Abstract:
PURPOSE:To provide a surface-discharge-type gas electric-discharge panel for large display which enalbes color conversion and multi-color display. CONSTITUTION:A display panel 10 is principally constituted to a pair of large glass base plates 12 and 13, which form a plate-like sealed structure and are opposed to one another with an electric-discharge gas space 11 allowed between them, and a phosphor supporting base plate 24 charged inside the sealed case. The lower glass base plate 12 functioning as an electrode-supporting base plate is formed by combining four pieces of glass plates 121, 122, 123 and 124 with a size of, for example, around 20X20= 400cm in such a manner that adjacent two sides of each base plate abut to sides of other two base plates. Each of above four base plates 121, 122, 123 and 124 is provided with a plural number of laterally extending Y-electrodes 14 on it, and a plural number of vertically extending X-electrodes 16 are provided over the Y-electrodes 14, with an insulating vapor deposition film 15 made of borosilicate glass interposed between the Y-electrodes 14 and the X-electrodes 16. In the case of a display panel for multi-color display, a method of forming phosphors with blue, red and green emission colors on parts of the surface of above base plate, which correspond to electric-discharge areas formed by the intersections between the Y-electrodes 14 and the X-electrodes 16, is adopted.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To increase the yield of a gas0discharge display device by providing the lead terminals of paired electrodes on one side of an electrode supporting base plate by devising the structure of the lead terminals. CONSTITUTION:A display device includes a combinational electrode base plate 32 used as a back urface base plate, a cover base plate 38 and a drive controlling circuit. A display panel 80 consists of a combinational electrode base plate 82 and a transparent cover base plate 88. small electrode supporting base plates 321-326 have a number of X-electrodes (32X) extending in the X-direction and a number of Y-electrodew (32Y) extending in the Y-direction. The X-electrodes (32X) and the Y-electrodes (32Y) of the base plates 321, 323, 324 and 326 are connected to the drive controlling circuit by means of lead terminals provided on two different sides of each of the plates 321, 323, 324 and 326. However, since three sides of each of the small electrode supporting base plates 322 and 325 are adjacent to other electrode supporting base plates, the lead terminals for the X-electrodes (32X) and the Y-electrodes (32Y) of each of the plates 322 and 325 are provided on the same side.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To prevent any unnecessary electric discharge, and increase the life of a gas electric-discharge panel by providing a protruding structure on the inner surface of an upper base plate by printing or something similar so as to narrow the gas space. CONSTITUTION:A gas electric-discharge panel has a pair of base plates 10 and 17, an X-electrode 11, a Y-electrode 14, a float electrode 13 and a dielectric layer 15. A structure 19 used as a barrier is provided on the inner surface of the base plate 17 on the upper glass cover side so that the structure 19 protrudes from the inner surface of the plate 17. Since the structure 19, which is formed of an insulating material such as low-melting-point glass, is on the inner surface of the plate 17 and corresponds to the X-electrode 11, the discharging gap formed over the intersection between the X-electrode 11 and the Y-electrode 14 is blocked with the structure barrier.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To prevent any accidental mis-discharge by removing partially the dielectric layer provided at the periphery of an electrode which determines a discharge cell and is located at one end of a shift channel, and leaking and exhausting electric charges accumulated on the surface of the dielectric layer into the peripheral part of the electrode. CONSTITUTION:The peripheral parts of outermost ends electrodes 9 and y2n which demarcate a writing discharge cell (W) and a terminal shift discharge cell, which are discharge cells at both ends of a shift channel including the writing discharge cell (W), are coated with only thin surface layers 7' and 4'. Dielectric layers 6' and 3' for the electrodes 9 and y2n are provided only over the electrodes 9 and y2n, and peripheral parts 9' and y2n' of the electrodes 9 and y2n are coated with only thin surface layers. Owing to the above constitution, unusual charges accumulated on the surfaces of the dielectric layers 6' and 3' provided at the ends of the shift channel can be leaked through the peripheral parts 9' and y2n' into the writing electrode 9 and the terminal shift electrode y2n.