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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:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Bigelow, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3151 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
Gas discharge displays of the planar electrode type and having a plurality of anode or cathode electrodes connected together on a common matrix address line utilize resistive elements, having a current-voltage characteristic varying in highly exponential manner, in series between the commmon matrix line and each of the paralleled cathode or anode electrodes to facilitate current sharing therebetween during normal operation while allowing 'run-in' of the displays at relatively greater than normal currents.