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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1976
Wolfgang W Bode, Sylvania, OH (US);
Michael E Fein, Toledo, OH (US);
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a gas discharge display/memory device comprised of an ionizable gaseous medium and at least one electrode array dielectrically insulated from the gaseous medium. In the practice of this invention, helium is added to the gaseous medium in an effective amount sufficient to significantly improve the operating performance and characteristics of the device, as defined, for example, by decreased operating voltages and increased operating life. Prior to the addition of helium, the gaseous medium comprises about 90 percent to about 99.99 percent atoms of neon and about 10 percent to about .01 percent atoms of at least one member selected from argon, xenon, or krypton.