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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1974
Hiroshi Tottori, Amagasaki, JA;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
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.