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AssigneeOwens-Illinois, Inc.
InventorsDonald K. Wedding, Michael E. Fein, Roger E. Ernsthausen, Bernard W. Byrum, Jr.
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A gas discharge device containing at least two electrodes is shown, at least one thereof being insulated from the gas by at least one dielectric member containing a predetermined beneficial amount of a source of at least one Lanthanide Series rare earth such as La or Ce. In one embodiment a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel has an electrical memory, the panel including an ionizable gaseous medium in a chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric charge storage members, each of which is backed by an array of electrodes oriented with respect to the electrodes behind the opposing member to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes constituting a discharge unit.
In a gas discharge device comprising a gas chamber containing an ionizable gaseous medium and including at least two electrodes spaced from each other for receiving said ionizable gaseous medium therebetween, at least one of the electrodes being insulated from the gaseous medium by a dielectric member;
In a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory, the panel having a light transmitting portion so that the luminous display may be viewed externally and being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members, each of which dielectric members is respectively backed by an array of electrodes, the electrodes behind each dielectric member being oriented with respect to the electrodes behind the opposing dielectric member so as to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes, each volume of which constitutes a discharge unit;
In the operation of a gaseous discharge display/memory device characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectric material charge storage members, each of which dielectric members is respectively backed by an array of electrodes, the electrodes behind each dielectric member being oriented with respect to the electrodes behind the opposing dielectric member to define a plurality of discrete discharge volumes, each volume of which constitutes a discharge unit;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.