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93.1 An Introduction to Plasma-Driven Flat Panel Displays
93.1.1 Development History and Present Status
Plasma-driven at panel display pixels were invented by Bitzer and Slottow at the University of Illinois
in 1966 [1–3]. Figure 93.1 shows one of the inventors’ early designs and demonstrates its simplicity.
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with the conductor sets perpendicular to one another as shown in the Figure 93.1. A spacer, in this case a
perforated glass dielectric, is used to maintain a gap separation of about 100 μm between the glass plates.
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