Abstract: An AC color plasma display system comprises an AC plasma display panel having transversely oriented first and second insulated electrode arrays defining a matrix of display pixels. Linear ribs are in substantially parallel alignment with one of the linear electrode arrays to form gas channels, respectively, aligned electrodes in one of the arrays. A plurality of phosphor layers are on the ribs, and a UV rich gas discharge medium is sealed in the channels. An interface circuit for receiving video signals from one of a selected plurality of video sources produces, in digital form, pixel data, pixel clock, and horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals from a gray scale drive system is connected between said interface circuit and AC plasma display panel. The gray scale drive system includes blue, green and red color channels and pixel-by-pixel gray scale control of each color channel.

Abstract: Apparatus for and a method of monitoring the transmission of an analog video signal through a video signal transmission channel, e.g. a fiber optic cable from a headend capturing the analog video signal at a location remote from the headend and select a signal channel from the captured video signal. The selected signal channel is digitized and serialized as a digital signal and the digital signal is transmitted as an optical signal through an optical fiber cable to a monitoring location, where the digital signal is converted to an analog video signal which is displayed on a video monitor.

Abstract: A flat panel having at least one non-conductive substrate having a first conductor array on the surface thereof and a dielectric layer on said first conductor array having an exposed flat surface. A first predetermined pattern of vias external through the dielectric layer to pads on each conductor in the array. A second predetermined pattern of vias extend through the dielectric layer to further conductive pads, and an input and through-feed second conductor array is on the substrate with the dielectric layer covering the second predetermined pattern. A conductor material, preferably a gold frit, is in contact with the conductor at the bottom of each via, respectively, and partially filling same to a predetermined level below said exposed flat surface.

Abstract: A novel drive system is described for AC plasma (ACP) gas discharge flat bistable matrix panels on which real-time video and computer graphics, both with pixel by pixel gray scale are displayed. The drive scheme increases scan speed, reduces complexity and minimizes circuitry required to operate the video and computer graphics gray scale images on the ACP display through: a) unique application of standard high density memory IC architecture, and b) unique panel drive waveform technique. Flicker is avoided with an interlaced framerate of 46 Hz and non-sequential pixel row scanning. The unique panel drive scheme allows high speed operation to avoid flicker in the ACP panel for real time gray scale video and graphic images. Because of the high speed addressing requirements, the panel waveform techniques apply all of the drive voltages to the ACP panel from the row (Y) axis and only selective cancellation voltage from the column (X) axis.

Abstract: A drive system for a matrix cross point addressing system comprises a first substrate having a transparent first linear electrode array thereon. A second substrate having a second linear electrode array thereon, oriented transverse of the first linear electrode array defines therewith a matrix of cross-points. An array of insulating ribs on the second linear electrode array defines an array of channels and an ionizable gas medium fills the array of channels, each channel of the array being aligned with a transparent electrode of the first linear electrode array, respectively. A layer of electric field responsive material, such as a liquid crystal, is sandwiched between the transparent first linear electrode array and a dielectric layer.

Abstract: A multi-channel acousto-optic spectrometer employs a multi-channel Bragg cell, Fourier transform imaging optics and two-dimensional charge coupled device photodetector array to simultaneously process a plurality of parallel channels of respectively adjacent frequency bands of a wideband radio frequency signal. The signal modulation and optical transmission characteristics of the spectrometer are such that the respective acousto-optic channels to which the respective sub-bands portions of the signal are applied do not interfere with one another and are imaged upon closely spaced regions of the two-dimensional photodetector array.

Abstract: The camera has first and second sprocket rollers for passing film into and receiving film from a film gate which are positively geared together to assure uniform tension and thus avoid frame line movement. In addition, an optical prism arrangement is provided providing a folded optical path to enable accommodation of a longer back focus objective lens length than could otherwise be accommodated within a given camera casing size. A rotating multi-surfaced prism is mounted on the same shaft as one of the sprocket rollers to cause image movement through the film gate with movement of the film so that continuous film movement can be realized. A rotatable shutter intercepts the light to the film gate and is positively interconnected with rotation of the multi-surfaced prism and sprocket rollers such that a series of images can be successively photographed during continuous film movement.