Patent ID: 6265826
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G02F,H01J

Abstract:
In a plasma addressing display device comprising:a plasma cell including discharge channels sequentially arranged along the scanning direction; anda display cell joined to said plasma cell, said display cell including signal electrodes sequentially arranged in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction and an electro-optic material layer being in contact with said signal electrodes;wherein said plasma cell has a substrate jointed to said display cell side with a specific gap kept therebetween; discharge electrodes formed on said substrate in such a manner as to extend along said discharge channels; and barrier ribs formed on said substrate in such a manner as to partition adjacent ones of said discharge channels from each other;the improvement whereineach of said discharge electrodes is composed of a pair of parallel longitudinal electrode portions disposed on both sides of one of said barrier ribs, and a plurality of crossarm electrode portions disposed on the underside of said barrier rib in such a manner as to connect said pair of longitudinal electrode portions to each other.