Patent ID: 6548962
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A gas discharge panel in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between a pair of opposed plates, and in which a pair of display electrodes on a surface of one of the pair of opposed plates extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, characterized in that:a gap between the pair of display electrodes has a first discharge gap width and a second discharge gap width larger than the first discharge gap width, and the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum discharge start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product pÂ·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between the product pÂ·d and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure and d represents discharge gap width.