Abstract: A self-luminous display panel including a first substrate, an insulating resin layer, self-luminous elements, a sealing layer, an attachment layer, and a second substrate, and the insulating resin layer includes an inner insulating sublayer and an outer insulating sublayer with a groove therebetween, the groove being provided in a peripheral region and surrounding an image display region, the attachment layer includes a peripheral sealing layer that is positioned inside a peripheral portion of the second substrate and a joining layer that is positioned in a range surrounded by the peripheral sealing layer, and when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a main surface of the first substrate and across the groove, the peripheral sealing layer is at least partially positioned on the outer insulating sublayer, and an inner end portion of the peripheral sealing layer extends to the groove.

Abstract: Self-luminous display panel having display region and peripheral region around the display region includes first substrate, insulating resin layer, self-luminous elements, sealing layer, attachment layer, and second substrate in this order. The insulating layer includes inner and outer sublayers with, therebetween, groove provided in the peripheral region and surrounding the display region. The sealing layer includes first-third sublayers respectively including inorganic material, resin, and inorganic material. In range including the display region and extending to at most inner end portion of the outer sublayer, the first-third sublayers are layered in this order. Outside the range, the first sublayer directly contacts the third sublayer. The attachment layer includes: peripheral layer inside peripheral portion of the second substrate; and joining layer in range surrounded by the peripheral layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a substrate; a plurality of organic EL elements; and a sealing layer in this order. In the organic EL display panel, the sealing layer has a three-layered structure in the order of a first sealing layer, a second sealing layer, and a third sealing layer. In the organic EL display panel, the first sealing layer, the second sealing layer, and the third sealing layer each include amorphous silicon nitride. In the organic EL display panel, when composition of the first sealing layer, composition of the second sealing layer, and composition of the third sealing layer are each indicated as SiNx, a value of x in the composition of the second sealing layer is greater than both a value of x in the composition of the first sealing layer and a value of x in the composition of the third sealing layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer, a second electrode layer, a first refractive index layer, and a second refractive index layer. The first refractive index layer and the second refractive index layer are in contact with each other at an interface. The light-emitting layer has a light-emitting region opposed to the first electrode layer. The interface has a recess opposed to the light-emitting region.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a multi-layered wiring laminate disposed on a substrate and including insulating layers and wiring disposed on at least one of the insulating layers and extending to a vicinity of an outer periphery of the wiring laminate; an organic EL element array disposed on the wiring laminate; a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the array and extending outside the outer periphery of the wiring laminate in plan view; a resin sealing layer disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer, covering the array in plan view, and having an outer periphery above a resin insulating layer that is a highest layer among the insulating layers; a second inorganic insulating layer disposed on the resin sealing layer, extending outside the outer periphery of the resin sealing layer in plan view, and being in contact with the first inorganic insulating layer in a thickness direction.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a multi-layered wiring laminate including: a first part on which an organic EL element array is disposed and in which a first portion of a resin insulating layer is present, the resin insulating layer being a highest layer among insulating layers; a second part surrounding the first part in plan view and in which a second portion of the resin insulating layer having a bank-shape is present; and a third part disposed between the first part and the second part in plan view and having a shape of a circumferential groove in which the resin insulating layer is not present. In the third part, wiring is on an inorganic insulating layer that is lower by a layer than the resin insulating layer. The wiring on the inorganic insulating layer is spaced away from the second portion of the resin insulating layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a substrate; a plurality of organic EL elements; and a sealing layer in this order. In the organic EL display panel, the sealing layer has a three-layered structure in the order of a first sealing layer, a second sealing layer, and a third sealing layer. In the organic EL display panel, the first sealing layer, the second sealing layer, and the third sealing layer each include amorphous silicon nitride. In the organic EL display panel, when composition of the first sealing layer, composition of the second sealing layer, and composition of the third sealing layer are each indicated as SiNx, a value of x in the composition of the second sealing layer is greater than both a value of x in the composition of the first sealing layer and a value of x in the composition of the third sealing layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a multi-layered wiring laminate disposed on a substrate and including insulating layers and wiring disposed on at least one of the insulating layers and extending to a vicinity of an outer periphery of the wiring laminate; an organic EL element array disposed on the wiring laminate; a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the array and extending outside the outer periphery of the wiring laminate in plan view; a resin sealing layer disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer, covering the array in plan view, and having an outer periphery above a resin insulating layer that is a highest layer among the insulating layers; a second inorganic insulating layer disposed on the resin sealing layer, extending outside the outer periphery of the resin sealing layer in plan view, and being in contact with the first inorganic insulating layer in a thickness direction.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes a multi-layered wiring laminate including: a first part on which an organic EL element array is disposed and in which a first portion of a resin insulating layer is present, the resin insulating layer being a highest layer among insulating layers; a second part surrounding the first part in plan view and in which a second portion of the resin insulating layer having a bank-shape is present; and a third part disposed between the first part and the second part in plan view and having a shape of a circumferential groove in which the resin insulating layer is not present. In the third part, wiring is on an inorganic insulating layer that is lower by a layer than the resin insulating layer. The wiring on the inorganic insulating layer is spaced away from the second portion of the resin insulating layer.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a front plate; a rear plate having barrier ribs; a sealing member that seals a peripheral edge of the front plate and a peripheral edge of the rear plate; and a bonding layer that bonds at least part of the barrier ribs and the front plate to each other. The sealing member has a first glass member. The bonding layer has a second glass member. A deformation point of the second glass member is lower than a softening point of the first glass member. A softening point of the second glass member is higher than the softening point of the first glass member.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a front plate; a rear plate having barrier ribs; a sealing member that seals a peripheral edge of the front plate and a peripheral edge of the rear plate; and a bonding layer that bonds at least part of the barrier ribs and the front plate to each other. The sealing member has a first glass member. The bonding layer has a second glass member. A deformation point of the second glass member is lower than a softening point of the first glass member. A softening point of the second glass member is higher than the softening point of the first glass member.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and discharge gas filled in a space defined between the first and second substrates, the first substrate including at least one first electrode extending in a first direction, and at least one second electrode extending in parallel with the first electrode, the second substrate including at least one third electrode extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of partition walls extending in the second direction for partitioning a display area, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is comprised of a first portion being in the form of a line extending in the first direction, and defining a discharge gap between itself and an adjacent electrode, and a second portion radially extending from the first portion in a direction away from the discharge gap.

