Fujitsu Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Plasma Patent Licensing Co., Ltd.

Mamaru Miyahara

Tsutae Shinoda

Toshiyuki Nanto

Shinji Kanagu

Masayuki Wakitani

Noriyuki Awaji

Tatsutoshi Kanae

A full color three electrode surface discharge type plasma display device that has fine image elements and is large and has a bright display. The three primary color luminescent areas are arranged in the extending direction of the display electrode pairs in a successive manner and an image element is composed by the three unit luminescent areas defined by these three luminescent areas and address electrodes intersecting these three luminescent areas. Further, phosphors are coated not only on a substrate but also on the side walls of the barriers and on address electrodes. The manufacturing processes and operation methods of the above constructions are also disclosed.

Full color surface discharge type plasma display device

A full color three electrode surface discharge type plasma display device that has fine image elements and is large and has a bright display. The three primary color luminescent areas are arranged in the extending direction of the display electrode pairs in a successive manner and an image element is composed by the three unit luminescent areas defined by these three luminescent areas and address electrodes intersecting, these three luminescent areas. Further, phosphors are coated not only on a substrate but also on the side walls of the barriers and on address electrodes. The manufacturing processes and operation methods of the above constructions are also disclosed.

A matrix display panel of first and second substrates having respective main surfaces in parallel and opposed relationship has parallel address electrodes and respective continuous phosphor stripes arranged within corresponding elongated cavities on the main surface of the first substrate, extending in a first direction. Display electrodes on the main surface of the second substrate extend in a second, transverse direction and cross the address electrodes and respective phosphor stripes, each display electrode defining a display line of pixels. A driving system drives the panel in accordance with color image data defining successive color images to be displayed in respective, successive image frames, the color image data of each frame defining respective relative brightness gradation levels and comprising a plurality of subframes wherein lines are concurrently activated in each subframe and each subframe includes an addressing period for addressing a pixel by selectively applying a write pulse to each selected one of the pixels, the write pulse forming a memory medium in a selected one of all the pixels, a display period for lighting said addressed pixel by a concurrent application of sustain pulses to all the pixels, each subframe being allocated with a predetermined number of the sustain pulses so as to weight a gradation to said respective subframe, wherein a gradation of visual brightness of the lit pixel is determined by selectively operating the subframe for each of the pixels for each frame.

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