Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: pairs of electrodes having first electrode and second electrode which are arranged in parallel with each other; first substrate having dielectric layer formed so that the dielectric layer can cover the pairs of electrodes; and second substrate having third electrode which is arranged crossing the pairs of electrodes, and the plasma display panel further includes: floating electrodes, protruding onto a discharge space provided on dielectric layer at positions respectively corresponding to first electrode and second electrode, wherein floating electrodes are opposed to each other. Due to the above composition, the discharge starting voltage is reduced and the drive voltage is decreased. Accordingly, the light emitting efficiency is enhanced.

Abstract: Each of the red, green and blue column electrodes has widened portions each having a row-direction width larger than that of the other portions. Each of the widened portions faces a head portion of each of the transparent electrodes of a pair of row electrodes constituting each row electrode pair. The widened portion of the green column electrode facing the green discharge cell provided with the green phosphor layer is located in a different position in the column direction from a position of each of the widened portions of the red and blue column electrodes respectively facing the red and blue discharge cells respectively provided with the red and blue phosphor layers.

Abstract: A plasma display device includes a front protective cover and a back cover that form a chassis for receiving a module in which a plasma display panel is incorporated in a chassis member. The front protective cover includes a front frame having a front frame opening for exposing a front image display region of the plasma display panel, a protective plate attached to the front frame opening of the front frame, and a protective plate pressing bracket that presses the periphery of the protective plate against the edge of the front frame opening of the front frame. A reinforcing frame is disposed between the front frame and the protective plate pressing bracket.

Abstract: A plasma display member does not cause an erroneous discharge in a display region end portion and includes: a substrate (1); a substantially stripe-shaped address electrode (2) arranged on the substrate (1); a dielectric layer (3) covering the address electrode (2) and a grid-shaped partition arranged on the dielectric layer (3) and having main walls (4) substantially parallel to the address electrode (2) and auxiliary walls (5) intersecting the main partitions (4). The auxiliary wall (5) intersecting the main wall (4) located at the outermost position among the main walls (4) located at non-display regions (7) at the right and left of a display region (6) has a bottom width identical to the bottom width (L1) of the main wall (4) located at the outermost position among the main walls (4) located at the non-display regions (7) at the right and left of the display region (6) which is multiplied by 0.3 to 1.0.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) featuring the display performance of high definition display and a high brightness, and yet, a lower power consumption is disclosed. A front panel of this PDP includes display electrodes formed on a front glass substrate, a dielectric layer covering the display electrodes, and a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer. A rear panel of this PDP includes address electrodes formed along a direction intersecting with the display electrodes, and barrier ribs. The front panel and the rear panel confront each other to form a discharge space which is filled with discharge gas and is portioned by the barrier ribs. The protective layer is formed of a metal oxide made of MgO and CaO. X-ray diffraction analysis on the surface of the protective layer finds that the metal oxide has a peak between a diffraction angle where a peak of MgO occurs and a diffraction angle where a peak of CaO occurs along an identical orientation of the MgO peak.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a frameless EMI filter supported by a glass substrate for blocking/shielding substantial amounts of electromagnetic waves, with the filter being supported by a side of the substrate opposite a viewer. In certain example embodiments, the PDP filter includes a transparent conductive coating (TCC) for electromagnetic interference (EMI) and near infrared (NIR) blocking without the need for a conductive, peripheral buss bar. Additionally, in certain example embodiments, the need for a conductive frame is reduced or eliminated. The filter has high visible transmission, and is capable of blocking/shielding electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel including a plurality of electrodes and a panel terminal unit providing a driving signal to the electrodes, wherein the panel terminal unit comprises: an electrode pad extending from the electrodes of the panel display unit; a film-shapeddevice providing a driving signal to the electrode pad; an anisotropic conductive film electrically connecting the electrode pad to the film-shaped device; a dielectric layer extending to contact the anisotropic conductive film on the electrode pad so that the dielectric layer covers the electrode pad; and an electrode terminal unit sealant sealing the dielectric layer and the film-shaped device. The electrode terminal unit sealant protects a terminal unit of the plasma display panel against permeation of external gas and external humidity and effectively prevents open and short circuits of an electrode due to a migration phenomenon.

