Abstract: An electron emission element has an electron emission layer that emits an electron from a surface emission portion, a focusing electrode layer that is film-formed on a surface of the electron emission layer via a first insulation layer and focuses the emitted electron, a gate electrode layer that is film-formed on a surface of the focusing electrode layer via a second insulation layer, an emission concave portion that penetrates the gate electrode layer, the second insulation layer, the focusing electrode layer and the first insulation layer and opens in a concave shape on a surface of the surface emission portion, a carbon layer that is film-formed from a surface of the gate electrode layer over an inner peripheral surface of the emission concave portion, and a partial insulation portion that insulates the focusing electrode layer from the carbon layer.

Abstract: An electron emission element has an electron emission layer that emits an electron from a surface emission portion, a focusing electrode layer that is film-formed on a surface of the electron emission layer via a first insulation layer and focuses the emitted electron, a gate electrode layer that is film-formed on a surface of the focusing electrode layer via a second insulation layer, an emission concave portion that penetrates the gate electrode layer, the second insulation layer, the focusing electrode layer and the first insulation layer and opens in a concave shape on a surface of the surface emission portion, a carbon layer that is film-formed from a surface of the gate electrode layer over an inner peripheral surface of the emission concave portion, and a partial insulation portion that insulates the focusing electrode layer from the carbon layer.

Abstract: In a PDP having row electrode pairs and column electrodes formed on the front glass substrate placed parallel to the back glass substrate with a discharge in between, each of the column electrodes faces a central area between adjacent transparent electrodes of the row electrode in the row direction, and is placed in a position closer to the transparent electrode serving as its partner for initiating an address discharge than to the unrelated transparent electrode located on the opposite side of the column electrode.

Abstract: A metal-made partition wall 16 has an external surface covered by an insulation layer 16a, and transverse walls 16A each extending in the row direction to define the partition between discharge cells C adjacent to each other in the column direction between a front glass substrate 1 and a back glass substrate 4 of a plasma display panel. A groove 16Aa formed in at least one of the front-facing face and the back face of the transverse wall 16A.

Abstract: In a PDP having row electrode pairs and column electrodes formed on the front glass substrate placed parallel to the back glass substrate with a discharge in between, each of the column electrodes faces a central area between adjacent transparent electrodes of the row electrode in the row direction, and is placed in a position closer to the transparent electrode serving as its partner for initiating an address discharge than to the unrelated transparent electrode located on the opposite side of the column electrode.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel having column electrodes formed on a front substrate side together with row electrodes. Wall charge adjusting pulses having the same polarity as a sustain pulse are simultaneously applied to respective row electrodes formed in pair for a predetermined period after an addressing stage terminates and before a sustain stage starts in each sub-field.

Abstract: Two substrates are placed opposite each other to form a hermetically sealed space between them. A metal-made partition wall is placed between the two substrates to partition the hermetically sealed space into unit light emission areas. Through holes 20Aa are formed in a matrix arrangement in a portion 20A of the metallic partition wall 20 opposite a display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. Dummy through holes 20Ba are formed in a portion 20B of the partition wall 20 opposite a non-display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. An insulating layer 20a covers the outer surface of the partition wall 20.

Abstract: A plurality of row electrode pairs and a dielectric layer covering the row electrode pairs are formed on the back-facing face of the front glass substrate. Phosphor layers are formed on the front-facing face of the back glass substrate for each discharge cell. Protuberances formed of dielectric are formed on portions of the dielectric layer each opposing a discharge gap between the opposing transparent electrodes of the paired row electrodes. Each of the protuberances extends outward from the dielectric layer into the discharge cell toward the back glass substrate. A floating electrode is formed in the protuberance.

Abstract: Row electrode pairs are formed on the front glass substrate of the PDP. Each of the row electrodes constituting a row electrode pair has a bus electrode and transparent electrodes each connected to the bus electrode and initiating a sustaining discharge in conjunction with the other row electrode paired therewith. The transparent electrodes are formed on the front glass substrate. Bus-electrode separating-off dielectric layers are formed on portions of the back-facing face of the front glass substrate. Each of the bus electrodes is formed on the bus-electrode separating-off dielectric layer.

Abstract: Row electrode pairs each extending in the row direction and column electrodes each extending in the column direction are provided on the front glass substrate placed opposite the back glass substrate with the discharge space in between. The row electrode pairs and the column electrodes are covered by a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer so as to be separated from each other. Each of the recessed trenches is formed in a portion of the first and second dielectric layers between a transparent electrode of the row electrode and the column electrode between which an address discharge is produced in the discharge cell.

