Having Electric Terminal Detail Patents (Class 313/583)
  • Patent number: 7176627
    Abstract: Fine particles of a phosphor are weighed, mixed, and filled. Provided after this step are at least one step of firing the particles in a reducing atmosphere, and a step of pulverizing, dispersing, rinsing, drying and then treating the particles in an oxygen plasma atmosphere after the last step of treatment in the reducing atmosphere. This method recovers oxygen vacancy in the host crystal of the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Junichi Hibino, Masaki Aoki, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Setoguchi
  • Patent number: 7176629
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) with a novel electrode structure. An integrated bus electrode located outside of the display region is connected to many image display electrodes. This integrated bus electrode is designed to be wider and thicker in order to reduce electrical resistance and thus reduce the generation of Joule heat in the periphery regions of the PDP. This integrated bus electrode is flush with the edge of the display and is connected to a flexible printed cable which connects to drivers. Alignment marks are placed on the integrated bus electrode to locate exactly where the flexible printed cable attaches to the integrated bus electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Woong Jang
  • Patent number: 7173374
    Abstract: In a PDP apparatus a first protrusion is formed in the column direction at a scan electrode. A second protrusion is formed in the column direction at a sustain electrode. The first and second protrusions face each other with a protrusion gap therebetween. An area of the first protrusion is greater than that of the second protrusion. A first sustain pulse is applied to the scan electrode and a second sustain pulse is applied to the sustain electrode in a sustain interval. In an exemplary embodiment a first interval during which a voltage of the first sustain pulse is less than that of the second sustain pulse is longer than a second interval during which a voltage of the first sustain pulse is greater than that of the second sustain pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Hune Yoo
  • Patent number: 7161300
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Zeng, Hidekazu Hatanaka, Young-Mo Kim, Seong-Eui Lee, Sang-Hun Jang, Seung-Hyun Son, Gi-Young Kim, Hyoung-Bin Park
  • Patent number: 7154221
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-hyun Son, Young-mo Kim, Hidekazu Hatanaka, Vassili Leniachine, Nikolai Shpackovsky, Sang-hun Jang, Mi-jeong Song, Hyo-june Kim, Gi-young Kim, Hyoung-bin Park
  • Patent number: 7154223
    Abstract: A plasma display panel with an improved barrier rib design. The barrier ribs between the substrates are designed to have differing heights to compensate for the difference in the amount of phosphor layer material formed on the tops of the barrier ribs. By designing the barrier ribs so, gaps between the tops of the barrier ribs and the front substrate are reduced or eliminated thus improving image quality. At the same time, the deposition of the phosphor layers is made easier by jet nozzle ejection so that the novel plasma display panel is easy to make. Fluorescent phosphor layers are applied in neighboring discharge cells with the first barrier members interposed there between. A total height of the first barrier members and the phosphor layers applied thereon is substantially the same as the height of the second barrier ribs members. This may protect the plasma display panel from cross-talk phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Soo Jeon
  • Patent number: 7141929
    Abstract: A plasma display panel to stabilize address properties. A front substrate (1) and a back substrate (2) face each other, to form a discharge space (3) which is partitioned by barrier ribs (11) to form priming discharge cells (16) and main discharge cells (12). A dielectric layer (17) is formed on the back substrate (2) on which the priming discharge cell (16) is present. Insulation is ensured between a data electrode (10) and the priming electrode (15) because the latter is formed on the dielectric layer (17). One is able to generate a priming discharge before a main discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Naoki Kosugi, Tsuyoshi Nishio, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7141930
    Abstract: An image display device is disclosed including a metallic support plate carrying, on its front face, a plasma discharge display with an array of adjacent pairs of electrodes and, on its back face, a power supply. The power supply circuit of each pair of adjacent electrodes forms a current loop starting from the power supply and passing through the electrode then the electrode of the pair, the connection end of the electrode being linked to the power supply by means of a transverse electrical conductor placed on the front side of said metallic plate. According to the invention, the transverse conductor linked to the electrode forms a non-zero angle with said pair of electrodes. The differences in inductance between the various current loops of the display are thus reduced such that the differences in luminance between the various discharge regions of the plasma display are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Gérard Morizot, Jean-Raphaël Bezal, Gérard Rilly
  • Patent number: 7112922