Abstract: A plasma panel, a plasma display apparatus, and a method of forming a complex functional layer for the plasma panel are provided, the plasma panel including: a front glass substrate and a back glass substrate which form a plurality of discharge cells; and a complex functional layer which is formed on an external surface of the front glass substrate. The complex functional layer includes a base substance, an optical functional substance, and a polymer substance to improve a crashworthy property of the front glass substrate.

Abstract: A PDP is proposed which has high emission efficiency and which can decrease address discharge voltage. In a column direction of at least one of transparent electrodes, which perform sustain discharge via respective discharge gaps of a pair of row electrodes and constituting a row electrode pair, is set to 150 ?m or less, and partial pressure of xenon in discharge gas sealed in a discharge space is set to 6.67 kPa or more. A width of a scan electrode, which is one row electrode of each of the row electrode pair facing the column electrode and to which scan pulse is applied, is wider than a width of the other row electrode of the pair to which discharge sustain voltage is applied.

Abstract: A fluorescence particle 17 according to the present invention is used for a light emitting display device and is made of a fluorescent material. The fluorescent material has at least one element 18 selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr and Y. Within a range 17a from the surface 17s of the fluorescence particle through a depth of 20 nm, the at least one element 18 has a local maximum of its concentration profile in the depth direction.

Abstract: A protective layer of a plasma display panel includes smoky magnesium oxide, the smoky magnesium oxide having single crystal magnesium oxide with a plurality of cavities therein.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate having a first color, a rear substrate facing the front substrate, barrier ribs disposed between the front and rear substrates and defining discharge cells, the barrier ribs having a second color, phosphor layers disposed in the discharge cells, display electrodes arranged on the front substrate and extending in a first direction, the discharge electrodes corresponding to the discharge cells, a dielectric layer disposed on the front substrate and covering the display electrodes, the dielectric layer having a third color, address electrodes arranged on the rear substrate and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the address electrodes corresponding to the discharge cells, and a filter disposed on the front substrate and having a fourth color. The first through fourth colors realize a subtractive color mixture through a complementary coloring with each other.

Abstract: In a panel unit 10, a discharge gas is filled into a discharge space 13. A protective layer 114 is provided in a partial region (a front panel 11 side) facing the inner space 13, and a phosphor layer 124 is provided in a counter region (a back panel 12 side) which holds the discharge space 13. The discharge gas is set at a total pressure of not less than 1.50×104 [Pa] and not more than 6.66×104 [Pa], and comprises an Xe gas as a first gas component and an Ar gas as a second gas component and is free from an Ne gas, provided that the Ne gas may be contained in the discharge gas at a partial pressure ratio of not more than 0.5[%] based on the total pressure.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) is made of front panel (2) and a rear panel. The front panel includes display electrodes (6), dielectric layer (8), and protective layer (8) that are formed on glass substrate (3). The rear panel includes electrodes, barrier ribs, and phosphor layers that are formed on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are faced with each other, and the peripheries thereof are sealed to form a discharge space therebetween. Each of display electrodes (6) contains at least silver. Dielectric layer (8) is made of first dielectric layer (81) that contains bismuth oxide and calcium oxide and covers display electrodes (6), and second dielectric layer (82) that contains bismuth oxide and barium oxide and covers first dielectric layer (81).

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention IS an array of microcavity plasma devices The array includes a first metal film electrode with a plurality of non-uniform cross-section microcavities therein that are encapsulated in oxide A second electrode is a thin metal foil encapsulated in oxide that is bonded to the first electrode A packaging layer contains gas or vapor in the non-uniform cross-section microcavities To make such device, photoresist is patterned to encapsulate the anodized foil or film except on a top surface at desired positions of microcavities A second anodization or electrochemical etching is conducted to form the non-uniform cross-section sidewall microcavities cavities After removing photoresist and metal oxide, a final anodization lines the walls of the microcavities with metal oxide and fully encapsulates the metal electrodes with metal oxide

Abstract: A plasma display device includes: a plasma display panel; a front glass; a conductive filter attached to a front surface or a back surface of the front glass; a back cover; and a plurality of glass pressing pieces each of which presses a corresponding one of four sides of the front glass and makes the conductive filter and the back cover be connected electrically. Among the plurality of glass pressing pieces, glass pressing pieces disposed on one pair of opposite sides of the front glass are electrically connected with the conductive filter at the front surface side thereof, and glass pressing pieces disposed on the other pair of opposite sides of the front glass are electrically connected with the conductive filter at the back surface side thereof.

