Appeal No. 1999-2450 Page 2
Application No. 08/812,222
a column direction. Color filters representing red, green,
and blue are aligned with corresponding data electrodes. Each
intersection of one plasma channel with three data electrodes
(i.e., a first for red, a second for green, and a third for
blue) defines a group of LC-picture elements (“LC-pixels”).
Accordingly, groups of three adjacent LC-pixels are obtained
of which each pixel is associated with another of the primary
colors.
In contrast, a group of LC-pixels in the appellant’s PALC
display is formed by one data electrode extending in the
column direction and three plasma channels extending in the
row direction. (The different color filters are aligned with
corresponding plasma channels of the group so that the filters
extend in the row direction rather than the column direction.)
Accordingly, the number of data electrodes (in the row
direction), the number of connections thereto, and the number
of drivers coupled to these connections are reduced from those
of the conventional PALC display by a factor of three.
Although the number of plasma channels (in the column
direction) is increased from those of the conventional
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