Patent ID: 6100641
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G09G,H01J

Abstract:
A plasma display panel of alternating current with a surface discharge, comprising in each pixel three parallel electrodes with one of the three parallel electrodes being an address electrode and the other two being extreme parallel electrodes, and a drive electrode being perpendicular to the three parallel electrodes, the three parallel electrodes and the drive electrode being separated by dielectric barrier ribs, geometric parameters of the electrodes and gas filling being determined from conditions needed for execution of a surface discharge by sustaining voltage pulses in a pixel between electrodes such that the width of the parallel electrodes is determined from the ratio dm/de being 0.5 to 1.0, and the distance between adjacent edges of parallel electrodes is determined from the ratio d/b being 0.5 to 1.0, and the pressure of gas filling is determined from the condition necessary for voltage to provide the ratio Ufe/Ufm being 1.1 to 1.5,where,dm=the width of a pixel address electrodede=the width of extreme parallel electrodes,d=the distance between edges of the address electrode and one of the extreme parallel electrodes of the pixel,b=the distance between edges of the address electrode and the other extreme parallel electrode of the pixel,Ufm=voltage of discharge firing in a discharge gap between the address electrode and any of extreme parallel electrodes of the pixel, andUfe=voltage of discharge firing in a discharge gap between the extreme parallel electrodes of the pixel.