Abstract: A plasma display panel may include a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate with a predetermined space therebetween, the space being partitioned into a plurality of discharge cells, a phosphor layer formed in the discharge cells, address electrodes extending in a first direction on the first substrate to correspond to the discharge cells, and a first electrode and a second electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction at the first substrate side, spaced apart from the address electrodes, formed opposite to each other, and projecting toward the second substrate with a discharge space formed therebetween, wherein the address electrodes include protrusions disposed adjacent to the second electrodes and protruding toward the inside of the discharge cells, and wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes protrusions protruding toward an inside of a respective one of the discharge cells.

Abstract: A plasma display panel capable of increasing a luminous efficiency while decreasing discharge firing voltage while easily generating an address discharge by generating a sustain discharge as facing discharge. The discharge sustain electrodes are on barrier ribs between the two substrates. One of the sustain discharge electrodes extends between discharge cells and the other extends through discharge cells dividing discharge cells into two portions. Each discharge sustain electrode is surrounded by a dielectric material and also a non-transparent MgO protective layer. These electrodes are formed to be tall and narrow to allow for superior facing discharge potential.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes first and second substrates provided in opposition to one another, address electrodes formed on the first substrate, barrier ribs mounted between the first and second substrates so as to define a plurality of discharge cells, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, first and second electrodes formed on the second substrate, and third electrodes mounted between the first and second electrodes at positions corresponding to the discharge cells. The first and second electrodes are positioned further from the second substrate than the third electrodes, and a spacing is provided between the first and second electrodes. A method for driving the PDP includes (a) applying a reset waveform to the third electrodes during a reset interval, (b) applying a scan pulse to the third electrodes during an address interval, and (c) applying a sustain discharge voltage alternately to the first and second electrodes during a sustain discharge interval.

Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: first and second substrates arranged opposite to each other; address electrodes arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate; barrier ribs arranged in a space between the first and second substrates to divide a plurality of discharge cells; phosphor layers respectively arranged within the discharge cells; first and second electrodes arranged on the second substrate corresponding to the respective discharge cells, the first and second electrodes extending in a direction crossing the address electrodes; and third and fourth electrodes, separated from the first and second electrodes, and projecting toward the first substrate in a direction away from the second substrate, the third and fourth electrodes facing each other with a space therebetween.

Abstract: A plasma display panel may include a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate with a predetermined space therebetween, the space being partitioned into a plurality of discharge cells, a phosphor layer formed in the discharge cells, address electrodes extending in a first direction on the first substrate to correspond to the discharge cells, and a first electrode and a second electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction at the first substrate side, spaced apart from the address electrodes, formed opposite to each other, and projecting toward the second substrate with a discharge space formed therebetween, wherein the address electrodes include protrusions disposed adjacent to the second electrodes and protruding toward the inside of the discharge cells, and wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes protrusions protruding toward an inside of a respective one of the discharge cells.

Abstract: A plasma display device including a plasma display panel having a plurality of discharge cells defined between a front substrate and a rear substrate, address electrodes proximate to the discharge cells and extending in a first direction, and scan and sustain electrodes proximate to the discharge cells and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein, for a same pixel, at least two discharge cells of different colors correspond to a same address electrode.

Abstract: A plasma display device is disclosed. The plasma display device includes two opposing substrates, address electrodes, and display electrodes. A plurality of discharge cells are provided between the two opposing substrates. The address electrodes are formed along a first direction between the substrates. The display electrodes are formed along a second direction crossing the first direction between the substrates. Three discharge cells are adjacent to each other form a single pixel. Centers of the three discharge cells are arranged in a substantially triangle pattern. A non-discharge cell is formed between a pair of the pixels which are adjacent to each other along the second direction.

Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: first and second substrates arranged opposite to each other; address electrodes arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate; barrier ribs arranged in a space between the first and second substrates to divide a plurality of discharge cells; phosphor layers respectively arranged within the discharge cells; first and second electrodes arranged on the second substrate corresponding to the respective discharge cells, the first and second electrodes extending in a direction crossing the address electrodes; and third and fourth electrodes, separated from the first and second electrodes, and projecting toward the first substrate in a direction away from the second substrate, the third and fourth electrodes facing each other with a space therebetween.

Abstract: A plasma display panel capable of increasing a luminous efficiency while decreasing discharge firing voltage while easily generating an address discharge by generating a sustain discharge as facing discharge. The discharge sustain electrodes are on barrier ribs between the two substrates. One of the sustain discharge electrodes extends between discharge cells and the other extends through discharge cells dividing discharge cells into two portions. Each discharge sustain electrode is surrounded by a dielectric material and also a non-transparent MgO protective layer. These electrodes are formed to be tall and narrow to allow for superior facing discharge potential.

Abstract: In a plasma display panel, a plurality of row electrodes is divided into a plurality of row groups. One row group is driven by a first method and the remaining row groups are driven by a second method. Light-emitting cells are set by a selective write process in a first subfield and by a selective erase process in the remaining subfields. When the selective write process and the selective erase process are simultaneously in one address period, the selective erase process is first performed. In addition, when selective erase processes for the plurality of row groups are simultaneously performed in one address period, a scan pulse of a selective erase process first performed has a smaller width.

