Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Hiroyuki Tachibana

Naoki Kosugi

Ryuichi Murai

Nobuaki Nagao

Toshikazu Wakabayashi

Toru Ando

Masaki Nishimura

Hidetaka Higashino

Kenji Ogawa

Morio Fujitani

Tomohiro Murakoso

Yuusuke Takada

Yoshio Watanabe

Keisuke Sumida

Tsuyoshi Nishio

Tatsuo Mifune

Shinichiro Ishino

Jumpei Hashiguchi

Koichi Wani

Yasuyuki Noguchi

Tetsuya Shirai

Mitsuhiro Kasahara

Shigeo Kigo

Masafumi Okawa

Shigeyuki Okumura

Yoshinao Oe

Koichi Mizuno

Yasuaki Muto

Mitsuhiro Mori

Yusuke Takata

Yoshimasa Horie

A gas discharge panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of display electrode pairs which are each made up of a sustain electrode and a scan electrode are formed on the first substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are set facing each other with a plurality of barrier ribs in between so as to form a plurality of cells. In this gas discharge panel, at least one of the sustain electrode and the scan electrode includes: a plurality of line parts; and a discharge developing part which makes a gap between adjacent line parts smaller in areas corresponding to channels between adjacent barrier ribs than in areas corresponding to the barrier ribs.

Gas dischargeable panel

A plasma display panel can reduce a discharge delay in address discharge, thereby performing high-speed addressing in a stable manner. A front substrate () and a back substrate () are disposed to face each other, and a discharge space () is formed and partitioned by barrier ribs () so as to form priming discharge cells () and main discharge cells (). A clearance () is provided between the barrier ribs () of the priming discharge cells () and the front substrate (), and priming particles generated in the priming discharge cells () are supplied to the main discharge cells () through the clearance (), whereby a PDP performing high-speed addressing is obtained.

Plasma display panel with priming discharge cell

During each set-up period, wall charges of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, between which sustain discharges were generated in the previous subfield, are adjusted, and parts toward the sustain electrodes of positive charges in the scan electrodes are replaced by negative charges and parts toward the scan electrodes of negative charges in the sustain electrodes are replaced by positive charges. During each address period, write pulses are applied to the scan electrodes to generate write discharges utilizing priming discharges between the scan electrodes and priming electrodes. During each sustain period, positive charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the scan electrodes and negative charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the sustain electrodes.

Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof

A method of driving a plasma display panel having display electrode pairs each one of which pairs is formed of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode. A priming electrode is placed in every other spaces between the display electrode pairs and in parallel with the display electrode pairs. An addressing period includes an odd-line addressing period in which an address operation is conducted to primary discharge cells having odd-number scan electrodes, an even-line addressing period in which an address operation is conducted to primary discharge cells having even-number scan electrodes. During the respective addressing periods, scan pulse voltage Va is applied to odd-number scan electrodes or even-number scan electrodes while priming pulse voltage Vp is applied, prior to the application of the scan pulse voltage, to a priming electrode adjacent to the scan electrode to which scan pulse voltage Va is to be applied, in order to generate a priming discharge between the priming electrodes and the data electrodes.

Method of driving plasma display panel

Disclosed here is a plasma display panel having stable addressing characteristics and a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel having such a reliable structure. According to the plasma display panel and the manufacturing method, on back plate () that confronts front plate () having scan electrodes () and sustain electrodes () thereon, data electrodes (), first dielectric layer () disposed to cover the data electrodes, priming electrodes (), and second dielectric layer () disposed to cover the priming electrodes are formed in the order named; at the same time, the softening temperatures of the materials forming the components disposed on the back plate are determined so as to become lower in the order named. The temperature setting protects first dielectric layer () from deterioration or deformation, improving dielectric voltage between data electrodes () and priming electrodes ().

Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing the same

A plasma display panel has a stable addressing characteristic, no dielectric breakdown, and high reliability. Data electrodes (), first dielectric layer () for covering the data electrodes (), priming electrodes (), and second dielectric layer () for covering the priming electrodes () are sequentially formed on back substrate (). Slotted parts () are formed in a part of each data electrode (). Thus, data electrodes () are prevented from deforming during the manufacturing, and dielectric voltage between data electrodes () and priming electrodes () is improved.

Plasma display panel

Barrier ribs are disposed on a back substrate so as to separate main discharge cells and priming discharge cells, and the top parts of the barrier ribs are formed so as to abut on a front substrate. In a driving method, in an odd-numbered line writing time period, scan pulse Va is sequentially applied to odd-numbered scan electrode SCand voltage Vq is applied to even-numbered sustain electrode SUto cause priming discharge between even-numbered sustain electrode SUand odd-numbered scan electrode SC. In an even-numbered line writing time period, scan pulse Va is sequentially applied to even-numbered scan electrode SCand voltage Vq is applied to odd-numbered sustain electrode SUto cause priming discharge between odd-numbered sustain electrode SUand even-numbered scan electrode SC.

