Flat plasma display panel with independent trigger and controlled sustaining electrodes

A plasma flat-panel display comprising:

• a first transparent substrate;
• a first pair of parallel sustainer electrodes deposited upon said first substrate, said first pair of sustainer electrodes including a first sustainer electrode and a second sustainer electrode;
• at least one auxiliary electrode deposited upon said first substrate parallel to said first pair of sustainer electrodes, one of said auxiliary electrodes being adjacent to said first sustainer electrode in said first pair of sustainer electrodes;
• a second pair of parallel sustainer electrodes deposited upon said first substrate parallel to said auxiliary electrodes, said second pair of sustainer electrodes including a first sustainer electrode and a second sustainer electrode, said sustainer electrode pair being oriented upon said first substrate as a mirror image of said first sustainer electrode pair such that said first sustainer electrode in said second pair of sustainer electrodes is adjacent to said other of said auxiliary electrodes;
• a single common first sustainer electrode pad electrically connected to said first sustainer electrode in said first sustainer electrode pair and said first sustainer electrode in said second sustainer electrode pair, said first sustainer electrode pad adapted to be connected to a first sustainer voltage waveform supply whereby a single supply provides a first sustainer voltage waveform to both of said first sustainer electrodes;
• a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric material covering said sustainer and trigger electrodes;
• a protection layer formed covering said dielectric layer
• a second substrate which is hermetically sealed to said first substrate, said second substrate having a plurality of micro-voids formed in a surface thereof which is adjacent to said first substrate, said micro-voids cooperating with said first substrate to define a plurality of sub-pixels;
• a gas filling said micro-voids;
• a phosphor material deposited within each micro-void;
• and
• a plurality of address electrodes incorporated within said second substrate, each of said address electrodes corresponding to one of said sub-pixels.

A plasma flat-panel display comprising:

• a first transparent substrate;
• a first pair of parallel sustainer electrodes deposited upon said first substrate, said first pair of sustainer electrodes including a first sustainer electrode and a second sustainer electrode;
• at least one auxiliary electrode deposited upon said first substrate parallel to said first pair of sustainer electrodes, one of said auxiliary electrodes being adjacent to said first sustainer electrode in said first pair of sustainer electrodes;
• a second pair of parallel sustainer electrodes deposited upon said first substrate parallel to said auxiliary electrodes, said second pair of sustainer electrodes including a first sustainer electrode and a second sustainer electrode, said sustainer electrode pair being oriented upon said first substrate as a mirror image of said first sustainer electrode pair such that said first sustainer electrode in said second pair of sustainer electrodes is adjacent to said other of said auxiliary electrodes;
• a single common first sustainer electrode pad electrically connected to one end of said first sustainer electrode in said first sustainer electrode pair and said other end of first sustainer electrode being connected to a corresponding end of said first sustainer electrode in said second sustainer electrode pair;
• a single common second sustainer electrode pad electrically connected to one end of said second sustainer electrode in said second sustainer electrode pair and said other end of second sustainer electrode being connected to a corresponding end of said second sustainer electrode in said first sustainer electrode pair;
• a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric material covering said sustainer and trigger electrodes;
• a protection layer formed covering said dielectric layer
• a second substrate which is hermetically sealed to said first substrate, said second substrate having a plurality of micro-voids formed in a surface thereof which is adjacent to said first substrate, said micro-voids cooperating with said first substrate to define a plurality of sub-pixels;
• a gas filling said micro-voids;
• a phosphor material deposited within each micro-void;
• and
• a plurality of address electrodes incorporated within said second substrate, each of said address electrodes corresponding to one of said sub-pixels.

A plasma flat-display panel comprising:

• a first transparent substrate comprising:
• an array of pairs of parallel sustainer electrodes deposited upon said first substrate, each of said pairs of sustainer electrodes including a first sustainer electrode and a second sustainer electrode, said sustainer electrodes having the same widths with first and second sustainer electrode pairs being alternately mirrored along the array of pairs such that a pattern of first-second-second-first sustain electrodes is formed and repeated throughout the array;
• a pair of auxiliary electrodes having deposited upon said first substrate parallel to and corresponding to each of said pairs of sustainer electrodes, at least a first auxiliary electrode being adjacent to a first sustainer electrode in each pair of sustainer electrodes, said auxiliary electrodes having widths that are different from widths of said sustainer electrodes;
• a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric material covering said sustainer and auxiliary electrodes;
• a further protection layer formed from an electron emissive material covering said dielectric;
• a second substrate which is hermetically sealed to said first substrate comprising:
• an array of micro-voids formed in the surface of said second substrate which is adjacent to said first substrate;
• a plurality of address electrodes incorporated within said second substrate, each of said address electrodes orthogonal to said sustain electrodes and corresponding to each of said micro-voids, said micro-voids cooperating with said first substrate to define a plurality of sub-pixels, each of said sub-pixels defining a controlled discharge volume at the intersection of said address electrodes and sustainer electrode pairs with associated auxiliary electrodes;
• a phosphor material deposited within each micro-void and associated with said address electrodes;
• and
• a gas filling said micro-voids.