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has address properties stabilized. A priming discharge is performed between auxiliary electrodes (17), which are formed on a front substrate (1) and coupled with scan electrodes (6) and priming electrodes (14) formed on a back substrate (2). Furthermore, a material layer (5) containing at least one of alkali metal oxide, alkaline earth metal oxide and fluoride is provided on regions corresponding to priming discharge spaces (30) (gap parts 13) on the back substrate (2). As a result, the priming discharge has a wider margin, and a supply of priming particles to the discharge cells is stabilized, whereby a discharge delay during the addressing is reduced, and the address properties are stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Tomohiro Murakoso, Yasuyuki Noguchi, Tetsuya Shirai
  • Patent number: 7109656
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, on which discharge sustain electrodes are formed, and an opposing second substrate, on which address electrodes are aligned in a first direction. Barrier ribs between the substrates define a plurality of discharge cells within which phosphor layers are formed. The discharge sustain electrodes have bus electrodes, forming a corresponding pair within each of the discharge cells, and extension electrodes, extending from the bus electrodes into each of the discharge cells to form an opposing pair. Each extension electrode has an end with a further extending portion with a first width 2? and a lesser extending portion with a second width ?. A distance between further extending portions defines a first gap, and a distance between lesser extending defines a second gap longer than the first gap. The first and second widths satisfy 1.5??/??4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., LTD
    Inventor: Seok-Gyun Woo
  • Patent number: 7095173
    Abstract: A plasma display panel provides increased brightness over an entire screen while simultaneously reducing power consumption. The plasma display panel includes a rear substrate, a plurality of address electrodes disposed parallel to each other on the rear substrate, a first dielectric layer covering the address electrodes, light emitting cells defined by a barrier rib formed on the first dielectric layer and covered with fluorescent substance, a front substrate, a plurality of sustain electrode pairs, each of which includes a scan electrode and a data electrode and disposed on the front substrate and intersecting the address electrodes, and a second dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs. The parts of the address electrodes which intersect the address electrodes are defined as discharging portions, and areas of subsequent discharging portions are larger than areas of preceding discharging portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Ik Kwon, Kyoung-Doo Kang
  • Patent number: 7091665
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is equipped with a signal input terminal responsive to a user's application. The plasma display apparatus includes a panel including a pair of substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is transparent. The substrates are placed opposite to each other to form a discharge space in between, and electrodes are provided to the substrate. The plasma display apparatus also includes a display driving circuit block, disposed on a chassis and equipped with at least one signal inputting connector which applies a signal to the panel to perform displaying, and an input signal circuit block detachable to the signal inputting connector of the display driving circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomihide Nomoto, Kazunobu Kojima, Akira Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7091663
    Abstract: Two substrates are placed opposite each other to form a hermetically sealed space between them. A metal-made partition wall is placed between the two substrates to partition the hermetically sealed space into unit light emission areas. Through holes 20Aa are formed in a matrix arrangement in a portion 20A of the metallic partition wall 20 opposite a display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. Dummy through holes 20Ba are formed in a portion 20B of the partition wall 20 opposite a non-display area portion of the back glass substrate 4. An insulating layer 20a covers the outer surface of the partition wall 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshinari, Kazuya Akiyama
  • Patent number: 7084569
    Abstract: A highly reliable plasma display panel is provided with less difference in wiring resistance, which can be driven at high speed even though the front or rear board has multilayer electrode wiring. A data electrode is covered with a dielectric layer, and a priming electrode is provided on the dielectric layer. An external wiring lead-out of the data electrode is provided on a rear substrate, and an external wiring lead-out of the priming electrode is provided on the dielectric layer. Wiring lead-out of the data electrode and wiring lead-out of the priming electrode have a step equivalent to the thickness of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Naoki Kosugi, Masafumi Okawa, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 7081706
