摘要 |
A plasma-discharge display and data storage device wherein a glow discharge condition in a gas-filled, dielectric envelope is transferred from a region between a pair of transferor electrode conductors to a region between a pair of transferee electrode conductors by causing an AC voltage applied between the transferee electrode conductors to cause an associated potential field inside the gas-filled envelope to reach a glow-discharge-sustaining magnitude prior to the time that the AC voltage applied between the pair of transferor electrode conductors causes an associated potential field within the gas-filled envelope to reach a magnitude sufficient to sustain a glow discharge; and a tapered electrode conductor in which a plasma or glow discharge in the gas occurs preferentially near the wide end of the tapered electrode conductor. |