Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) not only capable of reducing a discharge start voltage but also of making the discharge start voltage uniform in each cell without being adversely affected by the variations in the distance between electrodes caused during manufacture has been disclosed, wherein a pair of electrodes, provided in each of a plurality of cells respectively in which a discharge is caused to occur selectively for display in a discharge space, has facing edges, respectively, provided for discharge and the distance between the facing edges changes when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a substrate and the edges in each of the plurality of cells have substantially the same shape.

Abstract: In a plasma display panel where a discharge space is partitioned by lattice-shaped barrier rib which comprises vertical ribs and horizontal ribs, a manufacturing method for the plasma display panel is acquired. This manufacturing method is designed for allowing substantially-linear exhaustion-use through holes parallel to the vertical ribs to be formed on the horizontal ribs with the execution of a simple and convenient processing step. The plasma-display-panel manufacturing method thus acquired includes steps of forming a glass-containing material, which becomes step-difference, into a stripe-shaped configuration at positions of the vertical ribs on a coated film of a barrier rib material formed on a glass substrate, and after that, performing patterning of the lattice-shaped barrier rib.

Abstract: A PDP (plasma display panel) is manufactured by a manufacturing method including the steps of: (a) preparing a front structure (first structure) having a plurality of X electrodes (first electrodes) and Y electrodes (first electrodes) formed on one surface of a front substrate (first substrate) and a dielectric layer that covers the X electrodes and the Y electrodes and a rear structure (second structure) having a plurality of address electrodes (second electrodes) and a plurality of barrier ribs formed on one surface of a rear substrate (second substrate); (b) forming a protective layer containing SrCO3 (strontium carbonate) on a surface of the dielectric layer of the front structure; and (c) assembling the front structure and the rear structure, wherein the step (c) includes a transforming step in which the protective layer is formed by transforming at least a part of SrCO3 contained therein to SrO (strontium oxide).

Abstract: By making the thickness of a dielectric layer thinner than the thickness of each of electrodes, an opposed discharging phenomenon is exerted between the electrodes so that it becomes possible to reduce the discharging voltage between the electrodes. A plasma display panel is provided with a pair of substrates which are aligned face to face with each other with a discharge space placed inside thereof, a plurality of electrodes which are formed on the inner face of one of the substrates in a manner so as to be extended in a fixed direction, with a predetermined thickness, so that by generating a surface discharge, a screen display is carried out, and a dielectric layer which covers the electrodes, and in this structure, the dielectric layer is formed with a thickness which is thinner than the thickness of the electrodes.

Abstract: Conventionally, when a thickness of a dielectric layer is reduced without changing an electrode shape, a drive margin is reduced and stable driving cannot be performed. In a discharge cell, a display electrode comprises a projection extending in a column direction from an electrode body extending in a row direction, the projection forms a discharge gap together with an adjacent paired projection of the other display electrode, the projection includes a first projection and a second projection having two kinds of widths in a row direction, and when a ratio of widths of the second projection on the discharge gap side to the first projection on the electrode body side is assumed as Y and a thickness of the dielectric layer as X, Y?0.2·X, X?20 and Y?0.5 are satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel that includes forming an electrode on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer which covers the electrode on the substrate, and forming a protective layer which covers the dielectric layer, wherein the protective layer is in contact with a discharge space of the plasma display panel, and wherein the protective layer includes MgO and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an Al compound, a Y compound, a Ti compound, a Zn compound, a Zr compound, a Ta compound and SiC having an ultraviolet shielding function.

Abstract: The present invention provides that a gas discharge panel substrate assembly comprising: electrodes formed on a substrate, a dielectric layer covering the electrodes, and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer and in contact with a discharge space, wherein the protective layer includes MgO and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an Al compound, a Ti compound, a Y compound, a Zn compound, a Zr compound, a Ta compound and SiC.

Abstract: A key input device includes a key input unit and an illuminating unit. The key input unit has a key cap, movable mechanism, pressure sensing part, and a frame housing these components. The illuminating unit illuminates the key cap from the bottom of this key input unit through the movable mechanism and the pressure sensing part. The key input unit and the illuminating unit are configured in such a way that they are independently waterproofed.

Abstract: It is intended to standardize MCAO model and to further improve the reproducibility and reliability thereof. There is provided a probe holding device (10) which includes a probe holding member (14) for holding a blood flowmeter probe (12), and such device is used together with the blood flowmeter probe when measuring intracerebral blood flow. While holding the blood flowmeter, the probe holding member can be disposed in a position of being adjacent to and outside temporal bones.

