Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating a workpiece using a plasma discharge are disclosed in the present invention. In treating a workpiece using a plasma discharge, the apparatus includes at least one plate electrode electrically coupled to a power source, a dielectric body having first and second sides, wherein the first side is coupled to the at least one plate electrode and the second side has at least one capillary extending substantially therethrough in a direction of the first side of the dielectric body, and a counter electrode electrically coupled to the power source.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light source driven by a capillary discharge plasma and a method for surface treatment using the same. More specifically, an ultraviolet light source driven by a capillary discharge plasma includes an AC power supply as a power source, at least one first electrode connected to the power source, a dielectric body having at least one capillary discharge site therein and enclosing at least a portion of the first electrode, wherein each capillary discharge site is substantially aligned with each first electrode, so that the first electrode is exposed by the capillary site, at least one second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode, a gas tight chamber enclosing the first and second electrodes and the dielectric body including a working gas, and a window attached to the chamber substantially passing only ultraviolet light from a capillary discharge plasma.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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 ti

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A deposition system includes at least one first load lock chamber, at least one deposition chamber attached to the first load lock chamber, the at least one deposition chamber having a plurality of deposition sources disposed circumferentially about sidewalls of the deposition chamber, at least one second load lock chamber attached to the deposition chamber, a plurality of gas inlet ports and vacuum line ports disposed on each of the first and second load lock chambers and the deposition chamber, and a plurality of rotatable deposition pallets, at least one deposition pallet is disposed within the deposition chamber and at least one deposition pallet is disposed in one of the first and second load lock chambers, wherein the at least one deposition pallet disposed in one of the first and second load lock chambers laterally shifts into the deposition chamber when the at least one deposition pallet disposed in the deposition chamber laterally shifts from the deposition chamber into another one of the first and s

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A focused magnetron sputter system includes a processing chamber, a plurality of sputter sources arranged within the processing chamber, a substrate holder disposed above the plurality of sputter sources, a rotational shutter arranged between a substrate and the plurality of sputter sources for selectively forming a coating on the substrate, and a power supply connected to the substrate holder for supplying a substrate bias.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The specification and drawings describe and show embodiments of the present invention in the form of a slim cathode ray tube and a method of fabricating the same. More specifically, a slim cathode ray tube includes a vacuum tight envelope having front and back panels, the front panel including a fluorescent screen and a shadow mask thereon, at least one emitter plate on the back panel and having a plurality of planar electron emitters each generating an electron beam onto the fluorescent screen through the shadow mask, wherein the planar electron emitters have an electron emission surface that has a form of a conical shape, and an acceleration grid over the planar electron emitters and accelerating the electron beam and directing the accelerated electron beam onto the fluorescent screen. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rule requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an area lamp apparatus, and more specifically, a flat light source wherein a plurality of fluorescent lamps are formed within a single glass substrate. The area lamp apparatus includes front and rear substrates facing into each other and at least a portion of the front and rear substrates contacting each other, a plurality of groves in at least one of the front and rear substrates to form a plurality of discharge channels, a fluorescent layer on surfaces of the groves, a pair of side substrates attached to the front and rear substrates for sealing the discharge channels, and a pair of side electrodes on the side substrates. 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method for forming an indium tin oxide thin film on a substrate in the present invention includes the steps of introducing a mixture of an inert gas and a low electron affinity element in close proximity to a target as a primary sputter ion beam source, providing an oxygen gas between the target and the substrate, applying an electrical energy to the target to ionize the mixture, confining electrons generated in the ionization in close proximity to a surface of the target facing towards the substrate, disintegrating negatively charged ions from the target, and forming the indium tin oxide thin film on the substrate.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.