Plasma display system

In a plasma display system having a plasma display panel comprising a pair of base plates for forming a plurality of discharge cells therebetween, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge to form plasma through a dielectric substance thereon in said plurality of discharge cells, said plurality of pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge being disposed on a same one of said pair of base plates,

• an improvement wherein said plasma display panel is configured such that a discharge current and an efficiency of luminescence become maximum, respectively, after 40% of a discharge time Td from a start of said discharge time Td,
• said discharge time Td being defined as a time interval over which a discharge current does not drop to less than 5% of its maximum value in one discharge.

In a plasma display system having a plasma display panel comprising a pair of base plates for forming a plurality of discharge cells therebetween, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge to form plasma through a dielectric substance thereon in said plurality of discharge cells, said plurality of pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge being disposed on a same one of said pair of base plates,

• an improvement wherein, in each of said pair of electrodes for sustaining discharge, a portion which extends from an end of said electrode on a discharge gap side thereof in a direction where said electrode is opposed to the other one of said pair of electrodes and which has a length equivalent to two-thirds of the width of said electrode is taken as a primary part and the remaining portion is taken as a secondary part,
• a portion of at least one of said pair of electrodes, positioned in each discharge cell, is specified such that a ratio of an area of said primary part to an area of said secondary part is smaller than 1.4 and a side surface of said secondary part extending in a direction perpendicular to said direction in which said pair of electrodes are opposed to each other is at a discharge cell boundary side of said electrode between said discharge cells.

In a plasma display system having a plasma display panel in which pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge to form plasma through a dielectric substance in a plurality of discharge cells each of which at least has a separation wall in one direction are provided on a same base plate,

• an improvement wherein, in each of said pair of electrodes for sustaining discharge, a portion which extends from an end of said electrode on a discharge gap side thereof in a direction where said electrode is opposed to the other one of said pair of electrodes and which has a length equivalent to two-thirds of the width of said electrode is taken as a primary part and the remaining portion is taken as a secondary part,
• a portion of at least one of said pair of electrodes, positioned in each discharge cell, is specified such that a ratio of an area of said primary part to an area of said secondary part is smaller than 1.4 and a side surface of said secondary part in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which said pair of electrodes are opposed to each other is at a separation wall side of said electrode.

In a plasma display system having a plasma display panel in which pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge to form plasma through a dielectric substance in a plurality of discharge cells are provided on a same base plate,

• an improvement wherein, in each of said pair of electrodes for sustaining discharge, a portion which extends from an end of said electrode on a discharge gap side thereof in a direction where said electrode is opposed to the other one of said pair of electrodes and which has a length equivalent to two-thirds of the width of said electrode is taken as a primary part and the remaining portion is taken as a secondary part,
• a portion of at least one of said pair of electrodes, positioned in each discharge cell, is specified such that a ratio of a first capacitance between said primary part and a first dielectric substance opposed to said primary part in a discharge space of said discharge cell to a second capacitance between said secondary part and a second dielectric substance opposed to said secondary part in the discharge space of said discharge cell is smaller than 1.4.

In a plasma display system having a plasma display panel in which pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge to form plasma through a dielectric substance in a plurality of discharge cells each of which at least has a separation wall in one direction are provided on a same base plate,

• an improvement wherein, in each of said pair of electrodes for sustaining discharge, a portion which extends from an end of said electrode on a discharge gap side thereof in a direction where said electrode is opposed to the other one of said pair of electrodes and which has a length equivalent to two-thirds of the width of said electrode is taken as a primary part and the remaining portion is taken as a secondary part,
• a portion of at least one of said pair of electrodes, positioned in each discharge cell, is specified such that a ratio of a first capacitance between said primary part and a first dielectric substance opposed to said primary part in a discharge space of said discharge cell to a second capacitance between said secondary part and a second dielectric substance opposed to said secondary part in the discharge space of said discharge cell is smaller than 1.4.