Abstract:
A capillary discharge plasma display panel having a capillary of double size openings and method of fabricating the same is disclosed in the present invention. More specifically, a plasma display panel includes first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode, wherein the second dielectric layer has at least one capillary therein, and the capillary comprises first and second openings and the first opening is greater than the second opening in a horizontal width, and at least one discharge space between the first and second dielectric layers and directly adjacent to the first opening of the capillary, thereby exposing a portion of the second electrode to the discharge space through the first and second openings to generate a continuous plasma discharge from the capillary.
Abstract:
In a method of driving a capillary discharge plasma display panel which comprises front and rear substrates (1, 2) forming a space discharge therein, an addressing electrode (3) on the front substrate (1), a common electrode (11-1,...11-n) and a plurality of scanning electrodes (12-1,...12-n) on the rear substrate (2), and a dielectric layer (7) covering the common electrode (11-1,...11-n) and the scanning electrodes (12-1,...12-n) and having a capillary (8-1, 8-2) corresponding to the common electrode (11-1,...11-n) and each scanning electrode (12-1,...12-n) in the second dielectric layer (7), the method includes the steps of applying an addressing pulse to the addressing electrode (3) and a first pulse to the common electrode (11-1,...11-n), and a second pulse sequentially from a 1st scanning electrode (12-1,...12-n) to an Nth scanning electrode (12-n) during an addressing period for selecting pixels to be turned on, and applying a first sustaining pulse to the common electrode (11-1,...11-n) and a second sustaining pulse from the 1st scanning electrode (12-1) to the Nth scanning electrode (12-n) during a sustaining period, wherein the first and second sustaining pulses are applied for only discharge time duration.