Neon advertising signs from the 1920s and 1930s have become popular collectibles today, and many artists have adopted neon tubes as a medium for their creations. Such fads trace their origins to experiments by a French chemist named Georges Claude, who...

A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing primarily neon gas at low pressure. The term is also used for similar devices filled with other noble gases, usually to produce different...

Several types of circuit elements exhibit hysteretic behavior. Unfortunately, Spice simulation programs typically don't include an easy method to model such effects. For example, a simple neon light flasher is difficult to simulate with Spice without including hysteresis in the model for the...

Neon lamps are designed for use in equipment operating directly from 110/220 VAC or >90 VDC and are rated for 15,000- to 50,000-hrs. of operation. Shock- and vibration-resistant, the bright miniature lamps can be supplied in a wide variety of colors, with and...