A parallel self-shift technique for plasma display/memory panels

A technique for internally shifting information stored in a plasma-display/memory panel uses a discharge-related coupling phenomenon between neighboring elements together with a three-phase electronic drive scheme. Experimental results are reported which describe quantitatively the inter-element coupling phenomenon in some commercially available panels. An electronic drive scheme which uses this phenomenon to provide a four-directional self-shift display system is described. The effects of panel nonuniformity, the nature of the noise signals encountered in this system, and typical operating characteristics of this system are discussed.