Characteristics of Sustain Discharges in AC PDP with various Coplanar-Gaps and Auxiliary Electrode

  • Lee, Kyo-Sung (Department of Electronics Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Shin, Nam-Hoon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Shin, Bhum-Jae (Department of Electronics Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Choi, Kyung-Cheol (Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, KAIST) ;
  • Jang, Sang-Hun (Materials and Devices Research Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) ;
  • Park, Hyoung-Bin (Materials and Devices Research Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Seong-Eui (Materials and Devices Research Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology)
  • Published : 2005.07.19

Abstract

The spatio-temporal behaviors of Infra Red(IR) emission images of the sustain discharges were observed in AC PDP with various coplanar-gaps and auxiliary electrode. When the height of barrier rib was fixed, IR intensity of the sustain discharges in AC PDP did not increase with increase of coplanar-gap. The IR efficiency of sustain discharges showed the similar behavior with the IR intensity. The IR intensity had its maixmum value when the coplanar-gap was $200\;{\mu}m$ and the height of barrier rib was $150\;{\mu}m$. It was also found that the auxiliary electrode in the front plate enhanced IR emission during sustain discharge when the pulse was applied to the auxiliary electrode.

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