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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Koji Shinohe, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Ishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Awamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Tokai, Kawasaki, JP;
Yosuke Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Hirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Shinohe, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Ishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Awamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Tokai, Kawasaki, JP;
Yosuke Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Hirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinoda Plasma Corporation, Akashi-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a plasma tube array including: plural light-emitting tubes; a front supporting member and a back supporting member which spread over the front and back of the light-emitting tubes; plural display electrode pairs provided on the surface of the front supporting member facing the light-emitting tubes; and plural signal electrodes provided on the surface of the back supporting member facing the light-emitting tubes. Each display electrode constituting the display electrode pair is a display electrode which is made of a metal thin wire, provided with plural openings formed in a distributed manner and includes a first metal thin wire facing a discharge slit and extending along the discharge slit, and the first metal thin wire is a metal thin wire thicker than a second metal thin wire which forms a region closer to a non-discharge slit side than the first metal thin wire.