Abstract:
Front substrate and back substrate of a PDP are respectively in a warped state such that a central portion of each substrate projects more frontwards than peripheral portions of the respective substrate, so that the front surface is convex. A stress remains in the substrates such that the two substrates are pressed to each other with an elastic deformation. In preparing the two substrates, the front panel and back panel are respectively warped towards each other so that the facing inner surfaces are convex in being sealed with each other. A height difference ratio of the central portion from a central part of a short side of the back substrate is preferably less than 0.16%. A height difference ratio of the central portion from a central part of a short side of the front substrate is preferably less than 0.06%. Difference of the height difference ratios of the back substrate and the front substrate is preferably 0 to 0.1 point.
Abstract:
A plasma display panel has a matrix of plural first straight electrodes and plural straight second electrodes, respectively crossing each other, and a unit color element located at a crossing point of the first and second electrodes. A plurality of separator walls are spaced apart from each other and extend along the second electrodes, dividing a discharge space into a plurality of channels extending along respective, second electrodes. The separator walls undulate with a fixed periodicity so as to define alternating wide and narrow portions aligned along each channel and the respective first electrode. A fluorescent material is coated in each channel, the colors emitted from the fluorescent material being identical in each channel. A gas discharge takes place selectively at the wide portions in cooperation with the respective first and second electrodes. Optionally, connecting walls connect respective narrow portions of the adjacent separator walls, a height of the connecting wall being substantially lower than the height of the separator walls so as to allow the wide and narrow portions of each channel to be spatially continuous throughout a length of the channel.
Abstract:
A gas discharge display panel incorporating phosphor protected by undercoats and overcoats. The device is comprised of a pair of substrates, each of which has an electrode array thereon with the dielectric coating on at least one of the electrode arrays. An array of channels having sidewalls is formed in the dielectric layer with an array of channels corresponding to and aligned with one of the electrode arrays. The channels have sidewalls and lands between channels with a protective undercoat on the channel sidewalls and a photoluminescent phosphor on the protective undercoat. Due to the sloping nature of the sidewalls and the photoluminescent phosphors being sandwiched between the protective undercoat and overcoat and the channel walls in which the phosphor is placed outside the path of charged particles produced on discharge but close or near the site of the UV production, the arrangement significantly enhances the light output because the phosphor surfaces are greater in extent area wise and are closer to the UV sources in the discharge and are not in the path of the discharge products. Since the light is produced in two spaced areas of phosphor by the UV produced on discharge, more light is produced and electrodes have less attenuating effect on visible light emission from each side.
Abstract:
The first object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel brightness which is achieved by improving the efficiency in conversion from discharge energy to visible rays. The second object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel life which is achieved by improving the protecting layer protecting the dielectrics glass layer. To achieve the first object, the present invention sets the amount of xenon in the discharge gas to the range of 10% by volume to less than 100% by volume, and sets the charging pressure for the discharge gas to the range of 500 to 760Torr which is higher than conventional charging pressures. With such construction, the panel brightness increases. Also, to achieve the second object, the present invention has, on the surface of the dielectrics glass layer, a protecting layer consisting of an alkaline earth oxide with (100)-face or (110)-face orientation. The protecting layer, which may be formed by using thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method, plasma enhanced CVD method, or a vapor deposition method with irradiation of ion or electron beam, will have a high sputtering resistance and effectively protect the dielectrics glass layer. Such a protecting layer contributes to the improvement of the panel life.
Abstract:
A discharge display device wherein a gas-tight space defined by two plates and a sealing member is divided into a plurality of discharge chambers by partition walls formed on one of the two plates, and height adjusting layers are interposed between end faces of the respective partition walls and an inner surface of the other plate. Each height adjusting layer is formed from a material which has a softening point not lower than that of the sealing member and which is softened at a sealing temperature at which the two plates are bonded together by the sealing member. The height adjusting layers, which assure gas-tight separation of the discharge chambers, may replace upper end portions of the partition walls. Alternatively, the partition walls may be entirely formed from the above-indicated material. Also disclosed is a process of fabricating such a discharge display device, wherein height adjusting layers are softened at the sealing temperature when the two plates are bonded together with the melting of the sealing member.
Abstract:
A planer discharge type plasma display panel has an internal configuration to suppress an increase in power consumption and also to provide high brightness in the sense of visual sensation. A pair of row electrodes X,Y parallel to each other are formed on a front glass substrate in the display section, and transparent electrodes with a discharging gap formed in a portion thereof and bus electrodes are formed on a portion of the substrate, and a dielectric layer is further formed to cover the electrodes. The dielectric layer is formed so that a film thickness of the bus electrode is made larger as compared to that of the dielectric layer in a light emitting region between the opposing bus electrodes, namely by providing a protruding section thereon. The area of the protruding section is made small in a central portion of the PDP, and is gradually made larger in a direction from the central portion to the peripheral section thereof.
Abstract:
An AC plasma display includes a plurality of parallel column electrodes (14); a plurality of parallel row electrodes (21) disposed from, and perpendicular to, the column electrodes (14); a dielectric layer (17) for forming a wall charge is made of a low dielectric constant glass having a low melting point includes sodium oxide and boron oxide and covers the column electrodes (14); and an electrode protective layer (16) made from an inorganic material, for example silicon dioxide, prevents diffusion of sodium from the dielectric layer (17) to the column electrode (14). The dielectric layer (17) is made of a glass having a low dielectric constant of 8 or less to reduce pixel capacitance thereby reducing the electrical power consumption of the display.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a luminous sheet according to the present invention enables a planar display unit radiating fluorescence upon irradiation of ultraviolet rays to be easily offered. A ability of radiating fluorescence is also increased. To this end, an ultraviolet-excited luminous material is applied and dried over a film-like base sheet 10 to form a light emitting layer 20, and a resin solution is applied and dried over an upper surface of the light-emitting layer to form a back layer 40. After thus forming the light-emitting layer 20 and the back layer 40 into a one-piece body, the base sheet 10 is peeled off from the light-emitting layer 20. The specific gravity of the fluorescent material is selected to be three times or more the specific gravity of the resin solution used for forming the ultraviolet-excited luminous material.
Abstract:
In a preferred embodiment, a plasma display panel, including: two parallely spaced apart dielectric glass layers; a plurality of gas discharge cells formed between the dielectric glass layers, boundaries of the gas discharge cells being defined by phosphor materials, and the phosphor materials serving as barriers between the gas discharge cells; and apparatus to cause gas discharge in the gas discharge cells.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a plasma display panel including a porous metal plate in which a plurality of holes for display cells are formed at positions corresponding to intersections at which a first linear electrode group and a second linear electrode group cross each other with a predetermined interval therebetween, and a front glass plate, wherein openings of the holes of the porous metal plate on the front surface side are larger than openings on the rear surface side, the openings on the rear surface are covered with a molten material of an inorganic dielectric containing glass and are thereby air-tightly sealed. This plasma display panel is light in weight and thin and can be easily assembled.