Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroshi Tottori

Etsuo Hatabe

Shigemasa Yoshida

Fumihiko Isogai

An AC drive type display apparatus including a display panel having groups of transverse electrodes and vertical electrodes which are disposed in cross form across a discharge gap and having cross points which are made luminescent by applying an AC sustaining drive voltage, a turn-on signal and turn-off signal. A drive circuit including transistors dispoed in a matrix is provided and has means for commonly connecting the emitters or bases of the transistors in each transverse line of the matrix and means for connecting the emitters or the bases which are commonly connected, through a first diode to a sustaining drive source. A first selective switch circuit for applying the turn-on signal or the turn-off signal by selectively driving the transverse line by connecting it to the emitters or the bases which are commonly connected is provided and means are provided for commonly connecting the bases or the emitters in each vertical line of the matrix. A means for connecting the bases or the emitters which are commonly connected, through a second diode to the sustaining drive source are provided and a second selective switch circuit for selecting the vertical lines which are commonly connected is provided wherein the collectors of the transistors of the drive circuit are connected to the electrodes in one or both of the groups of the electrodes in the transverse and the vertical direction of the display panel.

AC drive discharge type display apparatus

An AC drive discharge type display apparatus which includes a display panel having groups of transverse electrodes and vertical electrodes which are positioned in cross form with a gap therebetween and having cross points which are made luminescent by applying an AC sustaining drive voltage, a turn-on signal and a turn-off signal. A drive circuit is further provided and has transistors and resistances which are connected at one end to the collector electrode of the transistor and the other end of the resistor being disposed in a matrix; means for commonly connecting said other ends of the resistors in each transverse line of the matrix; a first selective switch circuit for applying the turn-on signal or the turn-off signal by selectively driving the transverse lines which are commonly connected; means for commonly connecting the bases and emitters of the transistors in a vertical line of the matrix; means for connecting each of the bases and emitters which are commonly connected, through a diode to the sustaining drive voltage source; a second selective switch circuit for selectively driving the vertical lines by connecting the same to the bases or emitters which are commonly connected; and wherein the collectors of the transistors of the drive circuit are connected to the electrodes in one or both of the groups of the electrodes in the transverse or vertical direction of the display panel.

A gas discharge display panel is disclosed for displaying images by selectively making luminescent cross points of main electrodes arranged to form the matrix through a discharge gap. The display includes a switching operation part which comprises auxiliary electrodes which are arranged in parallel to the main electrodes and to which a turn-on or turn-off pulse is applied and switching electrodes which cross the auxiliary electrodes to form the matrix through the discharge gap so as to select predetermined cross points of the auxiliary electrodes. The switching operation part is incorporated in the panel together with a display part comprising the main electrodes to form the matrix through the discharge gaps whereby switching circuits for switching each of the main electrodes which are complicated and expensive can be improved.

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Amagasaki, Japan

Hiroshi Tottori