Plasma display panel drive method

Barrier ribs are disposed on a back substrate so as to separate main discharge cells formed of a display electrode pair and a data electrode which face each other and priming discharge cells formed of a clearance between two adjacent scan electrodes. The top parts of the barrier ribs are formed so as to abut on a front substrate. In a driving method, in an odd-numbered line writing time period, scan pulse Va is sequentially applied to odd-numbered scan electrode SCand voltage Vq is applied to even-numbered scan electrode SCto cause priming discharge between scan electrode SCand odd-numbered scan electrode SC. In an even-numbered line writing time period, scan pulse Va is sequentially applied to even-numbered scan electrode SCand voltage Vq is applied to odd-numbered scan electrode SCto cause priming discharge between scan electrode SCand even-numbered scan electrode SC.

The initializing period of at least one of a plurality of sub-fields constituting one field is a selective initializing period for selectively initializing discharge cells in which a sustain discharge has occurred in the sustaining period of the preceding sub-field. In the sustaining period of the sub-field prior to the sub-field including the selective initializing period, voltage Vr is applied to a priming electrode (PRi) for causing a discharge between the priming electrode (PRi) and corresponding scan electrode (SCi) using the priming electrode (PRi) as a cathode.

A method drives a plasma display panel including priming electrodes. In the writing period of a sub-field, prior to the scanning of respective scan electrodes, priming discharge is caused between the scan electrodes and the priming electrodes. The time interval between the application of voltage to the priming electrodes for causing the priming discharge and the scanning of the corresponding scan electrodes is set within 10 &#x3bc;s.

A method of driving a plasma display panel including a plurality of priming electrodes. The pulse width of scan pulses applied to some of a plurality of scan electrodes in which writing is performed and priming discharge is caused with the scanning of the scan electrodes is larger than the pulse width of scan pulses applied to the other scan electrodes in which writing is performed but no priming discharge is caused with the scanning of the scan electrodes.

Drive method for plasma display panel

Plasma display panel (PDP), PDP display apparatus, and method for driving the PDP. The PDP is a surface discharge AC PDP having a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with barrier ribs interposed therebetween. A first electrode and a second electrode are arranged on a facing surface of the first substrate so as to extend parallel to each other, and are covered with a dielectric layer. A third electrode is arranged on a facing surface of the second substrate so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes. A discharge gas is enclosed within a discharge space defined between the interposed barrier ribs. In the above PDP, the discharge gas is a gas mixture containing xenon. The xenon component comprises at least 5 vol % and less than 100 vol %, and has a partial pressure of at least 2 kPa. Furthermore, the gap between the first and second electrodes in the PDP is greater than a height of the discharge space.

AC-type plasma display panel capable of high definition and high brightness image display, and a method of driving the same

A front substrate contains a plurality of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes. Two strips of scan electrodes and two strips of sustain electrodes are alternately disposed on the substrate. In addition, a plurality of auxiliary scan electrodes is disposed on the front substrate so as to be parallel to the scan electrodes. On the back substrate, a plurality of priming electrodes is disposed parallel to the scan electrodes. Each auxiliary scan electrode has electrical connections to the scan electrode that performs scanning earlier than the scan electrode adjacent to each auxiliary scan electrode. With the structure above, a priming discharge occurs between the auxiliary scan electrodes and the priming electrodes.

A plasma display panel has address properties stabilized. A priming discharge is performed between auxiliary electrodes (), which are formed on a front substrate () and coupled with scan electrodes (), and priming electrodes () formed on a back substrate (). And on the front substrate (), a dielectric layer () is made thinner in regions corresponding to priming cells (gap parts) than in regions corresponding to cell parts (). As a result, the priming discharge has a wider margin, and a supply of priming particles to the discharge cells is stabilized, whereby a discharge delay during the addressing is reduced, and the address properties are stabilized.

Plasma display panel having priming discharge cell

A plasma display panel to stabilize address properties. A front substrate () and a back substrate () face each other, to form a discharge space () which is partitioned by barrier ribs () to form priming discharge cells () and main discharge cells (). A dielectric layer () is formed on the back substrate () on which the priming discharge cell () is present. Insulation is ensured between a data electrode () and the priming electrode () because the latter is formed on the dielectric layer (). One is able to generate a priming discharge before a main discharge.

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Hiroyuki Tachibana