Abstract: This is a system for connecting flexible electrical connectors having raised conductors above an insulating substrate to a plasma display panel having a glass substrate with the electrical conductors deposited in the bottom surface of conductor pathways etched in a glass substrate. The raised conductors on the connectors mate with the depressed conductors in the panel substrate. The spacing of the conductors in the connector may be varied to facilitate an exact mating with the conductors in the panel substrate. A clip device in combination with a flexible insulating force spreading member applies a uniform continuous pressure to the connector cable and glass substrate combination to maintain connection. This system may be used to facilitate the direct attachment of large scale integrated circuit chip carriers having conductor members on a surface thereof directly to conductors in a plasma display panel substrate.

Abstract: In a plasma display system, electronic circuitry is used for applying voltage to a plurality of selected cells, all part of a single gas-filled chamber, to cause these cells to be written and erased if previously unwritten, without disturbing the written/not written (lit/unlit) status of every cell in the panel. By thus writing and erasing cells in a particular chamber, writing of data into them is made more reliable because the free electrons necessary to ensure reliable writing are made available for a period of time. The particular technique employed to write and erase these selected cells is particularly well suited for displays using coincident-select writing and erasing. The pulses to perform the operation comprise first, a pulse applied to the electrode adjacent the entire length of a selected chamber. A second pulse is applied to the electrodes transverse to the chambers, causing the unlit cells in the selected chamber to be written.