Patents Assigned to Plasmion Displays, LLC.
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Patent number: 6897564Abstract: A plasma display panel having a trench discharge cell and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The plasma display panel having a plurality of trench discharge cells includes a transparent substrate having at least one isolated trench in a discharge cell, one or more sustain electrodes in each trench and extended to outside of the trench, one or more bus electrodes on the sustain electrode, and a dielectric layer formed on an entire surface of the transparent substrate including the sustain electrodes, the bus electrodes, and the trench, wherein the dielectric layer has a first portion on the bottom of the trench, a second portion outside the trench of the substrate, and a third portion on side-walls of the trench, and wherein the trench has a first length perpendicular to a direction of the sustain electrodes and a second length parallel to a direction of the sustain electrodes and the first length is greater than the second length.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Plasmion Displays, LLC.Inventors: Dae-Il Kim, William Kokonaski
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Patent number: 6685523Abstract: A method for fabricating a PDP is disclosed. The method for fabricating a PDP including the steps of preparing first and second panels for connecting with each other, forming at least one electrode on the first panel, forming a dielectric layer of PbO on the first panel, sequentially forming Cr and Ni on the PbO layer as a mask material of the PbO layer, performing photolithography and lift-off processes on the Ni/Cr layers to form a mask pattern of Ni/Cr, and etching the PbO layer using the mask pattern of Ni/Cr to form at least one capillary tube within the PbO layer to expose the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Plasmion Displays LLCInventors: Steven Kim, Geun Young Yeom, Young-Joon Lee
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Patent number: 6673522Abstract: A method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming one or more electrodes on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode including the substrate, laminating a dry film photoresist on the dielectric layer, patterning the dry film photoresist using a mask, forming one or more capillary discharge sites in the dielectric layer using sand blasting, and removing the patterned dry film photoresist from the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Plasmion Displays LLCInventors: Dae-Il Kim, Steven Kim
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Publication number: 20030127984Abstract: A capillary discharge plasma display panel with a field shaping layer is disclosed in the present invention. More particularly, a capillary discharge plasma display panel includes first and second substrates, at least one first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode including the first substrate, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode including the second substrate, wherein the second dielectric layer has at least one capillary discharge site corresponding to each second electrode, thereby generating a continuous plasma discharge from the capillary discharge site, a plurality of discharge spaces between the first and second dielectric layers, and at least one third electrode in the second dielectric layer for concentrating the continuous plasma discharge in the capillary discharge site.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Dae-il Kim, Steven Kim, William Kokonaski
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Patent number: 6580217Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel device and a method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a tape material on the second substrate including the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes completely buried in the tape material, a plurality of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates formed on the second substrate, a UV-visible conversion layer on the second substrate including the second substrate between the barrier ribs, and a discharge chamber where discharge occurs between the first and second substrates, wherein the discharge chamber faces toward the second electrode through a single row of one or more capillaries formed in the tape material.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignees: Plasmion Displays LLC, The Trustees of Stevens Institute of TechnologyInventors: Steven Kim, Erich E. Kunhardt, Seok-Kyun Song, Bhum-Jae Shin, Sooho Park
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Publication number: 20030104321Abstract: A method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming one or more electrodes on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode including the substrate, laminating a dry film photoresist on the dielectric layer, patterning the dry film photoresist using a mask, forming one or more capillary discharge sites in the dielectric layer using sand blasting, and removing the patterned dry film photoresist from the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Dae-Il Kim, Steven Kim
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Patent number: 6548957Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel device and a method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a dielectric layer on the second substrate including the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes completely buried in the dielectric layer, a plurality of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates formed on the second substrate, a UV-visible conversion layer on the second substrate including the second substrate between the barrier ribs, and a discharge chamber where discharge occurs between the first and second substrates, wherein the discharge chamber faces toward the second electrode through a single row of one or more capillaries formed in the dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Plasmion Displays LLCInventors: Steven Kim, Erich E. Kunhardt, Seok-Kyun Song, Bhum-Jae Shin, Sooho Park
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Patent number: 6545411Abstract: A capillary discharge plasma display panel with an optimized capillary aspect ratio is disclosed in the present invention. More particularly, a capillary discharge plasma display panel includes first and second substrates, at least one first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode including the first substrate, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode including the second substrate, wherein the second dielectric layer has at least one capillary discharge site corresponding to each second electrode and the capillary discharge site has a diameter approximately twice as great as a depth, thereby generating a continuous plasma discharge from the capillary discharge site, and at least one discharge space between the first and second dielectric layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Dae-II Kim, Steven Kim, William Kokonaski
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Publication number: 20030062837Abstract: The present invention discloses a capillary discharge plasma display panel having a field shaping layer and a method of fabricating the same. More specifically, a capillary discharge panel for generating a capillary plasma discharge includes first and second substrates forming at least one discharge space there between, the first and second substrates facing into each other, a first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode including the first substrate, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode and having at least one capillary per each discharge space therein, and a field shaping layer on the second dielectric layer to confine a generated field into the capillary and eliminate a glow discharge, wherein the discharge space directly faces into the capillary and each capillary corresponds to each discharge space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Plasmion Display, LLCInventors: Bhum Jae Shin, Dong Woo Yu, Steven Kim, Michael D. Martin, William Kokonaski