    Abstract: A plasma display panel with a plurality of non-transparent display electrode pairs and a method of forming the same. Each electrode of every non-transparent display electrode pair is separated from but close to one another for effective discharging. For effective displaying, it is necessary that the area of the non-transparent display electrodes is smaller than the area of the panel. In the present invention, the shape of the non-transparent display electrodes are manufactured in a shape with a plurality of openings, such as a ladder or a chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Chungwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Rung Huang, Ching-Chung Cheng, Yuan-Chi Lin, Yu-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 7075236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plasma display panel and manufacturing method thereof to simplify the manufacturing steps and reduce cost of production. In the present invention, a black layer formed between a transparent electrode and a bus electrode is formed together with a black matrix at the same time. In this case, the black layer is formed together with the black matrix in one. Cheap nonconductive oxide is used as a black powder of a black layer. Specifically, in case the black layer and the black matrix are formed in one, the bus electrode is shifted to a non-discharge area to improve the brightness of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Dae Joo, Tae Wan Choi, Seung Tea Park, Soon Hak Kim, Seok Dong Kang, Sang Jae Kim, Hyoung Kyun Bae
  • Patent number: 7071622
    Abstract: A plasma display panel having higher light-emitting luminance and efficiency of a discharge cell includes: a plurality of first barriers successively formed on a substrate at predetermined intervals; a plurality of first sustain electrodes formed at a width more than 40% of a pixel pitch, which is an overall distance of four of the barriers, to be orthogonal to the first barriers; a plurality of second sustain electrodes spaced apart from the first sustain electrodes at a distance less than 20% of the pixel pitch and mated with the first sustain electrodes one by one; a dielectric layer formed at a thickness of 25 ?m or more to cover the first and second sustain electrodes; and a plurality of pads formed on some of the dielectric layer corresponding to the first sustain electrodes and the second sustain electrodes in each discharge cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Sung Kim, Chung Huan Jeon, Eun Cheol Lee, Young Joon Ahn, Seok Dong Kang, Sung Yong Ahn
  • Patent number: 7067978
    Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) having an improved light emitting efficiency includes: a transparent upper substrate; a lower substrate arranged in parallel to the upper substrate; upper barrier ribs arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the upper barrier ribs including a dielectric and defining discharge cells with the upper and lower substrates; upper discharge electrodes arranged in the upper barrier ribs to surround the discharge cells; lower discharge electrodes arranged in the upper barrier ribs to surround the discharge cells, the lower discharge electrodes being separated from the upper discharge electrodes; lower barrier ribs of a closed type arranged under the upper barrier ribs, the lower barrier ribs having the same shape as those of the upper barrier ribs; a phosphor layer arranged in each of the discharge cells; and a discharge gas contained within each discharge cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Ik Kwon, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Won-Ju Yi
  • Patent number: 7061178
    Abstract: In a plasma display device in which a substrate contains a plurality of rows of sustain electrodes and scan electrodes, a terminal lead-out section of sustain electrodes is formed of a structure in which a common connection pattern is disposed at a location other than the effective display area of the panel, which provides all rows of sustain electrodes with a common connection. Furthermore, a plurality of connecting blocks, to which each of a plurality of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) is connected, are arranged at almost the same pitch to establish an electrical connection with the common connection pattern. A terminal lead-out section so structured can minimize differences in luminance on the panel caused by an uneven amount of current flow into the FPCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Masuda, Kenji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7057342
    Abstract: A plasma display panel capable of restricting the yellowing of a dielectric layer and the occurrence of dielectric breakdown, wherein glass constituting a dielectric layer uses glass containing a metal oxide MO2 capable of a trivalent or tetravalent-ion formation in glass. Accordingly, even when Ag is ionized from an electrode consisting essentially of Ag to diffuse to a dielectric layer, Ag does not aggregate to be formed into a colloid with an ionized state kept. Therefore, yellowing and dielectric breakdown caused by Ag turning to colloid can be restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Hiroyuki Yonehara, Morio Fujitani
  • Patent number: 7045963
    Abstract: A plasma display panel. Front and rear plates are spaced by a rib structure that is disposed on the rear plate with Neon gas filled therebetween. The rib structure partitions off the rear plate into a plurality of first, second and third sub-pixels adjacent to each other, wherein both of the first and second sub-pixels are smaller than the third one. Red, green and blue phosphors are disposed in the first, second and third sub-pixels respectively, wherein adjacent first, second and third sub-pixels form a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Cheng Chen, Jiun-Han Wu, Chen-Kwang Pan
  • Patent number: 7045962
