US 2004/0056595 A1 · Panel discharging within a plurlity of cells located on a pair of line electrodes

Abstract

A discharge panel capable of high-quality display by preventing erroneous discharge between adjacent lines in a sustaining electrode or the like. A sectional shape in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal directions of both a first display electrode (101a) and a second display electrode (101b) has a stepped shape, a film thickness of a discharge gap (Gap1) side portion is greater than that on a non-discharge gap side, the film thickness of the respective steps being specified as L1, L2, L3 (L1>L2>L3). Accordingly, a discharge start voltage on the discharge gap side is lower than that on the non-discharge gap side even when the discharge gap and the non-discharge gap have the same width geometrically, thereby reducing erroneous discharge between adjacent cells positioned on an adjacent lines.

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Dependent claims

A panel that executes discharge in each of a plurality of cells positioned on a pair of discharge electrodes, by applying voltage between the discharge electrodes, wherein

in at least one cell, at least one of the discharge electrodes has a stepped shape in a cross-sectional view in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the discharge electrodes, and in the stepped shape any given step that is closer to a discharge gap than another step is thicker than the other step.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Panel discharging within a plurlity of cells located on a pair of line electrodes

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Panel discharging within a plurlity of cells located on a pair of line electrodes

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Abstract

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