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Publication number: 20030048240Abstract: A capillary discharge plasma display panel having a capillary of double size openings and method of fabricating the same is disclosed in the present invention. More specifically, a plasma display panel includes first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode, wherein the second dielectric layer has at least one capillary therein, and the capillary comprises first and second openings and the first opening is greater than the second opening in a horizontal width, and at least one discharge space between the first and second dielectric layers and directly adjacent to the first opening of the capillary, thereby exposing a portion of the second electrode to the discharge space through the first and second openings to generate a continuous plasma discharge from the capillary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2001Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Bhum Jae Shin, Michael D. Martin, Steven Kim
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Publication number: 20030048241Abstract: In a method of driving a capillary discharge plasma display panel which comprises front and rear substrates forming a space discharge therein, an addressing electrode on the front substrate, a common electrode and a plurality of scanning electrodes on the rear substrate, and a dielectric layer covering the common electrode and the scanning electrodes and having a capillary corresponding to the common electrode and each scanning electrode in the second dielectric layer, the method includes the steps of applying an addressing pulse to the addressing electrode and a first pulse to the common electrode, and a second pulse sequentially from a 1st scanning electrode to an nth scanning electrode during an addressing period for selecting pixels to be turned on, and applying a first sustaining pulse to the common electrode and a second sustaining pulse to the 1st scanning electrode to the nth scanning electrode during a sustaining period, wherein the first and second sustaining pulses are applied for only discharge tiType: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2001Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Bhum Jae Shin, Dong Woo Yu, Steven Kim, Michael D. Martin, William Kokonaski
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Patent number: 6509689Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel and a method of fabricating the same. The plasma display panel of the present invention includes a first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first substrate including the first electrode, a plurality of second electrodes completely buried in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer including the first electrode, a third dielectric layer on the second substrate, a plurality of UV visible photon conversion layers on the third dielectric layer, a plurality of barrier ribs between each of the UV visible photon conversion layers and connecting the first and second substrates, and a discharge chamber between the first and second substrates defined by the barrier ribs, wherein the first dielectric layer includes at least one trench type discharge space exposing a portion of the first electrode to the discharge chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignees: Plasmion Displays, LLC, The Trustees of Stevens Institute of TechnologyInventors: Steven Kim, Erich E. Kunhardt, Seok-Kyun Song, Bhum-Jae Shin, Sooho Park
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Patent number: 6475049Abstract: The present invention provides a capillary electrode discharge plasma display panel device and method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a pair of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates, a discharge charge chamber between the first and second substrates defined by the barrier ribs, and a dielectric layer on the first substrate including the first electrode, the dielectric layer having a capillary to provide a steady state UV emission in the discharge chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventors: Seong I. Kim, Erich E. Kunhardt
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Publication number: 20020127942Abstract: A method of fabricating a plasma display panel having a substrate includes the steps of forming an electrode on the substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate including the electrode, forming at least one capillary in the dielectric layer using dry-etching, wherein the capillary and the electrode are separated apart by a portion of the dielectric layer, and sequentially removing the portion of dielectric layer to expose the electrode through the capillary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLC.Inventors: Steven Kim, Sooho Park, Geun-Young Yeom, Young-Joon Lee
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Publication number: 20020126068Abstract: An apparatus for driving a capillary discharge plasma display panel having first and second substrates spaced apart, a plurality of pairs of first and second electrodes arranged between the first and second substrates, a dielectric layer formed between the first and second electrodes, at least one capillary in the dielectric layer between the each pair of the first and second electrodes for generating a capillary discharge, the apparatus includes a plurality of cells selectively discharging to glow defined by the pairs of the first and second electrodes, and an address circuit for applying a triangular pulse waveform during a sustain period to stabilize the capillary discharge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLC.Inventors: Steven Kim, Bhum-Jae Shin
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Publication number: 20020058209Abstract: A method for fabricating a PDP is disclosed. The method for fabricating a PDP comprising the steps of preparing first and second panels for connecting with each other, forming at least one electrode on the first panel, forming a dielectric layer of PbO on the first panel, sequentially forming Cr and Ni on the PbO layer as a mask material of the PbO layer, performing photolithography and lift-off processes on the Ni/Cr layers to form a mask pattern of Ni/Cr, and etching the PbO layer using the mask pattern of Ni/Cr to form at least one capillary tube within the PbO layer to expose the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: Plasmion Displays LLC.Inventors: Steven Kim, Geun Young Yeom, Young-Joon Lee
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Publication number: 20020047521Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel device and a method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a tape material on the second substrate including the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes completely buried in the tape material, a plurality of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates formed on the second substrate, a UV-visible conversion layer on the second substrate including the second substrate between the barrier ribs, and a discharge chamber where discharge occurs between the first and second substrates, wherein the discharge chamber faces toward the second electrode through a single row of one or more capillaries formed in the tape material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Applicant: Plasmion Displays LLCInventors: Steven Kim, Erich E. Kunhardt, Seok-Kyun Song, Bhum-Jae Shin, Sooho park
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Publication number: 20020045396Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel and more particularly to a method of fabricating plasma display panels using a laser process. The method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and forming at least one capillary in the second dielectric layer and a protection layer on a portion of the second dielectric layer where the capillary is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Applicant: Plasmion Displays, LLCInventor: Steven Kim