    Abstract: A gas discharge panel to increase the illuminance efficiency and a method of manufacturing includes providing a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix between a pair of substrates. Pairs of display electrodes are arranged on an inner surface of one of the substrates and include two bus lines lying parallel to each other with one or more inner protrusions arranged within each cell relative to the bus lines. This arrangement provides a relatively short discharge gap between the pair of display electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Murai, Yuusuke Takada, Akira Shiokawa, Hiroyosi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7042156
    Abstract: A flat-panel display device having a transparent first plate and a second plate which are disposed in parallel with each other and cooperate to define therebetween an air-tight space in which light is generated for emission through the first plate, the display device including a sealing material for air-tightly sealing the air-tight space along a periphery of the first and second plates, and metallic thin sheets bonded with the sealing material to end faces of the first and second plates such that the metallic thin sheets cover the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Noritake Co., Limited
    Inventor: Susumu Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7034459
    Abstract: A front panel structure of Plasma Display Panel (PDP) is disclosed sequentially comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode, wherein the second electrode has transparent electrodes located on both top and bottom sides of a bus electrode. A first discharge center is formed between a transparent electrode of the first electrode and one transparent electrode of the second electrode. A second discharge center is formed between the other transparent electrode of the second electrode and a transparent electrode of the third electrode. Therefore, an emitting cell of PDP has two discharge centers. To make the discharge more stable, we choose the first electrode and the third electrode to become the scan electrodes, or to form a thicker dielectric layer or discharge deactivation film below the second bus electrode as a scan electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsu Lin, Hsu-Pin Kao, Ching-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 7034458
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a metal electrode used for a bus electrode, a data electrode, and the like which make up a display panel including a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) by which, when these electrodes are patterned according to a photolithographic method, the edge curl phenomenon can be substantially controlled to the extent that the phenomenon is negligible. The manufacturing method of the invention therefore includes a dry step for drying the layers making up the metal electrode so that flows (F1, F2, and F3) of the solvent occur from a region having a high absorbency of the solvent to a region having a lower absorbency of the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Asida, Shinya Fujiwara, Hideki Marunaka, Tadashi Nakagawa, Keisuke Sumida, Hideaki Yasui, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Hiroyosi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7030562
    Abstract: The invention is a plasma display panel capable of stabilizing the addressing characteristics. A barrier rib is formed by longitudinal barrier ribs portion orthogonal to the scan electrodes and sustain electrodes on the front substrate, and side barrier rib portions crossing with these longitudinal barrier rib portions, to form cell spaces and form interstice portions between the cell spaces, and priming electrodes for producing a discharge between the front substrate and the rear substrate within the interstice portions are formed. Stable priming discharge is produced with certainty by the scan electrode and the priming electrode, hence decreasing the discharge time lag at the time of addressing and stabilizing the addressing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Naoki Kosugi, Tomohiro Murakoso, Nobuaki Nagao, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 7015643
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a front panel, a rear panel disposed parallel to the front panel, first barrier ribs formed of a dielectric substance and disposed between the front panel and the rear panel to define a plurality of discharge cells, front discharge electrodes disposed inside the first barrier ribs so as to surround the discharge cells and spaced from the side surfaces of the discharge cells toward interiors of the first barrier ribs by an electrode-burying depth, rear discharge electrodes disposed inside the first barrier ribs so as to surround the discharge cells and spaced from the side surfaces of the discharge cells toward the interiors of the first barrier ribs by an electrode-burying depth at the rear side of the first discharge electrodes, a plurality of phosphor layers disposed inside the discharge cells for receiving ultraviolet rays and emitting visible rays, the phosphor layers having different dielectric constants, and a discharge gas filling the discharge cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., LTD
    Inventor: Tae-Joung Kweon
  • Patent number: 7002296
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Patent number: 6998780
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates disposed to face each other, with a discharge space sandwiched therebetween; plural surface-discharge electrode pairs comprising scanning electrodes and common electrodes formed at an inner surface of the front substrate (one of the pair of substrates); and a dielectric layer covering the surface-discharge electrode pairs with respect to the discharge space. Extraction electrode portions of the scanning electrodes are led to an end portion of one side of the front substrate. Extraction electrode portions of the common electrodes are led to an end portion of the other side of the front substrate. An island-shaped assembly electrode terminal portion that commonly connects the extraction electrode portions of the common electrodes is disposed. Plural micro openings are defined in the assembly electrode terminal portion to form a mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsumoto, Chiharu Koshio
