Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Hideo Sawai

Susumu Shibata

Yoshitaka Terao

Kenji Kuroki

Atsushi Takahashi

Yukio Nakamura

Hiromi Takahashi

Ichiro Koiwa

Kozo Fujii

Hiroshi Furuya

Mio Chiba

Hiroshi Tohyama

Naoyuki Shiozawa

Masao Ikehata

Yuuji Terouchi

A method is for driving a gas discharge type light emission apparatus having an electrode block line(s) constituted by electrode blocks. Scanning of adjacent cathodes, one being in one of two adjacent electrode blocks and the other being in the other electrode block, is effected such that subsequent to the scanning of one adjacent cathode, at least one cathode other than the other adjacent cathode is scanned prior to the scanning of the other adjacent cathode. By the method, crosstalk between adjacent electrode blocks is prevented without the provision of a partitioning member between the adjacent electrode blocks. A gas discharge type light emission apparatus includes an anode(s) on a front substrate and cathodes on a rear substrate. The anodes and cathodes face one another via a discharge gas medium to constitute discharge cells. The anodes are made of a light-blocking material and including windows at positions corresponding to the cathodes. The windows are also provided at positions corresponding to boundaries between adjacent anodes. By providing windows, discharge light emission having a clear shape and a high resolution can be obtained.

Gas discharge type light emission apparatus and method of driving the

A gas discharge panel with a plurality of electrically conductive oxide cathode electrodes and a plurality of anode electrodes that are arranged in a matrix in a sealed container. This electrically conductive oxide cathode electrode is formed using, for example, lanthanum chromite, lanthanum calcium chromite, alumina-doped zinc oxide, or antimony-doped tin oxide.

Gas discharge panel

A heater element plated on a dielectric substrate through electroless plating process provides an excellent thermal head for thermally printing on a paper. Said heater element composes of nickel, one of phosphorus and boron, and some minor additive agent. That additive agent is one of tungsten and molybdenum by 2-10 weight %. Because of the addition of the additive agent, the life time and heat stress characteristics of a thermal head are considerably improved.

Thermal head

A thermal head for a thermal printer and/or a thermal ink transfer printer having a substrate, a heater layer and a conductive lead layer on the substrate in which a protection layer covering the heater layer has been improved. According to the present invention said protection layer is made of polyimide resin which includes some hard particle of filler of S.sub.i C with a weight ratio to the polyimide solid in the range between 1.1 and 3.2. Since the present protection layer is provided with low curing temperature, the substrate of the present thermal head may be polyimide resin which is not heat-proof. Because of filler in the protection layer, that protection layer is wear-proof, although polyimide layer itself is not wear-proof.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Sawai