Abstract: A light-transmitting electromagnetic wave shielding film which is a conductive silver thin film with a metallic silver portion formed on a support in a meshy state, wherein the metallic silver portion formed in the meshy state has a line width of 18 ?m or less, an opening rate of 85% or more, an Ag content of 80 to 100% by mass and a surface resistance value of 5 ?/sq or less. This light-transmitting electromagnetic wave shielding film has characteristic features that it has a high electromagnetic wave shielding property and a high transparency at the same time and the meshy portion is black.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is provided that includes a front substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate, a rear substrate faced with the front substrate, a third electrode formed on the rear substrate, and a barrier rib which is formed on the rear substrate and partitions discharge cells, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed with one layer, and the width of at least one of barrier ribs which partitions the discharge cells in the outside of an effective display region is wider than the width of barrier ribs which partition the discharge cells in the inside of the effective display region. The plasma display apparatus does not include a transparent electrode consisting of ITO, reducing the manufacturing cost of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: A plasma display device is provided. A plurality of electrodes electrically coming into contact with a connecting member on a pad region of a plasma display panel are sloped having predetermined gradients, and thus the electrodes can easily come into contact with the connecting member and the contact area of the electrodes and the connecting member can be increased. Further, a pad electrode pattern of the connecting member is also sloped according to the plurality of electrodes formed having gradients, and thus the size and area of the connecting member can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be decreased.

Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) comprising a substrate and a multiplicity of hollow Plasma-domes filled with an ionizable gas having a flat side and an opposing domed side. One or more other sides or edges may also be flat. Two or more electrodes are in electrical contact with each Plasma-dome. A flat or domed side of the Plasma-dome is in contact with the PDP substrate and each electrode is in electrical contact with a flat or domed side of the Plasma-dome. The organic and/or inorganic luminescent material is located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the Plasma-dome and/or incorporated into the shell of the Plasma-dome. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate is rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a PDP especially having a high definition or super high definition cell structure and realizing excellent image display performance by obtaining light-emitting efficiency as favorable as or more favorable than conventional PDPs while suppressing discharge voltage rise. Therefore, strip-shaped display electrodes 4 and 5 of a PDP 1 are respectively composed of a combination of a transparent electrode 41 and a bus electrode 42 and a combination of a transparent electrode 51 and a bus electrode 52. An electrode gap d between electrodes 41 and 51 falls in a range of 5 ?m to 60 ?m. A ratio of a total surface area of the electrodes 41 and 51 to a total surface area of discharge cells falls in a range of 0.6 to 0.92. Thus, a discharge start length is larger than the electrode gap d. A product of a total pressure P of a discharge gas and the electrode gap d falls in a range of 13.33 Pa·cm to 133.3 Pa·cm. The discharge gas consists of xenon of 100%.

Abstract: A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires that may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically clear, patternable and is suitable as a transparent electrode in visual display devices such as touch screens, liquid crystal displays, plasma display panels and the like.

Abstract: This document invention relates to a display apparatus, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a plasma display panel in which upper and lower substrates are combined, a vibration damping sheet formed on a rear surface of the plasma display panel, and a plurality of driving circuit substrates formed on a rear surface of the vibration damping sheet, for driving the plasma display panel. According to an embodiment of the present invention, noise occurring in a discharge of a plasma display panel and driving circuit elements is precluded. Therefore, a high level of noise reduction can guaranteed and the manufacturing cost of a plasma display apparatus can be saved.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high-definition PDP having a high luminance and low electric power consumption by keeping a line resistance of a bus electrode low and supplying enough electric power to a bus electrode edge in an extending direction of the bus electrode. Therefore, in a PDP having a construction in which a barrier rib (14) for separating adjacent discharge cells (101) is provided so as to cross over a display electrode pair (4), a projection (91) is formed in a barrier rib crossing part (93) in which a bus electrode (9) crosses over the barrier rib (14). Then, a line width (D1) of the projection (91) is set to be larger than a line width (D2) of a discharge space part (92) facing to a discharge space. Also, a width (W1) of the projection (91) is set to be smaller than a maximum width (W2) of the barrier rib (14).