  • Patent number: 6975068
    Abstract: An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplied across the micro-component via at least two electrodes. An improved method of manufacturing a light-emitting panel is also disclosed, which uses a web fabrication process to manufacturing light-emitting displays as part of a high-speed, continuous incline process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Myron Green, Adam Thomas Drobot, Edward Victor George, Roger Laverne Johnson, Newell Convers Wyeth
  • Patent number: 6960880
    Abstract: An electrode pair structure of a plasma display panel (PDP). The electrode pair structure includes a first metal electrode, and a second metal electrode in parallel with the first metal electrode, installed on a front substrate. The first metal electrode and the second metal electrode are both composed of a series of hollow and hexagonal metal structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Ting Chien, Jih-Fon Huang
  • Patent number: 6954030
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first substrate on which a plurality of electron-emitting devices and drive wiring for driving the plurality of electron-emitting devices are arranged, and a second substrate on which an image forming member and lead wiring connected to the image forming member are arranged. The first and second substrates are disposed in opposition to each other, and the plurality of electron-emitting devices, the drive wiring, the image forming member and the lead wiring are disposed within an envelope which is formed between the first and second substrates. The lead wiring extends to a corner of the first substrate and is in contact with an electroconductive terminal, and the electroconductive terminal extends from a contact portion with the lead wiring toward the first substrate and is partially exposed outside of the envelope through an opening formed in the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Kawase
  • Patent number: 6900592
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stabilizing glow plasma discharges by suppressing the transition from glow-to-arc includes a perforated dielectric plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of holes extending therethrough. The perforated dielectric plate is positioned over the cathode. Each of the holes acts as a separate active current limiting micro-channel that prevents the overall current density from increasing above the threshold for the glow-to-arc transition. This allows for a stable glow discharge to be maintained for a wide range of operating pressures (up to atmospheric pressures) and in a wide range of electric fields include DC and RF fields of varying strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Erich Kunhardt, Kurt Becker
  • Patent number: 6891331
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing electrodes that can effectively suppress edge-curl when metal electrodes such as bus electrodes and data electrodes are patterned mainly by a photolithography method. In order to achieve the above object, in the manufacturing method in the present invention, an amount of undercut generated by difference in a degree of dissolution caused by developing solution is controlled, and baking is performed at a temperature such that glass in a protrusion formed at side edges becomes soft so as to touch a substrate by gravity. With such method for manufacturing, it becomes possible to make the side edges rounded whose curvature changes continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ashida, Junichi Hibino, Keisuke Sumida, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Shinya Fujiwara, Hideki Marunaka, Tadashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6879104
    Abstract: Each sustain electrode of a pair includes a continuous ignition conductor, a bus without any overlap and without any direct contact with the latter, electrical connection between the ignition conductor and the bus, and a connector for spreading the discharge. This arrangement allows the luminous efficiency of sustained discharges to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Tessier
  • Patent number: 6879103
    Abstract: A glow plasma discharge device having an electrode (20, 40) covered with perforated dielectric (30) is disclose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Erich E. Kunhardt, Kurt H. Becker
  • Patent number: 6870316
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus includes a plurality of display element electrodes each constituted of a pair of electrode segments having linear edges opposing each other, with a predetermined distance provided therebetween, the width of each of the electrode segments becoming narrower in the direction away from the associated one of the linear edges. The plasma display apparatus also includes a barrier structure, the inner surfaces of which being disposed along the outer ends of the plurality of display element electrodes and thereby defining a plurality of cells each of which is to be activated by the associated one of the plurality of display element electrodes so as to emit light. In the plasma display apparatus, ultraviolet rays caused by a discharge are efficiently transmitted to phosphor members on the surfaces of cells to emit light with a reduced loss of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ko Sano, Kazutoshi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 6864630
