There is disclosed the conditioning of a gas discharge display/memory panel by applying a high voltage one cycle pulse to the non-utilized discharge cells of the panel. There is particularly disclosed a conditioning process for a multiple gas discharge display/memory panel having a plurality of discharge cells formed by a series of transversely positioned electrodes, the discharge cells being addressable in a series of matrices, each addressable matrix having a relative size of C by R discharge cells with a spacing between adjacent matrices of at least one column or one row of not-to-be addressed cells, and at least one high voltage cycle pulse being supplied to the not-to-be addressed cells of a matrix so as to condition the to-be addressed cells within the matrix.
The structure comprises an evacuated envelope that includes a transparent front panel having a cathodoluminescent screen thereon and a back panel interconnectably sealed to the front panel. A plurality of first vanes, spaced from and parallel to each other, are perpendicular to and in contact with the back panel and a plurality of second vanes, spaced from and parallel to each other, are perpendicular to and in contact with the front panel. The first and second vanes are transverse to each other and provide mutual support for each other. Electroding to control operation of the device is formed directly on the vanes.
The disclosure is of a display panel comprising a gas-filled envelope having a first portion including an array of D.C. gas discharge cells, and a second portion including an array of quasi A.C. gas discharge cells, there being one A.C. cell for each D.C. cell. The A.C. cells are the display cells of the panel and include electrode means for sustaining glow therein, and the D.C. cells are operated in a scanning fashion to address selected A.C. cells in which glow is to be displayed, and they include electrode means for this purpose. The actual operation of addressing or selecting, and firing or turning off, the desired A.C. display cells is achieved by the controlled interaction of the D.C. and A.C. cells; and after the selected display cells have been fired and caused to exhibit visible glow, the glow is sustained, until being erased, by the electrodes associated with the A.C. cells.