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a driving circuit, and a base chassis. The driving circuit is configured to drive the display unit. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of the display unit, the first region provided with an operation button used for operating the driving circuit.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is provided. The plasma display apparatus includes a panel display unit in which a plurality of electrodes are formed, and a panel structure for surrounding at least a portion of the panel display unit. The panel structure includes at least one electrode pad extending from at least one of the electrodes of the panel display unit, at least one connector for applying driving signals to the at least one electrode pad, and a coating layer including a flame-retardant material and coating the at least one electrode pad and the at least one connector.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) including: first and second opposing substrates; a discharge layer disposed between the substrates, having discharge cells; address electrodes disposed on the first substrate, extending in a first direction, across the discharge cells; and display electrodes disposed on the second substrate, extending across the discharge cells in a second direction. The discharge layer includes: a discharge enhancement layer disposed on the first substrate, having first spaces; and a barrier rib layer disposed on the discharge enhancement layer, having second spaces that are connected to the first spaces, so as to form the discharge cells. The discharge enhancement layer further includes a perimeter member disposed in a dummy area provided at the edges of an effective area of the PDP.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PDP equipped with an exhaust tube (21) for evacuating a discharge space formed by arranging a front plate (22) and a back plate (23) oppositely and sealing the circumferential edge portions of the front plate and the back plate by sealant (31) and then filling the discharge space with discharge gas, the method comprising steps for arranging the sealing side of the exhaust tube around a thin exhaust hole (30) provided in the back plate through a tablet (32) formed of frit glass not containing sealing lead but containing bismuth oxide, assembling the front plate and the back plate while arranging them oppositely, mounting the exhaust pipe on an exhauster while directing the side connected with the exhauster downward, and performing the sealing at a predetermined sealing temperature.

Abstract: A plasma panel device having a multiplicity of gas filled plasma-shells, each plasma-shell being positioned on or in a substrate and electrically connected to conductors or electrodes to define a gas discharge pixel or subpixel. The plasma-shell comprises a hollow gas filled geometric body and includes plasma-disc, plasma-dome, plasma-sphere, and other geometric shapes. The substrate may be rigid, flexible, or semi-flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface. Each substrate may comprise a single layer or multiple layers of the same or different materials. Substrate composites may be used such as mixtures, dispersions, suspensions, and so forth. The device may comprise a single substrate or a dual substrate device. A plasma-shell device with a flexible substrate may be bendable and rollable in at least two directions, X and Y, looking at the top or plan view.

Abstract: Provided are a green phosphor for a plasma display panel (PDP) represented by Formula 1 and a PDP including a phosphor layer formed of the same: (Y1-x-yGdx)Al3(BO3)4:Tby??Formula 1 where 0?x<1, 0<y<1 and 0<x+y<1. The luminance saturation characteristic of a green phosphor layer can be improved using the green phosphor for a PDP according to the present embodiments, and the green phosphor can also be mixed with conventionally used green phosphors. Image quality can be improved according to a mixing rate of the green phosphor and conventionally used green phosphors since color reproduction range widens and luminance does not decrease compared to using the conventional green phosphors.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the PDP includes i) a front substrate and a rear substrate spaced apart from and facing each other and ii) a barrier rib portion dividing a space between the front substrate and the rear substrate into a plurality of discharge cells, wherein the barrier rib portion comprises first barrier ribs and second barrier ribs formed on the first barrier ribs, wherein the second barrier ribs are less in width than the first barrier ribs, wherein the widths of the first and second barrier ribs are defined along a first direction substantially parallel with one of the front and rear substrates, and wherein the second barrier ribs are closer to the first substrate than the first barrier ribs.

Abstract: A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells and a plurality of non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates that pass through centers of each of the discharge cells. Also, external light absorbing members are formed between the second substrate and the barrier ribs layer at areas corresponding to locations of the non-discharge regions.

