Abstract: A backlight apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs as light-sources, a plurality of light-guiding plates, lights from the LEDs being made incident into the light-guiding plates, the incident lights being then converted into a surface-like light, and being guided onto the liquid-crystal panel side by the light-guiding plates, a plurality of LED drivers for supplying currents to the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of LED driving boards on which the plurality of LEDs and LED drivers are implemented, wherein the plurality of LEDs are implemented on one surface of each LED driving board, and each light-guiding plate is also provided thereon, each of the LED drivers being implemented on the other surface of each LED driving board.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a discharge space between two substrate assemblies opposed to each other, wherein a priming particle-emitting layer containing magnesium oxide crystals to which a halogen element is added in an amount of 1 to 10000 ppm is placed in such a way that the priming particle-emitting layer is exposed to the discharge space.

Abstract: A method for producing a plasma display panel, includes mixing MgO crystals with MgF2, firing the resulting mixture. pulverizing the fired mixture to obtain powdered MgO crystals to which fluorine is added, and forming a priming particle-emitting layer on a protective layer. The priming particle-emitting layer contains the powdered MgO crystals to which fluorine is added, and the protective layer is included in a front-side substrate assembly that comprises a display electrode and a dielectric layer on a glass substrate.

Abstract: In a backlight device manufactured by simultaneously arranging a plurality of backlight blocks in a combination manner, while each of the backlight blocks is comprised of: a light emitting source containing an LED, or a fluorescent lamp; a light conducting plate for conducting light emitted from the light emitting source to the side of a liquid crystal panel; and a reflection seat arranged on a rear plane of the light conducting plate; a dark luminance portion and a middle dark/bright luminance portion corresponding to dark/bright difference patterns for producing a dark/bright difference in luminance emitted from the backlight blocks are formed; and luminance of a bright luminance portion corresponding to a bright pattern of luminance emitted from a boundary between the backlight blocks is caused not to become visually conspicuous by a luminance fluctuation of the dark/bright difference pattern emitted from the backlight blocks.

Abstract: A backlight unit having a LED light source includes a light guide plate partitioned in areas each having a tapered shape formed of a thick portion and a thin portion. The light guide plate is formed such that a thick portion and a thin portion are repeated at certain intervals, and the repeated thick portions and the repeated thin portions gradually decrease in thickness. The LED light source is attached to a lateral side of each thick portion. Grooves are formed in the light irradiation direction of the LED light source and in a direction perpendicularly intersecting the light irradiation direction. Each of the grooves is formed in an concave shape (V-shape or trapezoid-shape). There is a relation 0.2/30<=W/D<0.1 where D denotes the distance between the light guide plate and a light diffusion plate, and W denotes the width of each of the grooves. An inclination angle ? relative to the center of each of the grooves is between 9 and 15 degrees inclusive.

Abstract: A backlight unit, being thin-sized, but having high definition and high uniformity of luminance, and a video display apparatus applying the same therein, has a plural number of sets of at least one or more of light source(s) (1) and a light guidance plate (2) for guiding lights from the light source(s) to a side of a liquid crystal panel, to be emitted therefrom, wherein the light source(s) is/are disposed on one end side of the light guidance plate, and other set of light source is disposed on a rear surface side of the other end of the light guidance plate opposite to the one end.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates forming a discharge space between the substrates, and lateral barrier ribs extending in a row direction and longitudinal barrier ribs extending in a column direction that divide the discharge space into cells. Each lateral barrier rib is divided into two portions in the column direction such that a vent passage is formed in the divided portion. In the plasma display panel, raised portions, which are lower than the lateral barrier ribs and connect the lateral barrier ribs divided into the two portions with each other, are formed in the vent passage.

Abstract: A charging/discharging apparatus (602) for charging a capacitance to be charged/discharged (Cp) includes: a recovery capacitor (Cr1) for recovering electric energy which has one terminal connected to a first power supply (GND) through first switch means (SW11) and another terminal connected to a second power supply (Vs+Vo) through second switch means (SW12); first path forming means (D11) which has one terminal connected to a connection point between the second power supply and the other terminal of the recovery capacitor and another terminal connected to the capacitance to be charged/discharged, and charges the capacitance to be charged/discharged through a resonant inductor (L1) when the first switch means is turned on; second path forming means (D12) which has one terminal connected to a connection point between the first power supply and the one terminal of the recovery capacitor and another terminal connected to the capacitance to be charged/discharged, and discharges the capacitance to be charged/discha

Abstract: A plasma display device performing display control by utilizing plasma discharge includes a panel having a plurality of address electrodes and a plurality of display electrodes disposed to intersect with the address electrodes, and a drive circuit performing address discharge drive for selectively producing a discharge in cells between the address electrodes and the display electrodes, and display discharge drive for applying to the display electrode a display drive pulse having a voltage increasing with such a gradient as to continuously produce a discharge current in the selected cell. In the display discharge drive performed after the address discharge drive, a display drive pulse with an increasing voltage of gentle gradient is applied to the display electrode, thereby producing faint discharges continuously in the selected cell during the increase of the voltage applied to the display electrode. Display luminance is controlled by the above ramp-wave discharge.