    Abstract: A plasma display device having a front substrate and a rear substrate is provided. The front substrate is constituted from a transparent first insulating substrate, and a plurality of stripe-shaped first electrodes including at least one discharge electrode and extending parallel to each other. The rear substrate is constituted from a second insulating substrate, a plurality of second electrodes extending parallel to each other, and a plurality of ribs forming a plurality of discharge spaces therebetween. The discharge electrode includes a transparent electrode, a black-colored first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer has a lower resistivity than the first conductive layer and is made with widths smaller than those of the first conductive layer and extends to the edge of the first insulating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 6853136
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate being provided with a predetermined gap therebetween. Barrier ribs are formed in a non-striped pattern between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge spaces. A plurality of address electrodes are formed on the first substrate along a direction (y), the address electrodes being formed within and outside discharge spaces. A plurality of sustain electrodes are formed on the second substrate along a direction (x), the sustain electrodes being formed within and outside discharge spaces. The address electrodes include large electrode portions provided within discharge spaces and small electrode portions provided outside the discharge spaces. If a width of large electrode portions is AW, a width of small electrode portions is Aw, and a distance between barrier ribs along direction (x) is D, AW is larger than Aw, and AW is 40-75% of D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Kim, Cha-Keun Yoon, Jeong-Hyun Seo, Min-Sun Yoo
  • Patent number: 6838828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plasma display panel and manufacturing method thereof to simplify the manufacturing steps and reduce cost of production. In the present invention, a black layer formed between a transparent electrode and a bus electrode is formed together with a black matrix at the same time. In this case, the black layer is formed together with the black matrix in one. Cheap nonconductive oxide is used as a black powder of a black layer. Specifically, in case the black layer and the black matrix are formed in one, the bus electrode is shifted to a non-discharge area to improve the brightness of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Dae Joo, Tae Wan Choi, Seung Tea Park, Soon Hak Kim, Seok Dong Kang, Sang Tae Kim, Hyoung Kyun Bae
  • Patent number: 6838827
    Abstract: A plasma display includes first and second transparent substrates disposed facing each other, a plurality of partitions formed between the first and second transparent substrates, a phosphor formed on inner surfaces of discharge cells defined by the partitions, a stepped buffering layer formed on the first transparent substrate between a one-end portions of the partitions, and a plurality of address electrodes formed on the first transparent substrate between the partitions and on the stepped buffering layer. A thickness of the stepped buffering layer is gradually increased in a longitudinal direction of the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung SDI, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Terao, Takashi Komatsu, Je-Hwan Oh, Yukika Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040263078
    Abstract: A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells and a plurality of non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates that pass through centers of each of the discharge cells. Also, external light absorbing members are formed between the second substrate and the barrier ribs layer at areas corresponding to locations of the non-discharge regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Seok-Gyun Woo, Woo-Tae Kim, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Hun-Suk Yoo, Jae-Ik Kwon, Tae-Joung Kweon, Eun-Gi Heo
  • Patent number: 6833673
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided which has a novel cell structure excelling in light emission efficiency. Each display electrode arranged on a first substrate making a substrate pair is formed in a manner to have a three-dimensional structure including an elongated power supplying portion stretching over plural cells aligned in one direction, and discharge portions protruding from the power supplying portion in the direction of electrode arrangement for each cell so as to be close to a second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Toyoda, Motonari Kifune, Kazunori Inoue
  • Patent number: 6831402
    Abstract: To provide a voltage application structure that is electrically stable and a display apparatus using the voltage application structure, while reducing the size, thickness, and cost of the display apparatus. A through hole structure is formed in the vicinity of a cylindrical hole established in a rear plate in advance. The through hole structure is electrically connected to lead wiring led to the outside from an anode electrode through a conductive elastic structure. A voltage to the anode electrode is applied to the through hole structure on the atmosphere side, and thus the voltage is applied to the anode electrode through the vacuum side of the through hole structure, the elastic structure, and the lead wiring. Vacuum hermeticity is maintained by filling the hole of the through hole structure with frit. Also, low-voltage wiring that is connected to the ground and regulates a potential is arranged around the through hole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinya Kamiguchi