Abstract: A plasma display device has a panel main body in which a pair of transparent substrates is arranged in opposition so as to form a discharge space between the substrates on at least a front side. Barrier ribs are arranged on at least one of the substrates to divide the discharge space into a plurality of spaces. A group of electrodes is arranged on the substrates so as to generate discharge in the discharge space divided with the barrier ribs. Phosphor layers that emit by discharge are also provided. The phosphor layers are equipped with a green phosphor layer including at least Zn2SiO4:Mn, a surface of Zn2SiO4:Mn is coated with aluminum oxide, and a ratio of an Al element to a Si element on the surface measured with an XPS apparatus is 0.6 to 4.0.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electron emission thin-film with improved secondary electron emission characteristics compared with conventional ones, a plasma display panel including the electron emission thin-film, and their manufacturing methods. Using a vacuum deposition system, a protective layer that is an MgO thin-film is formed on a dielectric layer formed on a front glass substrate. At the time of deposition, angles that lines linking the central point of a target material for the protective layer respectively with the central point and both ends points of the front glass substrate form with the front glass substrate are exclusively in a range of 30 to 80°. This enables at least some of MgO columnar crystals constituting the protective layer to have flat planes that are inclined with respect to the surface of the thin-film.

Abstract: A plasma display panel that achieves improved discharge efficiency and reduced discharge voltage is provided. The plasma display panel includes a substrate, a sustain electrode located on the substrate, a first dielectric layer located on the substrate formed with the sustain electrode, and a second dielectric layer located on the first dielectric layer and having a larger dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: A plasma display panel adapted to minimize noise/vibration as well as a heat generated therefrom. In the plasma display panel, a display panel displays a picture while a porous pad is provided behind the display panel to prevent the transfer of noise/vibration to an associated heat proof panel. When the PDP is mounted within a case, a second porous pad can be provided on an inner surface of the case opposite the display panel and adjacent to an associated printed circuit board for additional noise/vibration damping.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a first plate, and a second plate disposed to face the first plate via a discharge space and providing barrier ribs. A plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a first direction, and a dielectric layer covering the first electrodes and the second electrodes are provided on the first plate. A plurality of address electrodes extending in a second direction, and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer and the address electrodes and exposing at least a part of the protective layer to the discharge space are provided on the dielectric layer. The address electrodes are made up by including a conductive layer formed by either one of aluminum and an alloy containing aluminum and copper and by not including a layer of a simple substance of copper.

Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, a plurality of barrier ribs disposed between the substrates to define discharge cells and including single walled barrier ribs and double walled barrier ribs, a plurality of discharge electrodes disposed on portions of the panel corresponding to the barrier ribs to supply a discharge voltage to the discharge cells, and phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells. The barrier ribs include single wall barrier ribs and double wall barrier ribs. The discharge electrodes disposed on the single wall barrier ribs are commonly used to generate a discharge in the adjacent discharge cells, and thus, discharge areas can be extended. Also, since the discharge spaces of the discharge cells are asymmetrically formed, the brightness of discharge cells that have a relatively low brightness can be increased.

Abstract: A plasma display device and a coupling boss coupleable to a chassis base of the plasma display device. The coupling boss includes an attaching head at one end of a boss cylinder. The attaching head has a horizontal cross-sectional area larger than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the boss cylinder. A supporting jaw is proximal to the attaching head and protrudes from the boss cylinder. An undercut is provided between the attaching head and the supporting jaw, the undercut having a volume substantially the same as a volume of the supporting jaw.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) having improved discharge efficiency, low discharge firing voltage, and high reliability. A plasma display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart and facing each other. A plurality of address electrodes are between the first and second substrates. A plurality of barrier ribs are between the first and second substrates and define a plurality of discharge cells and a non-discharge region located between adjacent ones of the discharge cells. A carbon-based material is in the non-discharge region. A phosphor layer is in the plurality of discharge cells. A plurality of display electrodes are between the first and second substrates and extend in a direction crossing the address electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention is a blue phosphor that is represented by a general formula xSrO.yEuO.MgO.zSiO2, where 2.970?x?3.500, 0.006?y?0.030, and 1.900?z?2.100. This blue phosphor has a crystal structure that is essentially a merwinite structure, and the crystal structure has a unit cell volume of 714.8 ?3 or less. Or, in this blue phosphor, a peak appearing around 2?=22.86 degrees in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by measurement of the blue phosphor using an X-ray with a wavelength of 0.773 ? has a one-fifth value width of 0.17 degrees or less. Furthermore, the present invention is a light-emitting device having a phosphor layer including the phosphor. A suitable example of the light-emitting device is a plasma display panel.