Abstract: In a plasma display panel, one field is divided into a first group of subfields and a second group of subfields. A first subfield of the first group of subfields selects light-emitting cells using a selective write process, and the remaining subfields of the first group of subfields select non-light-emitting cells from the light-emitting cells using a selective erase process. In addition, a first subfield of the second group of subfields selects light-emitting cells using the selective write process, and the remaining subfields of the second group of subfields select non-light-emitting cells from the light-emitting cells using the selective erase process. In addition, a reset operation for initializing all discharge cells is performed in the first subfields of the first and second groups of subfields.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes first and second substrates provided in opposition to one another, address electrodes formed on the first substrate, barrier ribs mounted between the first and second substrates so as to define a plurality of discharge cells, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, first and second electrodes formed on the second substrate, and third electrodes mounted between the first and second electrodes at positions corresponding to the discharge cells. The first and second electrodes are positioned further from the second substrate than the third electrodes, and a spacing is provided between the first and second electrodes. A method for driving the PDP includes (a) applying a reset waveform to the third electrodes during a reset interval, (b) applying a scan pulse to the third electrodes during an address interval, and (c) applying a sustain discharge voltage alternately to the first and second electrodes during a sustain discharge interval.

Abstract: A method of processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel is provided. In the method, a new resolution for input image data is set according to a resolution of the display panel. A first virtual screen is divided into a plurality of pixel areas according to the new resolution set for the input image data. A second virtual screen having a sub-pixel array structure of the display panel is superimposed on the first virtual screen. A mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen is laid on each sub-pixel area. An area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on the first virtual screen included in each mask to the area of the mask is obtained and set. The new resolution and the area ratios are applied to a driving device of the display panel. The input image data having an original resolution is transformed into image data having the new resolution.

Abstract: A flat panel for a cathode ray tube for preventing a screen image from being shown concavely to a user or viewer includes a flat outer surface and a non-spherically formed inner surface, the non-spherically formed inner surface satisfying formula 1: y1?y2??(formula 1) wherein y1 represents a vertical distance between the outer surface and a refracted screen image on a central axis of the panel, and y2 represents a vertical distance between the outer surface and the refracted screen image in peripheral areas other than the central axis of the panel, and the panel has a high transmission ratio equal to or greater than about 60% for preventing degradation of luminance due to a difference in thickness between a central section and a peripheral section of the panel.

Abstract: A method of processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel is provided. In the method, a new resolution for input image data is set according to a resolution of the display panel. A first virtual screen is divided into a plurality of pixel areas according to the new resolution set for the input image data. A second virtual screen having a sub-pixel array structure of the display panel is superimposed on the first virtual screen. A mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen is laid on each sub-pixel area. An area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on the first virtual screen included in each mask to the area of the mask is obtained and set. The new resolution and the area ratios are applied to a driving device of the display panel. The input image data having an original resolution is transformed into image data having the new resolution.

Abstract: A faceplate panel for a cathode ray tube includes an exterior surface having a substantially flat shape, and an interior surface having a concave shape. The interior surface curves in a direction toward the flat exterior surface with a diagonal curvature radius Rp satisfying the following condition: 1.2R ≦Rp≦8R, where R=1.767×the diagonal length of the effective screen of the panel. Furthermore, a peripheral thickness t of the faceplate panel at the diagonal end of the effective screen satisfies the following condition: B≦t≦A, where B is the peripheral thickness of the panel at the diagonal end of the effective screen when a diagonal curvature radius Rp of the interior surface is 8R, and A is the peripheral thickness of the panel on the diagonal end of the effective screen when a ratio of the light transmission at the peripheral portion of the diagonal end of the effective screen to the light transmission at the central portion of the effective screen is 0.85.

Abstract: A flat panel for a cathode ray tube for preventing a screen image from being shown concavely to a user or viewer includes a flat outer surface and a non-spherically formed inner surface, the non-spherically formed inner surface satisfying formula 1:

Abstract: A faceplate panel for a cathode ray tube includes an exterior surface having a substantially flat shape, and an interior surface having a concave shape. The interior surface curves in a direction toward the flat exterior surface with a curvature radius R.sub.p satisfying the following condition:1.2R.ltoreq.R.sub.p .ltoreq.8R,where R=1.767.times.the diagonal length of the effective screen of the panel. Furthermore, a peripheral thickness t of the faceplate panel at the diagonal end of the effective screen satisfies the following condition:B.ltoreq.t.ltoreq.A,where B is the peripheral thickness of the panel at the diagonal end of the effective screen when a curvature radius R.sub.p of the interior surface is 8R, and A is the peripheral thickness of the panel on the diagonal end of the effective screen when a ratio of the light transmission at the peripheral portion of the diagonal end of the effective screen to the light transmission at the central portion of the effective screen is 0.85.

Abstract: Disclosed is a correction lens system of an exposure apparatus for a cathode-ray tube which comprises a lens formed with a plurality of block cells joined together and which diffuses and irradiates a light emitted from a light source to an inner surface of a panel, characterized in that the lens system is structured to interrupt ultraviolet rays having a wave length of less than 300 nm, and a method for manufacturing a correction lens of an exposure apparatus for a cathode-ray tube, for diffusing and irradiating a light emitted from a light source to an inner surface of a panel, wherein the method comprises the steps of treating a plurality block cells made of glass such that an upper part of each block cell is inclined at a predetermined angle, polishing the block cells, and adhering the block cells to each other to form a correction lens having a certain shape.