Abstract: A plasma-discharge light emitting device is provided. The plasma-discharge light emitting device may include: rear and front panels separated from each other in a predetermined interval, wherein at least one discharge cell may be provided between the rear and front panels, and wherein plasma discharge may be generated in the discharge cells; a pair of discharge electrodes provided on at least one of the rear and front panels for each of the discharge cells; a trench provided as a portion of each of the discharge cells between the pair of the discharge electrodes; and electron-emitting material layers provided on both sidewalls of the trench.

Abstract: A plasma-discharge light emitting device is provided. The plasma-discharge light emitting device may include: rear and front panels separated from each other in a predetermined interval, wherein at least one discharge cell may be provided between the rear and front panels, and wherein plasma discharge may be generated in the discharge cells; a pair of discharge electrodes provided on at least one of the rear and front panels for each of the discharge cells; a trench provided as a portion of each of the discharge cells between the pair of the discharge electrodes; and electron-emitting material layers provided on both sidewalls of the trench.

Abstract: A plasma display that includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate arranged opposite to each other and separated by a constant distance, with a discharge space being arranged between the substrates, a plurality of partitions arranged between the lower substrate and the upper substrate that partition the discharge space into a plurality of discharge cells, a plurality of address electrodes arranged on an upper surface of the lower substrate, a first dielectric layer arranged on the upper surface of the lower substrate and covering the address electrodes, a plurality of first sustain electrodes arranged on a lower surface of the upper substrate and having the shape of a closed loop corresponding to each discharge cell, a plurality of second sustain electrodes arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and having a shape of a closed loop corresponding to closed loops in the first sustain electrodes, and a phosphor layer arranged on the upper surface of the first dielectric layer and on sid

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a front substrate and a rear substrate separated by a predetermined distance, barrier ribs disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate and partitioning a plurality of discharge spaces, a plurality of first sustain electrodes and second sustain electrodes disposed in parallel on an inner surface of the front substrate, and a plurality of first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers, covering the first sustain electrodes and the second sustain electrodes, respectively, parallel to the first and second sustain electrodes and separated from each other by predetermined narrow spaces and predetermined wide spaces.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including first and second substrates facing each other, a first electrode pair that is arranged on the first substrate and that induces a mutual discharge, and a second electrode pair that is arranged substantially parallel to the first electrode pair and that induces a mutual discharge.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, a plurality of barrier ribs formed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, a discharge generation unit that causes a plasma discharge in a discharge space, and a fluorescent layer that generates visible light due to the discharge. The rear substrate includes at least two rear substrate parts connected to each other.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a front and a rear substrate which face each other and form a discharge space; address electrodes arranged on an upper surface of the rear substrate; a first dielectric layer formed on the upper surface of the rear substrate and covering the address electrodes; partition walls formed on the upper surface of the rear substrate and partitioning the discharge space to form discharge cells; a fluorescent layer formed on an upper surface of the first dielectric layer and on sidewalls of partition walls, and forming inner surfaces of the discharge cells; first and second sustain electrodes formed on a lower surface of the front substrate in each of the discharge cells in a direction perpendicular to the address electrodes; and a second dielectric layer formed on the lower surface of the front substrate to cover the sustain electrodes, and having protruding portions formed between the sustain electrodes and protruding into discharge cells.

Abstract: A flat lamp is provided, including an upper plate and a lower plate arranged to face each other at a predetermined distance; a plurality of spacers installed between the upper plate and the lower plate to form discharge spaces; a first and second electrodes provided in a stripe form on the outer surface of the upper plate or the lower plate with the respective discharge spaces located thereon; a first and second inner electrodes provided within each of the spacers; and a fluorescent layer formed on each of inner surfaces of the upper and lower plates and each of the outer surfaces of the spacers.

Abstract: A method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. An interlayer insulating layer, an etch-stop layer, a trench oxide layer, a hard mask layer and a photoresist layer are laminated over a semiconductor substrate in which a contact is formed. An exposure process is performed to form a photoresist pattern. The hard mask layer is partially etched by an etch process that employs the photoresist pattern. An etch process using the hard mask layer as an etch mask is performed to partially etch the trench oxide layer, the etch-stop layer and the interlayer insulating layer, thereby forming damascene trenches. Metal material is formed on the entire surface including the trenches. A chemical mechanical polishing process is then performed to expose the etch-stop layer, thereby forming a metal line.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a transparent front substrate, a rear substrate disposed parallel to the front substrate, a barrier wall disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate and defining light-emitting cells, address electrodes on the rear substrate and covered by a first dielectric layer, sustain electrode pairs extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the address electrodes extend and covered by a second dielectric layer, red, green and blue phosphor layers coated on sides of the barrier wall and a surface of the first dielectric layer, and red, green and blue phosphor films formed on the second dielectric layer at regions corresponding to regions where the red, green and blue phosphor layers are formed.