Abstract: A front and back glass substrates are placed on either side of a discharge spaces. A plurality of sustain electrode pairs extend in a row direction and are regularly arranged in a column direction on the front glass substrate. A dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs is formed on the front glass substrate. A plurality of address electrodes initiating a discharge in conjunction with the sustain electrodes in each discharge cell formed in the discharge space extend in the column direction and are regularly arranged in the row direction. A first metallic partition wall unit defining the discharge cells is formed on the front glass substrate. A second metallic partition wall unit defining the discharge cells adjoined to the first partition wall unit is formed on the back glass substrate.

Abstract: Sustain electrodes and a transparent dielectric layer covering the sustain electrodes are formed on the rear-facing face of the front glass substrate. A plurality of first additional dielectric layers protrude from the rear-facing face of the transparent dielectric layer, extend in the column direction and are regularly arranged in the row direction. An address electrode initiating a discharge in conjunction with the sustain electrode is formed on each of the first additional dielectric layers.

Abstract: A plasma display panel has row electrode pairs regularly arranged on a front glass substrate, a plurality of column electrodes regularly arranged in a row direction on a back glass substrate and each extending in a column direction to form discharge cells at the intersections with the row electrode pairs in a discharge space, and a partition wall positioned between the front glass substrate and the back glass substrate to define the discharge cells. The partition wall is constituted of a metallic base and a dielectric insulation layer covering the metallic base. An electrode for applying a direct-current potential is connected to the metallic base of the partition wall.

Abstract: A plasma display panel has front and back substrates facing each other to form a discharge space in between; a partition wall that is provided between the front and back substrates for partitioning the discharge space into discharge cells, and is formed of a metal base covered with an insulation layer; and an electromagnetic-wave blocking layer provided on a portion of the front substrate facing a non-display zone located around the image display zone so as to cover the portion facing the non-display zone.

Abstract: In a plasma display panel having a front glass substrate on which row electrode pairs and column electrodes are provided, a second additional dielectric layer projects from a portion of the rear-facing face of a first additional dielectric layer opposite to a transverse wall member of the partition wall toward a back glass substrate, and extends in the row direction to provide a block between the discharge cells C adjoining to each other in the column direction on both sides of the transverse wall member. The column-electrode width of the second additional dielectric layer is smaller than that of the transverse wall member of the partition wall.

Abstract: A front glass substrate is opposite a back substrate with a discharge space in between. On the rear-facing face of the front glass substrate are provided a plurality of row electrode pairs each extending in the row direction and regularly arranged in the column direction to individually form display lines; and a plurality of column electrodes each extending in a direction at right angles to the row electrode pairs and separated from the row electrode pair by a first dielectric layer. A partition wall partitions the discharge space into discharge cells each opposite the opposed transparent electrodes of the row electrode pair. In the plasma display panel structured in this manner, the back substrate is constituted of a metal plate having the surface covered with an insulation layer.

Abstract: Two substrates are placed opposite each other to form a hermetically sealed space between them. A metal-made partition wall is placed between the two substrates to partition the hermetically sealed space into unit light emission areas. Through holes 20Aa are formed in a matrix arrangement in a portion 20A of the metallic partition wall 20 opposite a display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. Dummy through holes 20Ba are formed in a portion 20B of the partition wall 20 opposite a non-display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. An insulating layer 20a covers the outer surface of the partition wall 20.

Abstract: A metal-made partition wall 16 has an external surface covered by an insulation layer 16a, and transverse walls 16A each extending in the row direction to define the partition between discharge cells C adjacent to each other in the column direction between a front glass substrate 1 and a back glass substrate 4 of a plasma display panel. A groove 16Aa formed in at least one of the front-facing face and the back face of the transverse wall 16A.

Abstract: A plasma display panel has row electrode pairs regularly arranged on a front glass substrate, a plurality of column electrodes regularly arranged in a row direction on a back glass substrate and each extending in a column direction to form discharge cells at the intersections with the row electrode pairs in a discharge space, and a partition wall positioned between the front glass substrate and the back glass substrate to define the discharge cells. The partition wall is constituted of a metallic base and a dielectric insulation layer covering the metallic base. An electrode for applying a direct-current potential is connected to the metallic base of the partition wall.