Patent · US Expired

Plasma display panel with metal oxide layer on electrode

US6160345A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
5References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1997
Grant dateDec 12, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J11/38
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A PDP does not suffer from dielectric breakdown even though a dielectric layer is thin, with the problems of conventional PDPs, such as cracks appearing in the glass substrates during the production of the PDP being avoided. To do so, the surface of silver electrodes of the PDP is coated with a 0.1-10 .mu.m layer of a metallic oxide on whose surface OH groups exist, such as ZnO, ZrO.sub.2, MgO, TiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3. The metallic oxide layer is then coated with the dielectric layer. It is preferable to form the metallic oxide layer with the CVD method. The surface of a metallic electrode can be coated with a metallic oxide, which is than coated with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer can be made of a metallic oxide with a vacuum process method or the plasma thermal spraying method. The dielectric layer formed on electrodes with the CVD method is remarkably thin and flawless. When the dielectric layer is formed with the vacuum process method or the plasma spraying method, warping and cracks conventionally caused by baking the dielectric layer are prevented. Here, borosilicate glass including 6.5% or less by weight of alkali can be used as the glass …

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.