Abstract: A PDP (plasma display panel) and a plasma display device are provided which are capable of improving a light-emitting characteristic and of realizing high image quality by incorporating a discharge electrode using a low-resistance conductive material. In the above PDP, connecting electrode portions each being arranged in the vicinity of a transparent conductive portion of a scanning electrode and a transparent conductive portion of a sustaining electrode, where sustaining discharge is made to occur for displaying of images, have a slender-line shape and their film thickness being comparatively small in order to decrease a light-shielding rate and low-resistance conductive portions each being arranged in a portion being comparatively far from each of transparent conductive portions have their film thickness being comparatively large in order to lower wiring resistance.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a plurality of surface discharge electrode pairs formed in a column direction at predetermined intervals, each surface discharge electrode pair having a pair of sustaining electrodes extending in a row direction so that a discharge gap is put between the sustaining electrodes. Each sustaining electrode is made up of a transparent conductive thin film, is provided with a main electrode portion formed in stripe shapes so as to face the discharge gap and a metal film of which a width is narrower than a width of the main electrode portion, and a sub-electrode portion formed at a side opposite to the discharge gap side of the main electrode portion which corresponds. With this configuration, a high image quality and a low power consumption can be obtained.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a plurality of surface discharge electrode pairs formed in a column direction at predetermined intervals, each surface discharge electrode pair having a pair of sustaining electrodes extending in a row direction so that a discharge gap is put between the sustaining electrodes. Each sustaining electrode is made up of a transparent conductive thin film, is provided with a main electrode portion formed in stripe shapes so as to face the discharge gap and a metal film of which a width is narrower than a width of the main electrode portion, and a sub-electrode portion formed at a side opposite to the discharge gap side of the main electrode portion which corresponds. With this configuration, a high image quality and a low power consumption can be obtained.

Abstract: In order to provide an AC type plasma display panel having improved luminous efficiency, small power consumption and high luminance, sustaining electrodes (14a, 14b) of the AC type plasma display panel take in the form of mesh electrodes each having a plurality of openings (13). Each opening (13) is a strip-shaped opening having a size included in a rectangular area having one of sides thereof smaller than 30 &mgr;m or having a width smaller than 30 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and discharge gas filled in a space defined between the first and second substrates, the first substrate including at least one first electrode extending in a first direction, and at least one second electrode extending in parallel with the first electrode, the second substrate including at least one third electrode extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of partition walls extending in the second direction for partitioning a display area, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is comprised of a first portion being in the form of a line extending in the first direction, and defining a discharge gap between itself and an adjacent electrode, and a second portion radially extending from the first portion in a direction away from the discharge gap.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP), in which a high quality image is displayed by making its luminance and its luminance efficacy high and also its power consumption is reduced, is provided. The plasma display panel provides a group of plural pairs of sustaining electrodes covered with a dielectric layer on a first glass substrate by placing a discharge gap between the pair of sustaining electrodes, and a gas being filled up between the first glass substrate and a second glass substrate facing the first glass substrate. And an image is displayed on the PDP by irradiating ultraviolet light, which is obtained by making the group of plural pairs of the sustaining electrodes on the first glass substrate discharge by applying voltages to the group of plural pairs of the sustaining electrodes, on a fluorescent material.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a plurality of surface discharge electrode pairs formed in a column direction at predetermined intervals, each surface discharge electrode pair having a pair of sustaining electrodes extending in a row direction so that a discharge gap is put between the sustaining electrodes. Each sustaining electrode is made up of a transparent conductive thin film, is provided with a main electrode portion formed in stripe shapes so as to face the discharge gap and a metal film of which a width is narrower than a width of the main electrode portion, and a sub-electrode portion formed at a side opposite to the discharge gap side of the main electrode portion which corresponds. With this configuration, a high image quality and a low power consumption can be obtained.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP), in which a high quality image is displayed by making its luminance and its luminance efficacy high and also its power consumption is reduced, is provided. The plasma display panel provides a group of plural pairs of sustaining electrodes covered with a dielectric layer on a first glass substrate by placing a discharge gap between the pair of sustaining electrodes, and a gas being filled up between the first glass substrate and a second glass substrate facing the first glass substrate. And an image is displayed on the PDP by irradiating ultraviolet light, which is obtained by making the group of plural pairs of the sustaining electrodes on the first glass substrate discharge by applying voltages to the group of plural pairs of the sustaining electrodes, on a fluorescent material.