Abstract: An AC plasma display panel has a pair of panels disposed in spaced opposed relation, and each having a plurality of electrodes formed on an opposed surface thereof and mostly covered with a dielectric layer; and a sealing member which seals the periphery of the pair of panels. The electrodes each have a portion uncovered with the dielectric layer, and the sealing member is disposed in contact with the uncovered portions of the electrodes. With this arrangement, the discharge space can be kept gas-tightly sealed by the sealing member without communication with the outside of the display panel which may otherwise occur due to the presence of voids on opposite sides and surfaces of the electrodes.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a structure that enables high definition progressive display and has good productivity is provided. A dielectric layer that covers display electrodes is made a layer whose surface has projections and depressions along undulations of the surface on which the dielectric layer is formed. A partition is arranged so as to face the projections of the surface of the dielectric layer for ensuring a ventilation path for exhausting air.

Abstract: An AC plasma display panel has a pair of panels disposed in spaced opposed relation, and each having a plurality of electrodes formed on an opposed surface thereof and mostly covered with a dielectric layer; and a sealing member which seals the periphery of the pair of panels. The electrodes each have a portion uncovered with the dielectric layer, and the sealing member is disposed in contact with the uncovered portions of the electrodes. With this arrangement, the discharge space can be kept gas-tightly sealed by the sealing member without communication with the outside of the display panel which may otherwise occur due to the presence of voids on opposite sides and surfaces of the electrodes.

Abstract: A key input device includes a key input unit and an illuminating unit. The key input unit has a key cap, movable mechanism, pressure sensing part, and a frame housing these components. The illuminating unit illuminates the key cap from the bottom of this key input unit through the movable mechanism and the pressure sensing part. The key input unit and the illuminating unit are configured in such a way that they are independently waterproofed.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a structure that enables high definition progressive display and has good productivity is provided. A dielectric layer that covers display electrodes is made a layer whose surface has projections and depressions along undulations of the surface on which the dielectric layer is formed. A partition is arranged so as to face the projections of the surface of the dielectric layer for ensuring a ventilation path for exhausting air.

Abstract: Provided is a compensating device for a received data can be used in a wide application by a single apparatus for various wiring configurations and transmission media.

Abstract: Conventionally, when a thickness of a dielectric layer is reduced without changing an electrode shape, a drive margin is reduced and stable driving cannot be performed. In a discharge cell, a display electrode comprises a projection extending in a column direction from an electrode body extending in a row direction, the projection forms a discharge gap together with an adjacent paired projection of the other display electrode, the projection includes a first projection and a second projection having two kinds of widths in a row direction, and when a ratio of widths of the second projection on the discharge gap side to the first projection on the electrode body side is assumed as Y and a thickness of the dielectric layer as X [?m], Y?0.2·X, X?20 and Y?0.5 are satisfied.

Abstract: A method of limiting I/O access of a client to prevent data in a client connected to the system from being leaked and stolen, the method further canceling the limitation under a predetermined condition even if the client can not communicate with a server is provided. The method comprising the steps of locking I/O access of the client, determining whether the client is connectable to the server via a network, unlocking I/O access of the client in response to a determination of the client being connectable, by authenticating the client by the server, and unlocking I/O access of the client in response to the client not being connectable, by connecting a portable authentication device to the client to authenticate the client by the portable authentication device.

Abstract: A method for restricting a user's use of a file recorded on a client according to predetermined conditions, even if the use of the file has been authenticated previously in accordance with a policy, is provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: a determination step of determining based on a policy recorded on the server whether a user of the client has a right to use the file; a recording step of changing a recording location of the file to a new recording location hidden from the user of the client and recording the file in the new recording location, in response to the determination that the user of the client has the right to use the file; and a deleting step of deleting the file from the new recording location in response to a disconnection of the client from the network.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a structure that enables high definition progressive display and has good productivity is provided. A dielectric layer that covers display electrodes is made a layer whose surface has projections and depressions along undulations of the surface on which the dielectric layer is formed. A partition is arranged so as to face the projections of the surface of the dielectric layer for ensuring a ventilation path for exhausting air.

Abstract: The manufacturing method includes the step of forming a dielectric layer on a substrate where electrodes are formed so as to coat the electrodes in accordance with a vapor phase growth method, the step of carrying out a process for planarization on the dielectric layer, and the step of forming a protective film on the dielectric layer.