device comprises upper and lower substrates having anodes and cathodes thereon. An envelope is formed between the upper and lower substrates and includes an ionizable gas therein. A resistance heater element is placed on the lower ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4638218 | Gas discharge panel and method for driving the same A monolithic gas discharge display panel includes a plurality of pairs of sustaining electrodes provided on a first substrate, a plurality of write electrodes separated from the pairs of sustaining electrodes by a dielectric layer and arranged to intersec... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4591758 | Gas plasma display panel containing an improved low-temperature dielectric A composition for a dielectric ink used in a screening process including a lead-free glass frit binder, silica, and a vehicle. The dielectric composition is particularly suited for use in gas plasma display panels.... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4547467 | Dielectric composition and devices using it A composition for a dielectric ink used in a screening process including a lead-free glass frit binder, silica, and a vehicle. The dielectric composition is particularly suited for use in gas plasma display panels.... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4455506 | Contrast enhanced electroluminescent device A contrast enhanced electroluminescent device employs a chromium oxide-chromium cermet as the contrast enhancing material.... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4378649 | Reflective shield for gas discharge display In display panels consisting of an envelope formed by a face plate and a base plate sealed together and filled with a gas suitable for supporting cathode glow, and having masking of the sealing material within the envelope to prevent spurious reflection t... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4218632 | Gas discharge 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... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4169985 | Gas discharge 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... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4157543 | Indicia display device The indicia display device of the present invention comprises a sealed compartment having a dielectric substrate therein. A plurality of first conductor runs are imposed on the substrate which is subsequently coated with a first layer of dielectric materi... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4121133 | Dielectric for multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having improved voltage characteristics 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... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4106009 | Single substrate ac plasma display It has been discovered that the electric field created at an ON site of a planar ac plasma display device in response to the combined sustain and wall voltages propagates along the cathodic electrode during each half cycle of the sustain signal. This mean... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4019086 | Electrical indicia display device and method for making same The indicia display device of the present invention comprises a sealed compartment having a dielectric substrate therein with anodes and cathode segments imprinted therein. The anodes are imprinted on the dielectric substrate and a layer of dielectric mat... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4013912 | Gas mixture for glow discharge device There is disclosed a glow discharge device gas mixture consisting essentially of about 20 to 35 percent atoms of argon and about 80 to 65 percent atoms of a xenon-based composition. The mixture is especially beneficial for use in a color phosphor, direct ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3987337 | Plasma display panel having additional discharge cells of a larger effective area and driving circuit therefor A plasma display panel comprising a plurality of electrodes between a pair of dielectric plates that form gas discharge cells is provided with an additional electrode on one of the dielectric plates to form additional gas discharge cells of an effective d... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3973164 | Gaseous discharge display device having specific standardized visual shapes to form alpha-numeric display There is disclosed a gas discharge display/member panel comprising opposed dielectric charge storage members backed by conductor electrode members and having an ionizable gas confined within the space between the opposed dielectric members, the conductor ... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3931436 | Segmented gas discharge display panel device and method of manufacturing same There is disclosed an improved gaseous discharge display panel device and process of manufacturing same. A large number of cathode substrate electrode and mask structures are printed and fired on a single glass sheet, the electrodes being printed first an... | 01/06/1976 |
