Abstract: A plasma display panel with low firing voltage is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes an upper panel and a lower panel facing each other through barrier ribs wherein the upper panel includes a first protective film composed of magnesium oxide and a second protective film formed on the first protective film and composed of a secondary electron-emitting material.

Abstract: Disclosed are green sheets that can be used to shorten the fabrication procedure of plasma display panels and to improve the configuration and crystalline state of electrodes. The green sheets for use in the fabrication of display panels comprise a dielectric layer green sheet to which a plurality of electrode materials are bound at regular intervals, and at least one protective film attached to at least one surface of the dielectric layer green sheet. Further disclosed are a method and an apparatus for producing the green sheets, plasma display panels using the green sheets, and methods fabricating the plasma display panels.

Abstract: A shift register includes stages shifting an input signal with phase-delayed control signals and first and second supply voltages, and for applying shifted input signals as output signals and as input signals of succeeding stages. Each of the stages includes a first controller selectively applying an input signal and a first supply voltage to a first node between first to third transistors; a second controller selectively applying the first and second supply voltages to a second node between fourth and fifth transistors; and an output buffer selectively applying a predetermined control signal and the first supply voltage as an output signal to a stage output line between sixth and seventh transistors, wherein the fifth transistor may be turned on to sustain a voltage present at the second node equal to the first supply voltage when the fourth transistor is turned off.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma display panel with improved discharge characteristics. The plasma display panel comprises an upper panel and a lower panel integrally joined to the upper panel through barrier ribs wherein the upper panel includes a dielectric layer, a first protective film formed on one surface of the dielectric layer and composed of magnesium oxide, and a second protective film formed on the first protective film and composed of crystalline magnesium oxide.

Abstract: A printing ink and a phosphor slurry composition, a printer and a plasma display panel using the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The printing ink contains a viscosity modifying agent for changing viscosity of the printing ink when stress is applied to the printing ink. The phosphor composition includes phosphor powder, a dispersing agent, and a binder. The phosphor composition further includes a substance having thixotropy.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having an enhanced brightness and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate including barrier ribs, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate, such that the second substrate defines a plurality of discharge cells, together with the first substrate, and lens structures formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, to condense light generated from the discharge cells such that the condensed light is outwardly emitted.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel is disclosed. In the plasma display panel including upper and lower panels bonded to face each other with barrier ribs therebetween, at least one of electrodes formed on the upper and lower panels has a ratio of width to thickness in a range of 5:1˜50:1.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel manufacturing method includes forming an electrode material on a dielectric sheet, and transcribing the dielectric sheet and electrode material on a substrate simultaneously.

Abstract: A master mold for an offset process is disclosed which enables formation of electrodes with a complex pattern or a very-fine pattern. A pattern formation method using the master mold is also disclosed. The master mold includes a plate having a predetermined thickness, and an intaglio pattern formed in a surface of the plate. The intaglio pattern has a cross-section having a surface inclined in a transfer direction of a material to be transferred.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel, which improves the contrast of the plasma display panel, reduces the production costs of the plasma display panel, and simplifies a process for manufacturing the plasma display panel. The method includes forming a barrier rib material on a lower plate, on which address electrodes and a dielectric are provided; forming a black top material having photosensitivity on the barrier rib material; and forming barrier ribs and black tops by treating the barrier rib material and the black top material.

Abstract: A black top green sheet, a plasma display panel, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which black tops made of a photosensitive substance are formed, to improve the contrast of the plasma display panel, reduce the production costs of the plasma display panel, and simplify a process for manufacturing the plasma display panel. The method includes forming a barrier rib material on a lower plate, on which address electrodes and a dielectric are provided; forming a black top material comprising a photosensitive substance on the barrier rib material; patterning the black top material to form black tops; and patterning the barrier rib material using the black tops as a mask to form barrier ribs.

Abstract: A bi-directional driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disclosed, in which forward scanning and backward scanning are available. In a bi-directional driving circuit of an LCD panel having a plurality of blocks, each block includes a first start pulse input terminal to which a start pulse or an output signal of a previous block is input and a second start pulse input terminal to which the start pulse or an output signal of a next block is input. Also, each block includes a first switching portion switching a start pulse signal applied to an input terminal of a first block among the blocks and switching an output signal of a previous block, which is applied to input terminals of the other blocks and a second switching portion switching a start pulse signal applied to an input terminal of the last block and switching an output signal of a previous block, which is applied to input terminals of the other blocks.

Abstract: A system for reducing an OFF-current in a thin film transistor of a liquid crystal display device includes gate and data lines crossing each other, a pixel thin film transistor including gate, source and drain electrodes, the gate electrode connected to the gate line and the source electrode connected to the data line, a liquid crystal capacitor connected to the drain electrode of the pixel thin film transistor, a first switch thin film transistor connected to a first end of the data line, a second switch thin film transistor connected to a first end of the gate line, a first voltage source electrically connected to the drain electrode of the pixel thin film transistor, a second voltage source connected to a source electrode of the first switch thin film transistor, a third voltage source connected to gate electrodes of the first and second switch thin film transistors, and a fourth voltage source connected to a source electrode of the second switch thin film transistor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having many pins is tested using a test system having fewer pins. The test system includes a pin electronics (PE) card and a pattern memory. The PE card preferably includes a plurality of comparator and driver units to drive predetermined input signal pattern to be applied to an input pin of the semiconductor device and to compare data output from an output pin of the semiconductor device with a predetermined output signal pattern. Some or all of the pins of the semiconductor device may be divided into pin groups having K number of pins. The PE card also preferably includes a plurality of control units for electrically connecting each of the comparator and driver units to a selected pin in a selected pin group in response to a control signal.

Abstract: A bi-directional driving circuit of a flat panel display device and method for driving the same is disclosed in the present invention.

Abstract: A shift register employs only a thin film transistor of the same type channel and has a level shifter built-in. A shift register with a built in level shifter includes a plurality of stages and a plurality of level shifters. The stages are connected in cascade to shift a start pulse inputted through an input terminal and sequentially output the shifted pulse. The level shifters level-shift a voltage level of the shifted pulse applied from each of the stages and outputting it.

Abstract: A driving device includes a plurality of blocks arranged in sequence, each of the blocks includes ninth switching elements connected to received a start pulse, four clock signals, and two source voltages. The switching elements are arranged to output the four clock signals in sequence and to alternatively output the four clock signals in a reverse sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a photonic crystal fiber preform having a plurality of holes that extend in a lengthwise direction of the photonic crystal fiber perform is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing for receiving a raw material for the photonic crystal fiber perform, a first support section arranged at an upper part of the housing; a second support section arranged at a lower part of the housing, and a plurality of pins supported by the first and second support sections. At least a portion of each pin is positioned in the housing. The apparatus also includes a vacuum pump for vacuumizing the interior of the housing; a first pipe connected to the lower part of the housing to introduce the raw material into the housing; and a first valve installed on the first pipe to open and close the first pipe.

Abstract: A sol-gel process is disclosed. The process includes the steps of creating a sol by dispersing an organic binder having Si—O backbone structure into de-ionized water together with fumed silica, injecting the dispersed sol into a mold to form a gel, drying the gel, removing organic substances remaining in the gel, removing impurities remaining in the gel and OH radicals, and heating the gel at a temperature to improve the consolidation of the gel.

Abstract: A sol-gel process is disclosed. The process includes forming a sol by dispersing an organic binder and at least two kinds of fumed silica having different particle sizes into de-ionized water and forming a gel by injecting the dispersed sol into a mold.