Gas discharge panel

A gas discharge panel in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between a pair of opposed plates, and in which a pair of display electrodes on a surface of one of the pair of opposed plates extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, characterized in that:

• an intermediate electrode is positionally between the pair of display electrodes, the intermediate electrode being electrically insulated from the pair of display electrodes, a sum of gap widths between the intermediate electrode and the pair of display electrodes being a first discharge gap width, and a gap width between the pair of display electrodes being a second discharge gap width larger than the first discharge gap width, and
• the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum discharge start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between product pod and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure, and d represents discharge gap width.

A gas discharge panel in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between a pair of opposed plates, and in which a first display electrode, a second display electrode, and a third display electrode on a surface of one of the pair of opposed plates extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, characterized in that:

• a gap between the first display electrode and the second display electrode has a first discharge gap width, and a gap between the first display electrode and the third display electrode has a second discharge gap width larger than the first discharge gap width, and
• the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum discharge start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between product pad and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure, and d represents discharge gap width, and
• at actuation, electricity is supplied at an initial stage of a discharge sustain period to the first and second display electrodes and electricity is supplied for the rest of the discharge sustain period to the first and third display electrodes.

A gas discharge panel in which a front cover plate is opposed to a back plate, a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between the front cover plate and the back plate, a pair of display electrodes on a surface of one of the opposed front cover plate and back plate extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, and a dielectric layer is disposed on the pair of display electrodes, characterized in that:

• a gap between the pair of display electrodes has a first discharge gap width and a second discharge gap width larger than the first discharge gap width, and the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum discharge start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure and d represents discharge gap width.

A gas discharge panel in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between a pair of opposed plates, and in which a pair of display electrodes on a surface of one of the pair of opposed plates extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, characterized in that:

• a gap between the pair of display electrodes has a first discharge gap width and a second discharge gap width larger than the first discharge gap width,
• the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum discharge start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between the product p·d and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure and d represents discharge gap width, and
• the display electrodes are composed of pairs of a first polarity electrode and a second polarity electrode are arranged in parallel to form the first and second discharge gaps and different numbers of first polarity electrodes and second polarity electrodes correspond to each cell for the matrix display.

A gas discharge panel in which a plurality of cells filled with a discharge gas are arranged as a matrix between a pair of opposed plates, and in which a pair of display electrodes on a surface of one of the pair of opposed plates extend across a plurality of cells in the direction of rows, characterized in that:

• a gap between the pair of display electrodes has a first discharge gap width and a second discharge gap width lager than the first discharge gap width,
• the first discharge gap width is determined from approximately the minimum start voltage in a Paschen's curve which shows a relationship between product p·d and discharge start voltage, and the second discharge gap width is determined from the maximum discharge efficiency in a discharge efficiency curve which shows a relationship between the product p·d and discharge efficiency, wherein p represents discharge gas pressure and d represents discharge gap width, and
• the display electrodes include pairs of a first polarity electrode and a second polarity electrode are arranged in parallel to form the first and second discharge gaps and two display electrodes disposed at both ends in a direction of columns of matrix, among a plurality of display electrodes corresponding to each cell, have a same polarity.