Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front panel including a substrate, a display electrode formed on the substrate, a dielectric layer formed to cover the display electrode, and a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer; and a rear panel disposed facing the front panel so that discharge space is formed, and including an address electrode formed in a direction intersecting the display electrode and a barrier rib partitioning the discharge space. The protective layer is formed by forming a base film made of MgO on the dielectric layer and attaching a plurality of aggregated particles of a plurality of metal oxide crystal particles to the base film so that the aggregated particles are distributed over the entire surface, the base film includes Si as a material impurity, and a Si concentration in the base film is more than 0 ppm and not more than 10 ppm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plasma display panel that includes a front panel including a substrate, a display electrode formed on the substrate, a dielectric layer formed so as to cover the display electrode, and a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer; and a rear panel disposed facing the front panel so that discharge space is formed and including an address electrode formed in a direction intersecting the display electrode, and a barrier rib for partitioning the discharge space. Forming the protective layer on the front panel includes: vapor-depositing a base film on the dielectric layer; forming an aggregated particle paste film containing an aggregated particle of a plurality of crystal particles of metal oxide on the base film; and firing the base film and the aggregated particle paste film, thereby attaching a plurality of the aggregated particles on the base film.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a protective layer of magnesium oxide on a front glass substrate (11) in an evaporation chamber (201) includes the following: oxygen outlet openings (222) for introducing oxygen into the evaporation chamber (201); water vapor outlet openings (210) for introducing water vapor into the evaporation chamber (201) from the downstream side in the transfer direction of the front glass substrate (11); a mass analyzer (224) for measuring the ionic strength of hydrogen and the ionic strength of oxygen in the evaporation chamber (201); and mass flow controllers (215) and (221) for controlling the introduction amount of the water vapor and the introduction amount of the oxygen, respectively, by the ionic strengths measured by the mass analyzer (224).

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes front plate, scan electrodes and sustain electrodes both formed on front plate, dielectric layer covering scan and sustain electrodes, and protective layer formed on dielectric layer. Protective layer contains silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), and is made of magnesium oxide (MgO) including Si of which atoms count in the range from 5×1018 pieces/cm3 to 8×1021 pieces/cm3. The foregoing construction allows the PDP to shorten a discharge-delay time, achieve a quick response of discharge to a voltage applied, and suppress changes of the discharge-delay time with respect to a temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a PDP and a manufacturing method therefor having improved display performance even if the PDP is of a fine-cell structure. A protective layer of the PDP is composed of an MgO film layer and an MgO particle layer that is made of MgO particles. The MgO particles are formed by burning an MgO precursor and satisfy that a/b?1, where a denotes a spectrum integral value in a wavelength region of a CL spectrum from 200 nm to 300 nm, exclusive of 300 nm, and b denotes a spectrum integral value in a wavelength region of the CL spectrum from 300 nm to 550 nm, exclusive of 550 nm. With provision of the MgO particle layer, the discharge characteristics of the protective layer improve (shorter discharge delay and less temperature dependence of the discharge delay). Consequently, the PDP is ensured to exhibit excellent display performance.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes MgO, at least one element of Si, Ge, C and Sn, and at least one element of fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh group elements of a periodic table. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a protective layer includes a film-forming chamber (32); gas inlets (47) for introducing at least gas into the film-forming chamber (32); exhaust pumps (43) for evacuating the film-forming chamber (32); a cryotrap for controlling the exhaust velocity of water independent of the exhaust pumps (43); and a temperature controller for controlling the cooling temperature of the cryotrap. The exhaust velocity of the water is controlled by the cooling temperature of the cryotrap so as to form a protective layer susceptible to the partial pressure of water always under the same conditions. This results in a protective layer having resistance to sputtering and excellent secondary emission characteristics.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes magnesium oxide and magnesium carbide. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes magnesium oxide, magnesium carbide, and silicon. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma display panel that has a fast response in discharge generation to voltage application owing to a short discharge delay time, and at the same time suppresses the change in the discharge delay time to temperature. In the plasma display panel, dielectric layer (9) is formed so that it covers scanning electrode (5) and sustain electrode (6) formed on front substrate (4), and protective layer (10) is formed on dielectric layer (9), where protective layer (10) includes carbon and silicon, and in addition, protective layer (10) is made of magnesium oxide including silicon of 5×1018 atoms/cm3 to 2×1021 atoms/cm3 and carbon of 1×1018 atoms/cm3 to 2×1021 atoms/cm3.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes magnesium oxide and magnesium carbide. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes MgO, at least one element of Si, Ge, C and Sn, and at least one element of fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh group elements of a periodic table. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes magnesium oxide, magnesium carbide, and silicon. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes front plate, scan electrodes and sustain electrodes both formed on front plate, dielectric layer covering scan and sustain electrodes, and protective layer formed on dielectric layer. Protective layer contains silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), and is made of magnesium oxide (MgO) including Si of which atoms count in the range from 5×1018 pieces/cm3 to 8×1021 pieces/cm3. The foregoing construction allows the PDP to shorten a discharge-delay time, achieve a quick response of discharge to a voltage applied, and suppress changes of the discharge-delay time with respect to a temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma display panel that has a fast response in discharge generation to voltage application owing to a short discharge delay time, and at the same time suppresses the change in the discharge delay time to temperature. In the plasma display panel, dielectric layer (9) is formed so that it covers scanning electrode (5) and sustain electrode (6) formed on front substrate (4), and protective layer (10) is formed on dielectric layer (9), where protective layer (10) includes carbon and silicon, and in addition, protective layer (10) is made of magnesium oxide including silicon of 5×1018 atoms/cm3 to 2×1021 atoms/cm3 and carbon of 1×1018 atoms/cm3 to 2×1021 atoms/cm3.