Patent ID: 7884534
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A display panel, comprising: a pair of substrates disposed to face each other with a discharge space being interposed; partitions that partition the discharge space into display cells, the partitions being provided to at least one of the pair of substrates to be formed in a longitudinal direction between ends of the at least one of the pair of substrates; and a phosphor layer that emits light due to discharge in the discharge space, the phosphor layer being formed between the partitions, wherein a display area in which images are displayed by light emitting of the phosphor layer due to the discharge is provided in an in-plane side of the at least one of the substrates while a non-display area is provided at a peripheral end of the at least one of the substrates, a first height dimension of an end of each of the partitions provided at positions corresponding to the non-display area is at least partially smaller than a second height dimension of each of the partitions provided at positions corresponding to the display area, the first and second height dimensions being dimensions of heights measured in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the at least one of the substrates, a first width dimension of the end of each of the partitions provided at the positions corresponding to the non-display area is at least partially smaller than a second width dimension of each of the partitions provided at the positions corresponding to the display area, the first and second width dimensions being dimensions of widths that are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the partitions and substantially perpendicular to the height dimensions, and an end of the phosphor layer is formed between the ends of the partitions provided at the positions corresponding to the non-display area.