Development of panel structure for a high-resolution 21-in-diagonal full-color surface-discharge plasma display panel

Plasma display panel (PDP) structure has been investigated to develop a 21-in-diagonal color plasma display with a high-resolution of 0.22-mm subpixel pitch. To realize a high-resolution display, a stripe alignment of three primary color elements such as red, blue, and green, was introduced. Four kinds of panel structures are compared and finally stripe rib and stripe phosphor structures were introduced for the three electrode surface discharge plasma display. The 21-in-plasma display developed with the structure has firstly been put into the market with sufficient performance, such as a wide operating voltage margin, a high luminance, and a wide viewing angle of more than 60 V, 200 cd/m/sup 2/, and 160/spl deg/, respectively.