THE APPLICATION OF THE PLASMA DISPLAY TECHNIQUE TO COMPUTER MEMORY SYSTEMS,

Abstract

In 1966 at the University of Illinois, Professors D. L. Bitzer and H. G. Slottow announced the invention of a flat, multi-cell, gas discharge display with inherent memory. The device, called the Plasma Display Panel, is a high density matrix of bistable, light emitting gas discharge elements with the capability of being randomly written or erased. Although the principal application of the Plasma Display technique is the visual display of digital information, considerable interest is developing in the application of the technique to several types of general computer and computer terminal memory systems. The object of the research and development described in the thesis was to determine the feasibility of using the Plasma Display technique in read/write memory system applications. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712698

Entities

People

  • Roger Laverne Johnson

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Information
  • Gas Discharges
  • High Density
  • Illinois
  • Inventions
  • Terminals
  • Universities

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.