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To remove unnecessary substance, by applying a phosphor layer on the surface of a cover-plate and sintering the former layer at the assigned temperature, then by disposing a previously molded member made of glass having a low melting temperature in the counterpart of sealing region, and by heating and sealing the member and the cover-plate hermetically. CONSTITUTION:On the surface of a cover-plate 2, a photoresist layer 8' mixed with dotted phosphor is disposed and formed in a matrix shape. Next, the photoresist layer 8' is sintered at 550 deg.C, for an hour or so to form phosphor layer 8, on the surface of cover plate 2. Then, a previously formed sealing member 4a made of glass having a low melting temperature is disposed in the counterpart of sealing region; the member material 4a and a separately prepared sealing member of electrode-supporting substrate are exactly arranged, fixed and sealed hermetically by heating. Thereby, while sintering, the unnecessary substance in the phophor layer can be removed completely and the exfoliation of the phosphor layer can be prevented, because the sealing member can be formed without using the printing method.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To remove unnecessary substance, by sintering a phosphor layer and a sealing material at a temperature higher than the sealing temperature of a glass having a low melting temperature, under the condition that a phosphor layer and non-crystalline glass of low melting temperature are applied at the assigned position on the surface of a cover-plate. CONSTITUTION:On the surface of a cover-plate 2, a photoresist layer 8 which is mixed with dotted-phosphor is arranged in a matrix shape. Next, non-crystalline glass paste 4a' having a low melting temperature to be the sealing member material is formed through the printing method in the counter part of sealing region on the surface of the cover-plate 2. And, the photoresist layer 8' formed on the surface of the cover-plate 2 and the non-crystalline glass paste 4a' having a low melting temperature are sintered at 550 deg.C, for an hour or so. In this case, unnecessary substance such as photoresist in the photoresist layer 8' and organic substance or the like in the glass paste 4a' are burned, scattered and removed. Thereby, the life of the panel can be increased.
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PURPOSE:To enhance the work efficiency of electrode formation through a decreased number of the work processes, by forming a photoresist film over the exposed edges of a lower layer during the formation of an upper electrode conductor layer, and thereby making the edges of a first electrode layer to be protected during the patterning of a second electrode conductor layer. CONSTITUTION:An X-electrode group pattern 2 corresponding to the first electrode layer, is formed on the surface of a glass base plate 1 common to X and Y electrodes. A first dielectric layer 3 serving as an insulating layer is formed on the X-electrode group 2, which works as a display area. The entire surface of the base plate 1 including the surface of a conductive film 4 is coated with a photoresist film of a positive pattern, before only resist films 5a are left so as to form a resist pattern. After that, parts 4a of the conductive film 4 that are not covered with any resist film are removed, thereby the conductive film 4 being formed into a pattern corresponding to a Y-electrode group serving as the second electrode conductor layer. Here, the edges of the X- electrode group 2 are not corroded since they are coated and protected with the resist films 5a. Following that, the resist films 5a are removed, thereby the X and Y electrode groups being formed over the base plate 1, with the dielectric 3 interposed between the X and Y electrode groups.
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PURPOSE:To improve the ligh emission brightness and to make clear the display, by providing a tapered projection having a ultra-violet reflection layer on the surface at the circumference of the phosphor material layer for every unit discharge point. CONSTITUTION:A pair of glass substrates 11, 12 are arranged while facing each other through a discharge gas space 13. X-electrode group 14, dielectric material 15, Y-electrode group 16, dielectric material 17 and a surface insulator layer 18 are sequentially formed on the surface of the glass substrate 11. Phosphor material layer 19 in correspondence with the discharge points P1, P2 constituted of electrode conductors 14, 16 and a tapered insulating projection 20 surrounding each phosphor material layer are provided on the inner wall of the upper side glass substrate 12 at the viewing side, while an ultra-violet reflecrion layer 21 composed of a chrome 21a and an aluminum 21b layers is formed on the surface of said projection 20.