New Type of Extra Large Area Film Display with Plasma Tube Array Technology and Its New Applications

The plasma tubes array is the film display that is able to realize an extra large area emissive display. And it is expected to realize the new industrial applications of wall size display because of its wonderful characteristics such as ultra-thin, light-weight, flexible and low power consumption. We had successfully developed a prototype display of 3 m times 2 m screen size which was consisted of 6 sub-modules of 1 m times 1 m with seam-less structure. The weight, thickness and power consumption of the display film were measured at 7.5 kg, 1 mm and 1200 W respectively. With this display people can see the real-size images as if they really see it and it will open the new world to the natural communication through this display.

1. Introduction

The flat panel display was very successful for TV market and it changed the display world. Moreover flat panel displays are becoming thinner and larger and the screen size is like a big window^[1] and the thickness is like a paper. This kind of displays is no longer a traditional “information display” like TVs but a kind of “ambient display”.