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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest G Bylander, Grayson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 340336 ; 340343 ;
Abstract
A multiple character display device wherein a character is displayed by simultaneous excitation of common electrode along with selected ones of a plurality of segment electrodes. A gas discharge tube associated with each of the segment drives permits control of the display with voltages available on a conventional metal oxide semiconductor chip. In a preferred embodiment these gas discharge tubes are included as an integral part of the display tube itself.