Abstract:
A method of fabricating a display panel on a substrate material of soda-lime float glass. A dielectric layer composed of a mixture of lead, silicon and aluminum is deposited on the substrate to a thickness of from 25 to 150 microns. A masking pattern is defined on the surface of the dielectric layer where plasma display cavities are to be formed. Openings are etched in the dielectric layer with fluoboric acid to geometries no larger than approximately 0.15 mm wide by 0.15 mm thick at regions defined by the masking pattern, the openings extending to the major surface of the substrate and forming a plasma display cavity. A cover is provided over the cavity to form an enclosed envelope containing a noble gas. A phosphor is provided in the plasma display cavity together with electrodes adjacent to the cavity for ionizing the gas and exciting the phosphor.
Abstract:
An AC memory drive type self-shift type gas discharge panel which can prevent an accidental erroneous discharge caused by distributed abnormal charges. Abnormal charges may accumulate to a significant extent at the ends of the shift channels having write discharge cells and shift discharge cells regularly arranged. A path for leaking the abnormal charges is provided in the dielectric layer covering the electrode defining the discharge cells at the end of the shift channels.
Abstract:
A self shift type gas discharge panel has a display screen with a plurality of shift lines in the vertical direction, and a new driving system is provided for the panel. The display screen is divided horizontally into two areas, an upper part having display rows and a lower part having monitor rows, and these monitor and display rows are configured to allow independent shift operation. Thus, relevant data is written from underneath into the bottom monitor row by a one-data-input-and-refresh method, and when the writing into this monitor row is completed, the data in this single row is scrolled up into the display rows. The configuration makes it possible to write data into a desired position in the monitor rows and to amend easily the data already written, resulting in improved operability.
Abstract:
A gas panel fabrication method includes forming a first set of dielectrically coated parallel conductors on a glass plate, forming a metal spacer layer over the first conductors, oxidizing those areas of the metal spacer layer which are between the first conductors, forming a second set of dielectrically coated parallel conductors over the spacer layer in orthogonal relationship with the first conductors, etching the unoxidized areas of the spacer layer from between the second conductors, and forming a cover plate to hold an ionizable gas adjacent to the orthogonal conductors.
Abstract:
A display system for plasma display panels in which X- and Ydirection electrodes are disposed in opposing relation to each other with a discharge gas sealed space being defined therebetween; a dielectric layer is coated on at least the Ydirection electrodes; a lateral discharge between adjacent Xdirection electrodes is sequentially shifted; a vertical discharge is caused between the X- and Y-direction electrodes in accordance with the timing of the lateral discharge shifting and the timing of a write-in voltage selectively impressed to the Ydirection electrodes, the vertical discharge thus caused being stored as a wall voltage in the dielectric layer; and a sustain voltage is impressed between the X- and Y-direction electrodes after writing of one line or one picture frame to provide a display in accordance with the wall voltage pattern.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a plasma display panel comprising two substrates defining a gap in which an ionizable gas is disposed. On at least one of the substrates there are a plurality of electrodes disposed on the side thereof closer to said gap. Covering said electrodes are dielectric means which contact said gap. The dielectric means comprises a first portion having a high secondary electron emissivity and a second portion having a secondary electron emissivity lower than said first portion. The plasma display panel according to the present invention can be used to improve the definition of a displayed pattern in the plasma display panel, or as a self shift plasma display panel, and or as a pattern generator in an information processing system.
Abstract:
An optical sheet, which can suitably absorb external light over a wide range and can improve a contrast, a display device, and a method for producing an optical sheet. The optical sheet is disposed on an observer side relative to an image light source and includes: a plurality of layers that control light emitted from the image light source to emit the light on the observer side, wherein at least one of the plurality of layers is an optical functional sheet layer which includes prisms being arranged in parallel along the surface of the optical sheet whereby light can be transmitted and wedge portions are arranged in parallel between the prisms whereby light can be absorbed. At least one of the plurality of layers other than the optical functional sheet layer is a light-absorbing layer.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method for a gas discharge panel according to the invention can reduce the amount of water and gaseous molecules, which are absorbed into the first and the second substrates, to a minimum by keeping the both substrates under a reduced pressure, and therefore can prevent a degradation of a discharge gas filling the finished panel. As a result, problems in the finished panel such as increase in a discharge starting voltage and generation of an abnormal discharge can be suppressed.
Abstract:
A display panel includes a resin lens layer. The display panel consists of a front panel 10 and a back panel 12 which are hermetically sealed together. The display panel also includes a plurality of display cells and is filled with a gas. A visible-light transparent resin is coated over the front surface of the front panel 10. The resin layer is raise-molded with a molding tool 16 while being solidified. Through this molding process, a resin lens layer 14 with plural lenses is formed on the front surface of the front panel 10. The resin lens layer 14 formed on the front surface of the front panel 10 can improve the brightness of the display cells.
Abstract:
Four parallel spaced-apart substrates are arranged in a stack to provide three gas-containing spaces therebetween. Orthogonally disposed electrodes and dielectric barrier ribs formed on each facing surface of the substrates define individually addressable cells within each gas-containing space. Each picture element comprises three vertically aligned cells each of which contains a gas that, when activated, emits red, green or blue light, respectively. The non-phosphor full-color plasma display device thus formed is characterized by high-resolution and useful memory margins at high frequencies.