Abstract: A display device (1) including a surface discharge type plasma display panel (2) performs an addressing operation, a sustain operation and a reset operation. In the addressing operation, address discharge of an opposed discharge form with the second electrode (Y) used as a cathode is generated between the second electrode (Y) and a third electrode (A) in a cell to be energized or in a cell not to be energized. In the reset operation, an obtuse wave pulse (Pr1) having a negative polarity is applied to the second electrode (Y) so as to generate charge adjustment discharge starting from discharge of the opposed discharge form with the second electrode (Y) used as a cathode between the second electrode (Y) and the third electrode (A).

Abstract: A plasma display panel, having a discharge space between a first and a second substrates, includes a plurality of scan electrodes, each disposed along a display line, which can be driven individually and a plurality of address electrodes disposed to intersect with the above scan electrodes, and pixel areas at the intersecting positions of the scan electrodes and the address electrodes Further, the plasma display panel includes a sustain electrode for producing sustain discharge with the scan electrodes, and the sustain electrode is formed to have a grid shape. Each pixel area is surrounded with the grid shape.

Abstract: A charging/discharging apparatus (602) for charging a capacitance to be charged/discharged (Cp) includes: a recovery capacitor (Cr1) for recovering electric energy which has one terminal connected to a first power supply (GND) through first switch means (SW11) and another terminal connected to a second power supply (Vs+Vo) through second switch means (SW12); first path forming means (D11) which has one terminal connected to a connection point between the second power supply and the other terminal of the recovery capacitor and another terminal connected to the capacitance to be charged/discharged, and charges the capacitance to be charged/discharged through a resonant inductor (L1) when the first switch means is turned on; second path forming means (D12) which has one terminal connected to a connection point between the first power supply and the one terminal of the recovery capacitor and another terminal connected to the capacitance to be charged/discharged, and discharges the capacitance to be charged/discha

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a discharge space between two substrate assemblies opposed to each other, wherein a priming particle-emitting layer containing magnesium oxide crystals to which a halogen element is added in an amount of 1 to 10000 ppm is placed in such a way that the priming particle-emitting layer is exposed to the discharge space.

Abstract: A sustain voltage applying circuit includes a circuit having a sustain pulse generating circuit for generating a sustain pulse of a predetermined waveform and an offset pulse generating circuit for generating an offset pulse higher in peak value than the sustain pulse, the sustain pulse generating circuit and the offset pulse generating circuit being connected in parallel, the offset pulse generating circuit including a first voltage source, a first switching circuit, an inductance component for generating a resonance voltage for the offset pulse generation, and a forward diode for permitting a current supplied to the display electrodes to flow forward so that the resonance voltage is maintained at a higher voltage level than a voltage level of a sustain voltage for a predetermined period of time, the sustain pulse generating circuit including a second voltage and a second switching circuit.

Abstract: On a front substrate, a dielectric layer for accumulating the wall charge is formed, and inside the dielectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode intersecting each other are formed with a predetermined pitch. The dielectric layer is not flat but is convex at the intersection of the first electrode and the second electrode, and the thickness in the direction of the discharge space from the second electrode at the intersection is larger than the thickness in the remaining area. Consequently, since the electric field distribution at the intersection is coarser than that at places apart from the intersection when discharge is sustained by causing an electric field distribution in the discharge space through the dielectric layer, discharge occurs not at the intersection but in four positions at places apart from the intersection, so that the luminous efficiency per discharge cell is improved.

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: A plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates forming a discharge space therebetween, barrier ribs in a row direction and a column direction that divide the discharge space to form discharge cells in a matrix pattern, and phosphor layers of three colors of red, green and blue formed inside the discharge cells to provide different colors through repetitive patterns. The phosphor layers have the same color in the discharge cells in the column direction. The width of barrier ribs that divide discharge cells having a red phosphor layer whose luminosity factor is the smallest is made wider than that of barrier ribs that divide discharge cells of the other colors so that the height of the barrier ribs is made lower.

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 plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates forming a discharge space between the substrates, and lateral barrier ribs extending in a row direction and longitudinal barrier ribs extending in a column direction that divide the discharge space into cells. Each lateral barrier rib is divided into two portions in the column direction such that a vent passage is formed in the divided portion. In the plasma display panel, raised portions, which are lower than the lateral barrier ribs and connect the lateral barrier ribs divided into the two portions with each other, are formed in the vent passage.

Abstract: A method for driving a display device includes the steps of setting a plurality of light emission quantity control patterns for associating a measurement parameter having a value corresponding to brightness of each frame of an original image with a control parameter that determines light emission quantity of the entire screen of one frame, and performing the light emission quantity control by selectively using one of the plurality of light emission quantity control patterns that satisfies a preset selection condition in accordance with a sum of values of the measurement parameters determined for a plurality of frames.