Abstract:
In a plasma display panel, a partition wall defining a discharge space is formed of a thermal-sprayed film formed by thermal spraying of a partition wall material. A process for forming such a partition wall includes the steps of forming a photosensitive coating layer on a substrate; forming an opening having a prescribed pattern in the photosensitive coating layer; depositing the partition wall material to a prescribed height at least inside the opening by a thermal spraying technique, thereby forming the thermal-sprayed film; removing a portion of the thermal-sprayed film bulging out from a surface of the photosensitive coating layer by polishing; and removing the photosensitive coating layer to obtain the partition wall having a prescribed shape.
Abstract:
A plasma display device that enables a stable address operation even in a high-speed drive so as to display an image of high definition and high quality. A PDP having discharge cells each provided with a scanning electrode and a sustaining electrode is driven by a method for displaying a frame of an image by repeating an address period, a discharge sustaining period, and a discharge suspend period. At least one initialization period that succeeds a discharge suspend period and in which the state of the wall charge in each discharge cell is initialized is provided. In the discharge suspend period, a voltage is applied between the scanning electrode and the sustaining electrode so that a wall voltage may be generated at which the polarity at the scanning electrode with respect to the sustaining electrode is the same as that of the initializing pulse applied to the scanning electrode in the initialization period.
Abstract:
A plasma display device that enables a stable address operation even in a high-speed drive so as to display an image of high definition and high quality. A PDP having discharge cells each provided with a scanning electrode and a sustaining electrode is driven by a method for displaying a frame of an image by repeating an address period, a discharge sustaining period, and a discharge suspend period. At least one initialization period that succeeds a discharge suspend period and in which the state of the wall charge in each discharge cell is initialized is provided. In the discharge suspend period, a voltage is applied between the scanning electrode and the sustaining electrode so that a wall voltage may be generated at which the polarity at the scanning electrode with respect to the sustaining electrode is the same as that of the initializing pulse applied to the scanning electrode in the initialization period.
Abstract:
A gas discharge panel and method of providing a matrix of cells filled with a discharge gas and having plural pairs of display electrodes extending in a row direction of the matrix. Each pair of display electrodes comprise (a) two bus lines parallel to each other and extending in the row direction of the matrix, (b) one or more inner protrusions arranged within each cell on an inner side of one or both of the bus lines to protrude toward an inner side of an opposite bus line, and (c) one or more outer protrusions arranged to protrude from an outer side of one or both of the bus lines. A shortest gap between each pair of display electrodes is a gap between one of the bus lines and the inner protrusions on the opposite bus lines or a gap between the inner protrusions on both of the bus lines.
Abstract:
A substrate for use in crystallization has a base member, and an organic molecular film on a surface of the base member. The organic molecular film has non-affinity to a liquid, and the surface of the base member and the organic molecular film are covalently bound to each other. The substrate formed with the organic molecular film having non-affinity to the liquid on the surface of the base member is produced by contacting the surface of the base member having an active hydrogen atom or the surface of the base member to which the active hydrogen atom is introduced, with an organic molecule including a terminal-bonding functional group capable of covalently bonding to the surface of the base member at one end thereof, and a functional group showing non-affinity to the liquid at the other end thereof so as to covalently bond the terminal-bonding functional group of the organic molecule to the active hydrogen atom on the surface of the base member by reaction of the terminal-bonding functional group with the active hydrogen atom. The substrate enables to efficiently crystallize polymeric compounds including biomolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and sugars; and resins, as well as other organic compounds, and inorganic compounds.
Abstract:
A gas discharge panel having plural pairs of display electrodes disposed so as to extend through a plurality of cells, each pair being formed from a sustain electrode and a scan electrode. The sustain and scan electrodes each include a plurality of line parts, and an aggregate width of the line parts included in the sustain and scan electrodes is in a range of 22% to 48% inclusive of pixel pitch.
Abstract:
Barrier ribs 18 formed on a back substrate PA2 are brought into contact with a bonding paste layer 40 having an even surface, applying a bonding agent Bd evenly to the tops of the barrier ribs. Furthermore, a gas discharge panel having a structure in which discharge mainly occurs at locations distanced from parts of the panel connected using the bonding agent Bd is realized.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to greatly improve PDPs in luminance and luminous efficiency, compared to conventional PDPs. In order to achieve the object, the panel structure is set such that an equivalent field strength of at least 37V/cm·KPa is generated in selected discharge spaces in which the electric charge has been accumulated on their dielectric layer, when a discharge sustaining voltage is applied between a pair of display electrodes. To achieve such a high equivalent field strength as 37V/cm·KPa, adequate setting of the following factors of the panel structure is effective: a gap between a pair of display electrodes, a thickness and a permittivity of a dielectric layer, and an amount of Xe filled in discharge spaces.
Abstract:
A gas discharge display apparatus, in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged in a matrix pattern in a space between first and second substrates placed in opposition to each other, and at least one pair of display electrodes are arranged on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate so as to span the plurality of cells. Here, each pair of display electrodes includes two extension parts that extend lengthwise along the matrix. A plurality of inner projections are electrically connected to each extension part, and protrude toward the other extension part. At least two connectors are arranged, with a fixed interval therebetween, between the two extension parts, each connector electrically connecting at least two inner projections provided for a same extension part.
Abstract:
A surface-discharge type display device is provided that can reduce power consumption during sustain discharge and suppress the occurrence of illumination failures. A display electrode and a display scan electrode are aligned on a substrate, and a dielectric layer is formed on the substrate so as to cover the display electrode and the display scan electrode. An area having a lower relative permittivity than the dielectric layer is formed in an area surrounded on three sides by the display electrode, the display scan electrode, and the substrate. The dielectric layer allows sufficient wall charges for surface discharge to be accumulated, whereas the lower relative permittivity area allows the capacitance between the display electrode and the display scan electrode to be decreased. Accordingly, the power consumption during sustain discharge is reduced without causing illumination failures.