New sustain waveform for improving luminous efficiency in wide-gap plasma-display panel

Hyun Kim, Heung Sik Tae

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Abstract

The three-electrode microdischarge characteristics of ac-plasma-display panels (PDPs) are analyzed with a wide sustain discharge gap of 180 μ. In particular, the luminous efficiency variation is examined as a parameter of the operating frequency. It is found that the luminous efficiency decreases with an increase in the operating frequency. In other words, a failure discharge mode for luminous efficiency occurs at a high frequency up to 200 kHz, originating from a self-erasing discharge and the space-charge behavior under high sustaining frequency conditions. Thus, based on an analysis of the failure mode of a wide-gap discharge, a new sustain waveform is proposed to improve the luminous efficiency at a high operating frequency. As a result of adopting the proposed sustain waveform, a luminous efficiency of 2.4 lm/W is obtained at a sustain voltage of 170 V in a 42-in high-definition wide-gap 180 μ) PDP.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1129-1136
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume55
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2008

Keywords

  • Frequency effect
  • Luminous efficiency
  • Self-erasing discharge
  • Wide-sustain-gap 180 μ) structure

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