Abstract: Provided is a complex sintering furnace to sequentially perform a bake-out process and a sintering process for molding ceramic products. The complex sintering furnace includes: a support frame; a pair of furnace bodies supported on the top of the support frame and having a built-in heat insulator covered by a disc-shaped cover; a pair of rails arranged under the support frame in parallel in a length direction along arrangement of the furnace bodies; a rotating base horizontally transferred along the rails and rotatably connected to bottoms of the furnace bodies when the rotating base is vertically transferred directly under the bottoms of the furnace bodies, the rotating base including a separately rotating setter mounted the top thereof; and an ascending/descending apparatus mounted under the rotating bases and having a ball-screw type rotation shaft to vertically ascend/descend the rotating base at the same time of the separate rotation of the setters.

Abstract: A flat lamp is provided, including an upper plate and a lower plate arranged to face each other at a predetermined distance; a plurality of spacers installed between the upper plate and the lower plate to form discharge spaces; a first and second electrodes provided in a stripe form on the outer surface of the upper plate or the lower plate with the respective discharge spaces located thereon; a first and second inner electrodes provided within each of the spacers; and a fluorescent layer formed on each of inner surfaces of the upper and lower plates and each of the outer surfaces of the spacers.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, barrier ribs between the first and second substrates, the first and second substrates and the barrier ribs partitioning a discharge space into discharge cells, a plurality of discharge electrodes between the first and second substrates, a plurality of electron emission devices in the discharge cells, the electron emission devices adapted to emit electron beams according to a voltage applied thereto, and a first luminescent layer and a second luminescent layer on inner walls of the discharge cells, the first and second luminescent layers emitting light using different luminescence mechanisms.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel includes front and rear substrates facing each other to form a discharge space therebetween, a plurality of address electrodes provided in stripes on an upper surface of the rear substrate, a first dielectric layer provided to cover the address electrodes on the upper surface of the rear substrate, and partitions provided on a upper surface of the first dielectric layer to partition the discharge space.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma flat lamp. The provided lamp includes a discharge gas filled in a discharge area of a discharge container, at least two electrodes generating a gas discharge in the discharge area, a low work function material layer located in a discharge path between the electrodes and collided against gas ions that are generated by the gas discharge, and a fluorescent layer generating visible rays by ultraviolet rays that are generated by the gas discharge in the discharge container. The provided plasma flat lamp reduces a driving voltage due to the low work function material layer against which ions are collided, and increases luminescent efficiency by reducing the absorption of ultraviolet rays of the low work function material layer.

Abstract: A plasma discharge method and a plasma display using the same. In the method, a sustain discharge uses a facing surfaces discharge and a surface discharge after an address discharge. The discharges occur in separate discharge areas, and priming particles generated by the discharges are exchanged. Thus, the stability and the efficiency of the sustain discharge increase, and a gap for the address discharge decreases to lower a breakdown voltage.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a plurality of sustain electrode pairs, each of the sustain electrode pairs including an X electrode and a Y electrode; and a plurality of address electrodes crossing the sustain electrode pairs; wherein each of the address electrodes includes a main section having a first width, and extended-width portions having a second width greater than the first width, the extended-width portions being formed where the address electrode crosses either the X electrodes or the Y electrodes of the sustain electrode pairs.

Abstract: An AC type PDP includes a front panel having a sustaining electrode and a bus electrode attached to the sustaining electrode, and a rear panel having an address electrode. The bus electrode has a thickness so as to have a predetermined opposed surface to generate opposed discharge with respect to another bus electrode which is adjacent to the bus electrode.

Abstract: A design for a plasma display panel (PDP). The novel PDP has two separate layers of fluorescent material. One layer of fluorescent material can generate long wavelength from VUV rays and the other fluorescent layer can convert either of VUV or long wavelength ultraviolet rays into visible rays. Such a PDP improves the luminance efficiency by more efficiently using the UV and VUV rays generated during plasma discharge.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) and a method of manufacturing the panel includes sustain electrodes having a double gap structure and a predetermined resistance value. Each of the sustain electrodes includes a main electrode for sustaining a discharge and an auxiliary electrode for starting a low-voltage discharge without decreasing efficiency. A gap between auxiliary electrodes included in different sustain electrodes, respectively, is narrower than a gap between the different sustain electrodes. Each auxiliary electrode is formed between barrier ribs or immediately above a barrier rib. A ditch is formed in a dielectric layer covering the main electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes. The ditch is formed immediately above an auxiliary electrode.