Electrode material for plasma display panel, manufacturing method of plasma display panel, plasma display device, and manufacturing method of same
An electrode material for a plasma display panel is provided which is capable of preventing an damage to an address electrode caused by a sandblast process while partition walls are formed. A front substrate on which surface-discharge electrodes are formed is arranged so as to face a rear substrate on which address electrodes are formed in a manner in which the address electrodes and the surface-discharge electrodes intersect each other and partition walls are formed in a manner to extend in parallel to the address electrodes. As an electrode material to form the address electrodes in a plasma display panel in which discharge cells are formed between the front substrate and rear substrate, a conductive paste or conductive sheet containing a conductive particle and glass frit and having sandblast resistance, which is higher than that in the partition wall portions, obtained after being baked is used.
1 . An electrode material for a plasma display panel for forming address electrodes in said plasma display panel in which a front substrate on which surface-discharge electrodes are formed is arranged so as to face a rear substrate on which address electrodes are formed in a manner in which said address electrodes and said surface-discharge electrodes intersect each other and partition walls are formed in a manner to extend in parallel to said address electrodes and in which discharge cells are formed between said front substrate and said rear substrate, said electrode material comprising:
a conductive paste or conductive sheet containing a conductive particle and glass frit and having sandblast resistance obtained after being baked which is higher than that in the partition wall portions.
2 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of said conductive particle to glass frit contained in said conductive paste or conductive sheet is 100:2.0 to 40.0.
3 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of said conductive particle to glass frit contained in said conductive paste or conductive sheet is 100:1.5 to 7.0.
4 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said conductive paste or conductive sheet has photosensitivity and undergoes pattern exposure, development, and baking processes to form said address electrodes.
5 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said conductive paste or conductive sheet has non-photosensitivity and undergoes screen printing and baking processes to form said address electrodes.
6 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said conductive particle comprises at least one selected from a group of silver (Ag), gold (Au), copper (Cu), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru), palladium (Pd), and aluminum (Al).
7 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said glass frit comprises borosilicate frit containing at least one selected from a group of lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), cadmium (Cd), barium (Ba), and calcium (Ca).
8 . The electrode material for the plasma display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said glass frit comprises alkaline-earth metal salt.
9 . A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel in which a front substrate on which surface-discharge electrodes are formed is arranged so as to face a rear substrate on which address electrodes are formed in a manner in which said address electrodes and said surface-discharge electrodes intersect each other and partition walls are formed in a manner to extend in parallel to said address electrodes and in which discharge cells are formed between said front substrate and rear substrate, said method comprising:
a process of forming said address electrodes on said rear substrate by using a specified electrode material, said specified electrode material comprising a conductive paste or conductive sheet containing a conductive particle and glass frit and having sandblast resistance obtained after being baked which is higher than that in the partition wall portions; and
a process of uniformly coating said rear substrate having said address electrode with a paste for forming partition walls in a tightly adhered manner and of drying and of performing a sandblast processing to form said partition walls.
10 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein a volume ratio of said conductive particle to glass frit contained in said conductive paste or conductive sheet is 100:2.0 to 40.0.
11 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein a weight ratio of said conductive particle to glass frit contained in said conductive paste or conductive sheet is 100:1.5 to 7.0.
12 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said conductive paste or conductive sheet has photosensitivity and undergoes pattern exposure, development, and baking processes to form said address electrodes.
13 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said conductive paste or conductive sheet has non-photosensitivity and undergoes screen printing and baking processes to form said address electrodes.
14 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said conductive particle comprises at least one selected from a group of silver (Ag), gold (Au), copper (Cu), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru), palladium (Pd), and aluminum (Al).
15 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said glass frit comprises borosilicate frit containing at least one selected from a group of lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), cadmium (Cd), barium (Ba), calcium (Ca).
16 . The method for manufacturing a plasma display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said glass frit comprises alkaline-earth metal salt.
17 . A plasma display device comprising:
a plasma display panel in which a front substrate on which surface-discharge electrodes are formed is arranged so as to face a rear substrate on which address electrodes are formed in a manner in which said address electrodes and said surface-discharge electrodes intersect each other and partition walls are formed in a manner to extend in parallel to said address electrodes and in which discharge cells are formed between said front substrate and rear substrate; and
an interface to form a module by incorporating a circuit to drive said plasma display panel and to convert a format of an image signal and to transmit the converted format to said module;
wherein said plasma display panel is manufactured according to the method for manufacturing the plasma display panel as stated in claim 9 .
18 . A method for manufacturing a plasma display device comprising:
a first process of manufacturing a plasma display panel;
a second process of manufacturing said plasma display panel and a circuit to drive said plasma display panel in a form of one module; and
a third process of electrically connecting an interface to convert a format of an image signal and to transmit the converted format to said module to said module;
wherein, in said first process, the method for manufacturing the plasma display panel as stated in claim 9 is performed.