Abstract: A plasma display panel in which a white colored screen has an improved picture quality includes: a plurality of first barriers successively formed on a predetermined substrate at constant intervals; a plurality of sustain electrodes successively formed to be orthogonal to the first barriers to form discharge cells between the respective first barriers; and a plurality of second barriers respectively formed between a pair of the sustain electrodes in parallel to the sustain electrodes, having different widths depending on the discharge cell displaying red, the discharge cell displaying green and the discharge cell displaying blue.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a driving apparatus, and method of operation thereof, that is capable of improving brightness. A plurality of sustaining electrode groups formed on a front substrate consist of at least three electrodes. The at least three electrodes are set to have a different distance from each other, thereby generating at least two discharges continuously. Each group of three electrodes has a center electrode and two side electrodes, the two side electrodes being spaced at different distances from the center electrode.

Abstract: A structure and driving method for a plasma display panel is disclosed in which discharge efficiency is improved and service-life of phosphors is increased. The structure for a plasma display panel includes a plurality of upper electrodes formed on an upper substrate at certain intervals in one direction, a dielectric layer formed on the upper substrate including the upper electrodes, an auxiliary electrode formed on the dielectric layer between adjacent upper electrodes, a passivation film formed on the dielectric layer including the auxiliary electrode, a lower electrode formed on a lower substrate opposite to the upper electrodes to be orthogonal to the upper electrodes, and a dielectric layer formed on the lower substrate including the lower electrode.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plasma display panel that is capable of improving its discharge efficiency and brightness.

Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving brightness and efficiency. In the method, a sustaining pulse for sustaining a discharge of a cell selected in a sustaining interval is alternately applied to each of a sustaining electrode pair. A pulse signal synchronized with the sustaining pulse is applied to a data electrode to cause a discharge for inducing a long-path discharge between the sustaining electrode pair between any one of the sustaining electrode pair and the data electrode.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a driving method thereof that is capable of improving a discharge efficiency as well as preventing a crosstalk. In the panel, an address electrode is included in each discharge cell making a unit pixel of the plasma display panel. A plurality of second sustain electrodes are positioned at each periphery of the discharge cell in a direction crossing the address electrode to receive a second sustaining pulse. At least one of first sustain electrode is positioned at the center of the discharge cell in a direction crossing the address electrode to receive a first sustaining pulse applied alternately with respect to the second sustaining pulse.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method and apparatus for driving the same that are capable of preventing miss-writing and improving discharge and light-emission efficiencies. In the panel, an upper substrate and a lower substrate are opposed to each other with having a plurality of discharge cells therebetween. A first upper electrode group includes at least one electrode having a desired width and is formed on the upper substrate. A second upper electrode group includes at least one electrode having a different width from the first upper electrode group and is formed on the upper substrate in such a manner to be adjacent to the first upper electrode group. A data electrode is provided on the lower substrate in such a manner to be perpendicular the first and second upper electrode group. In the method and apparatus, a short-path discharge occurs between two electrodes spaced at a small distance from each other, of electrodes included in the first and second upper electrode groups.

Abstract: A plasma display panel that is capable of improving the discharge and light-emission efficiencies and the brightness. In the panel, a sustaining electrode pair is formed on an upper substrate in such a manner to be positioned at the edges of a discharge cell. A trigger electrode pair is positioned between the sustaining electrode pair to cause a trigger discharge for deriving a sustaining discharge. Dielectric layers are formed on the sustaining electrode pair and the trigger electrode pair to have a different thickness.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a driving method thereof that are capable of improving the discharge efficiency and the brightness. In the panel, sustaining electrodes are formed at the boundary portions between the discharge cells. Trigger electrodes are formed at the inner sides of the discharge cells. Lattice-shaped barrier ribs are formed in such a manner to surround the discharge cells. The method of driving the panel includes a reset period, an address period and a sustaining period. In the method, a reset pulse is applied to the sustaining electrodes during the reset period. A scanning pulse is applied to the trigger electrodes during the address period. A first sustaining pulse is applied to the trigger electrodes during the sustaining period. A second sustaining pulse is applied to the sustaining electrodes in such a manner to be alternate with the first sustaining pulse.

Abstract: A method of and system for driving a plasma display panel (PDP), which is designed to increase the amount of data processed in unit time. The method includes the steps of dividing row electrodes into at least two groups, splitting the field, and applying driving pulses to each split field with a phase difference. Also, the present invention uses a lower bit preceding scanning method where the bits of a digital picture signal are aggregated by bits of a kind from the most significant bit to the least significant bit and divided into a plurality of pairs of upper and lower bits as (lower bit, upper bit), the lower bit in each pair of bits being successively scanned, followed by a scanning of the upper bit in each pair of bits. Thus, the efficiency of the AC PDP is enhanced with the reduction in the time needed to construct the field, and readily driving a field even when the amount of data to be scanned is increased.

Abstract: A method for driving an AC-type Plasma Display Panel (PDP), and more particularly, for improving the brightness and contrast of the panel by reducing the time of scanning while increasing the discharge time of cells. Accordingly, a video signal is designed to change, as needed, the sequential order of two bits, to insert appropriate erasing pulses into vertical electrodes according to the sequential order of the two bits, and to select the erasing time of each cell being connected to horizontal electrodes. Thus, combining any two or a plurality of subfields reduces the time of scanning while increasing the discharging time of the cells.

Abstract: It is the main objective of the present invention to provide a plasma display panel designed to use a common electronic device, wherein a large size screen of the plasma display panel is divided by maintaining a stable discharge state of each cell and decreasing the data amount of the operating circuits in which the divided screens are operated in parallel simultaneously. To accomplish the above objective, a plasma display panel is provided having a common electrode, a scanning electrode, and a data electrode being disposed between an upper substrate and a lower substrate. The common electrode is arranged parallel to the scanning electrode, and the data electrode is arranged perpendicular to the common electrode and the scanning electrode. A cell is at the intersection where the common electrode and the scanning electrode intersect with the data electrode. The data electrode is divided for the purpose of dividing the plasma display panel into plural screens.

Abstract: An in-line electron gun for a color cathode ray tube is disclosed including a main focusing electrode and an accelerating electrode common for electron beams and having an elliptical aperture. An auxiliary electrode disposed within each of the main focusing electrode and accelerating electrode and being retreated from rims of the main focusing electrode and accelerating electrode, respectively. In addition, a shield cup is installed adjacent to the accelerating electrode, the shield cup having an aperture that is horizontally longer than vertically.