  • Patent number: 6828731
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front glass substrate and a rear glass substrate coupled to each other by a sealing material coated at edges of the front and rear glass substrates, first and second electrodes disposed perpendicular to each other on opposing inner surfaces of the front and rear glass substrates facing each other, a dielectric layer formed on each of the opposing inner surfaces of the front and rear glass substrates to cover the first and second electrodes, partitions formed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer of the rear glass substrate, red, green and blue fluorescent substances coated between the partitions, and a non-light emitting zone filling portion formed by filling a non-light emitting zone existing between the outermost one of the partitions and the sealing material with a material used for one of the partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-kyoung Kang, Ki-jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20040232840
    Abstract: To provide a technique for relatively easily preventing yellowing of a PDP that uses silver electrodes, and a PDP utilizing the technique that is capable of displaying images with high luminance and high quality. To form the electrodes, an alloy composed of Ag as a main constituent and a transition metal (at least one selected from Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, Mn, and Fe) is used, or an oxide of such a transition metal is added. Alternatively, an alloy composed of Ag as a main constituent and a metal (at least one selected from Ru, Rh, Ir, Os, and Re) is used, or an oxide of such a metal is added. Alternatively, Ag particles whose surfaces are each coated with a metal (Pd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Ir, or Ru) or a metal oxide (SiO2, Al2O3, NiO, ZrO2, Fe2O3, ZnO, In2O3, CuO, TiO2, or Pr6O11) are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Junichi Hibino, Keisuke Sumida, Hideki Asida, Shinya Fujiwara, Hideki Marunaka, Tadashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040232841
    Abstract: A gas discharge display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The gas discharge display device includes first and second substrates provided opposing one another. First electrodes are formed on the second substrate, and second electrodes are formed on the first substrate. Barrier ribs are formed between the second electrodes and define concave regions and discharge cells. Further, terminals are formed to an exterior of the discharge cells and are connected to the second electrodes. Gradient surfaces are formed along one end of the concave regions. Also, connecting electrodes are formed on the gradient surfaces for connection to the terminals and the second electrodes. The method includes forming the concave regions using a nozzle for ejecting powder, forming the gradient surfaces using a difference in a cutting rate between a center axis and a periphery of the nozzle, and forming the connecting electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Terao, Yukika Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040195969
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a chassis base that is substantially rectangular having long sides and short sides. A plasma display panel (PDP) is mounted to a panel attachment face of the chassis base, and at least one plasma display panel drive circuit board is mounted to a circuit attachment face of the chassis base. Long side reinforcing members are mounted on the circuit attachment face of the chassis base along a long side direction thereof, and short side reinforcing members mounted on the circuit attachment face of the chassis base along a short side direction thereof. At least one short side reinforcing member is made of a material having a higher rigidity than a material from which the chassis base is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Sok-San Kim, Se-Il Oh
  • Patent number: 6794820
    Abstract: A radio frequency plasma display panel that is capable of reducing a discharge voltage. In the plasma display panel, a dielectric material is entirely coated on a substrate and is patterned to have a convex surface. A first electrode crossing the dielectric pattern is formed on the substrate, and a dielectric layer is entirely coated on the substrate provided with the dielectric pattern and the first electrode. A second electrode crossing the first electrode is formed on a concave groove area in the dielectric layer having a wave shape with lands and grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Oe Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 6791263
    Abstract: An electrode structure of a plasma display panel (PDP) is disclosed. The electrode structure is formed on a front substrate of the PDP. The electrode structure includes a first sustaining electrode, a second sustaining electrode, and an auxiliary electrode. The first and second sustaining electrodes are formed on the substrate with a first gap existing therebetween. The auxiliary electrode is formed in the first gap. A second gap is formed between the auxiliary electrode and the second sustaining electrode. The second gap is smaller than the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yao-Ching Su, Yih-Jer Lin