Abstract: A flat panel display including a base frame, a display panel module, and a heat-conductive structure is provided. The base frame includes a control unit. The display panel module is disposed in the base frame and includes a back bracket, a first heating element, and a second heating element. The first heating element and the second heating element are disposed in the back bracket and electrically connected to the control unit. A first distance is formed between the back bracket and the base frame to define a first air passage, a second distance is formed between the back bracket and the base frame to define a second air passage, and the first distance is shorter than the second distance. The heat-conductive structure is disposed in the first air passage, and the position of the heat-conductive structure is corresponding to the position of the first heating element.

Abstract: A gas discharge tube includes: a elongated tube within which an electron-emissive film is formed, and which is filled with a discharge gas and sealed; a plurality of pairs of display electrodes disposed on a display side of the elongated tube; a signal electrode disposed on a rear side of the elongated tube; and an elongated support member inserted into the elongated tube and extending in the length direction of the elongated tube. The support member has a curved shape so that a curved inner surface thereof forms a discharge space, has longitudinally extending opposite edges, and has a phosphor layer formed on the inner surface of the support member. The support member further has an end wall at each of longitudinally opposite ends thereof. The end walls and the curved inner surface form an elongated depression in the support member.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a front substrate and a rear substrate that face each other; a pair of base portions disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate and are concavely indented in directions away from each other; a pair of barrier walls disposed on the pair of base portions to define a discharge cell; a scan electrode and a sustain electrode that generate a mutual discharge in the discharge cell; an address electrode to cross the scan electrode and that generates an address discharge together with the scan electrode; a phosphor layer disposed in the discharge cell; and a discharge gas injected into the discharge cell.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) comprises: a front substrate and a rear substrate which face each other; and a barrier wall which is interposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, which includes base portions arranged on either side of a main discharge space, and protruding portions protruding on the base portions, respectively, and which defines stepped spaces on either side of the main discharge space. The stepped spaces are formed according to stepped surfaces formed by the base portions and the protruding portions. The PDP further comprises a pair of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode which generate a mutual discharge through the main discharge space. A channel space is defined by outer walls of the protruding portions on either side of the main discharge space, and an external light absorbing layer covers the channel space.

Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display, a chassis having conductivity that supports the plasma display, a tuner circuit, a scan driver, a sustaining driver and so forth used to display a video on the plasma display, a back cover that covers the chassis, the scan driver, the sustaining driver, etc., and a shield body that covers the tuner circuit. The shield body is electrically connected to the chassis and to the back cover.

Abstract: A plasma display device is provided. The plasma display device may include a plasma display panel (PDP), an upper substrate and a lower substrate, a plurality of scan electrodes and a plurality of sustain electrodes on the upper substrate, a plurality of first barrier ribs on the lower substrate in parallel with the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes, a plurality of second barrier ribs on the lower substrate, that intersect the first barrier ribs, and are higher than the first barrier ribs, and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes on the upper substrate and overlap the first barrier ribs. Accordingly, the amount of invalid power of a PDP may be reduced by preventing crosstalk from occurring between a pair of sustain electrodes with a barrier rib interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed are an upper substrate structure for a plasma display panel including a dielectric layer reinforcing color properties and a fabricating method thereof. The upper substrate structure comprises a sustain electrode formed on an upper glass substrate, a bus electrode formed on the sustain electrode, and an upper substrate dielectric layer formed over a lower part of the surface created by two electrodes and the glass substrate. There is also included a colorant having color properties of red, blue, and green colors, and a protection layer formed on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may include one or more colorants so that important properties of PDP such as selective brightness of desired color, color temperature, and color purity improvement can be controlled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma display apparatus in which film-type front filter is connected. A plasma display apparatus of the present invention includes a panel formed by attaching an upper substrate to a lower substrate, an front filter attached to an entire surface of the panel and including extensions extending by predetermined lengths from edges of the panel in omni-directions, a back cover formed on a rear surface of the chassis base, and a filter supporter for electrically connecting the extensions to the back covers. The filter supporter is connected to the compass.

Abstract: A partition is formed by the process including a step for providing a sheet-like partition material that covers a display area and outside thereof on the surface of the substrate, a step for providing a mask for patterning that covers the display area and the outside thereof, so that a pattern of the portion arranged outside of the display area of the mask is a grid-like pattern, a step for patterning the partition material covered partially with the mask by a sandblasting process, and a step for baking the partition material after the patterning.