Plasma-shell gas discharge device
AssigneeImaging Systems Technology
InventorsDaniel Keith Wedding, Oliver Michael Strbik, III, Carol Ann M. Wedding, James D. Butcher, Adeline Miermont-Butcher
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Abstract
Electrode configurations for an AC or DC gas discharge device having a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels defined by a hollow gas-filled plasma-shell. One or more addressing electrodes are in electrical contact with each plasma-shell. The electrical contact may include a conductive pad in electrical contact with the electrode and/or the plasma-shell.
Claims15
A single substrate gas discharge device containing a multiplicity of addressable pixel elements, each pixel element being within an encapsulated gas filled plasma-shell having one or more opposing flat sides, each plasma-shell being electrically connected to at least two electrodes with at least one electrode being electrically connected to a flat side of each said plasma-shell, each plasma-shell defining a single pixel and being located on a flat surface of the single substrate, the gas being encapsulated in the plasma-shell independently of the substrate, each plasma-shell being wholly made of a luminescent substance.
A single substrate gas discharge device with a multiplicity of hollow encapsulated plasma-shells filled with an ionizable gas, each plasma-shell having one or more flat sides and being located on a surface of the single substrate, each plasma-shell being electrically connected to one or more electrodes, at least one electrode being electrically connected to a flat side of each said plasma-shell, each plasma-shell defining a single pixel, the gas being encapsulated in the plasma-shell independently of the substrate, each plasma-shell being wholly made of a luminescent substance.
A single substrate and an encapsulated gas filled plasma-shell having two or more opposing flat sides, with an electrically conductive pad being in electrical contact with one of said flat sides, said conductive pad being electrically connected to an electrode, said plasma-shell containing a single pixel and being located on a surface of said single substrate, the gas being encapsulated in the plasma-shell independently of the substrate, each plasma-shell being wholly made of a luminescent substance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.