IP Library Granted Patent US 7,948,180
Granted Patent B2
US 7,948,180 · App. 11/993,117 · Granted May 24, 2011

Plasma display panel and plasma display panel device with reduced driving voltage

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Patent No.
US 7,948,180
App. No.
11/993,117
Granted
May 24, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a panel unit 10 , a discharge gas is filled into a discharge space 13 . A protective layer 114 is provided in a partial region (a front panel 11 side) facing the inner space 13 , and a phosphor layer 124 is provided in a counter region (a back panel 12 side) which holds the discharge space 13 . The discharge gas is set at a total pressure of not less than 1.50×10 4 [Pa] and not more than 6.66×10 4 [Pa], and comprises an Xe gas as a first gas component and an Ar gas as a second gas component and is free from an Ne gas, provided that the Ne gas may be contained in the discharge gas at a partial pressure ratio of not more than 0.5[%] based on the total pressure.

Claims (56)

1. A plasma display panel comprising a hermetically sealed container containing discharge gas in an inner space therein, the hermetically sealed container including a protective layer and a phosphor layer opposing each other across the space, wherein the discharge gas contains:

a first gas component composed of a rare gas element which emits light to excite a phosphor in the phosphor layer during a plasma discharge;

a second gas component composed of an argon gas; and

a neon gas at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 0% to 0.5%, inclusive, to a total pressure of the discharge gas, and wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 1% to 25%, inclusive, to the total pressure of the discharge gas, and

the total pressure of the discharge gas in the space is from 1.50×10 4 Pa to 6.66×10 4 Pa, inclusive.

2. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the first gas component is one of a xenon gas and a krypton gas.

3. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the total pressure of the discharge gas is 5.00×10 4 Pa or less.

4. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 67% or less to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

5. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the first gas component accounts for a principal ratio of the discharge gas.

6. The plasma display panel of claim 5 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 15% or less to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

7. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 3% or more to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

8. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the discharge gas contains a third gas component composed of an oxygen gas.

9. The plasma display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the third gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 0.01% to 1%, inclusive, to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

10. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

a dielectric layer is disposed on a surface of the protective layer, the surface facing away from the space in a thickness direction of the hermetically sealed container, the dielectric layer having a thickness of 20 μm or less.

11. The plasma display panel of claim 10 , wherein

an electrode pair is disposed on a surface of the dielectric layer, the surface facing away from the space in a thickness direction of the hermetically sealed container, each electrode of the electrode pair being made of a metal material and not including an oxide film.

12. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the protective layer is made of magnesium oxide.

13. A plasma display panel apparatus comprising i) a panel unit having a hermetically sealed container containing discharge gas in an inner space therein, the hermetically sealed container including a protective layer and a phosphor layer opposing each other across the inner space and ii) a drive unit operable to apply, in accordance with an inputted image signal, a voltage pulse to each electrode of an electrode pair of the panel unit, wherein the discharge gas contains:

a first gas component composed of a rare gas element which emits light to excite a phosphor in the phosphor layer during a plasma discharge;

a second gas component composed of an argon gas; and

a neon gas at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 0% to 0.5%, inclusive, to a total pressure of the discharge gas, and

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 1% to 25%, inclusive, to the total pressure of the discharge gas, and

the total pressure of the discharge gas in the space is from 1.50×10 4 Pa to 6.66×10 4 Pa, inclusive.

14. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the first gas component is one of a xenon gas and a krypton gas.

15. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the total pressure of the discharge gas is 5.00×10 4 Pa or less.

16. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 67% or less to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

17. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the first gas component accounts for a principal ratio of the discharge gas.

18. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 17 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 15% or less to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

19. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the second gas component is contained at a partial pressure ratio of 3% or more to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

20. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the discharge gas contains a third gas component composed of an oxygen gas.

21. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 20 , wherein

the third gas component of the discharge gas is contained at a partial pressure ratio in a range of 0.01% to 1%, inclusive, to the total pressure of the discharge gas.

22. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

a dielectric layer is disposed on a surface of the protective layer, the surface facing away from the space in a thickness direction of the hermetically sealed container, the dielectric layer having a thickness of 20 μm or less.

23. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 22 , wherein

an electrode pair is disposed on a surface of the dielectric layer, the surface facing away from the space in a thickness direction of the hermetically sealed container, each electrode of the electrode pair being made of a metal material and not including an oxide film.

24. The plasma display panel apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the protective layer is made of magnesium oxide.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2008
From: GOTOU, MASASHI; YOSHINO, KYOHEI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021385/0364 →