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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1976
Shinichi Shinada, Kokubunji, JA;
Shigeo Mikoshiba, Tokyo, JA;
Hitachi, Ltd., , JA;
Abstract
A flat discharge display panel has a transparent face plate made of an electrically insulating material, a base or substrate made of an electrically insulating material, an intermediate insulating plate interposed between the face plate and the base or substrate, a plurality of major discharge cells defined between the face plate and the intermediate insulating plate, a plurality of anodes each disposed in each of the major discharge cells, a plurality of auxiliary discharge cells defined between the intermediate insulating plate and the base or substrate, a plurality of cathodes each disposed in each of the auxiliary discharge cells, a plurality of of auxiliary anodes each disposed in each of the auxiliary discharge cells, the paired main and auxiliary discharge cells being intercommunicated through a through hole formed through the intermediate insulating plate, and the paired major and auxiliary discharge cells constituting a gas discharge cell, whereby the positive columns produced in each gas discharge cell as well as the discharge paths are in parallel with the face plate.