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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A PDP with improved luminous efficiency is provided which prevents erroneous discharge and emission in adjacent cell spaces ( ) and which effectively takes out light produced in the cell spaces ( ), and a plasma display device having the PDP is also provided. The space between a front substrate (not shown) and a back substrate ( ) is sectioned into a plurality of independent cell spaces ( ) by grid-like barrier ribs ( ). The cell spaces ( ) include discharge cells ( ) and non-discharge cells ( ). The discharge cells ( ) and the non-discharge cells ( ) are alternately arranged in horizontal and vertical directions (in alternate checkers). A phosphor ( ) is applied in the discharge cells ( ) and the phosphor ( ) is not applied in the non-discharge cells ( ).