This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-58504, filed on Aug. 23, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a display panel, and more particularly to a display panel with an electrode structure that enhances stable addressing.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
A typical display panel includes a panel unit and a drive unit.
Referring to
The address electrode lines (A1, A2, . . . , Am) are formed on top of the rear glass substrate 106 in a regular pattern. A dielectric layer 110 is coated on top of the address electrode lines (A1, A2, . . . , Am). The barrier walls 114 are formed on top of the dielectric layer 110 in parallel with the address electrode lines (A1, A2, . . . , Am). These barrier walls 114 partition the discharge spaces of each display cell and prevent optical interference between display cells. The fluorescent layers 112 are formed between the barrier walls 114.
The X electrode lines (X1, . . . , Xn) and the Y electrode lines (Y1, . . . , Yn) are formed under the front glass substrate 100 in a regular pattern, orthogonal to the address electrode lines (A1, A2, . . . , Am), where each intersection corresponds to a display cell. Each X electrode line (X1, . . . , Xn) and Y electrode line (Y1, . . . , Yn) can be formed by combining transparent electrode lines (Xna, Yna) made of a transparent conductive material such as Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) with metal electrode lines (Xnb, Ynb), which enhance conductivity. The dielectric layer 102 covers the X electrode lines (X1, . . . , Xn) and Y electrode lines (Y1, . . . , Yn). A protective layer 104, which may be made of Mgo and protects the panel 1 from a strong electric field, covers the dielectric layer 102. A plasma producing gas is injected into the discharge cells 108 before the PDP is sealed.
The typical driving method for a PDP as described above allows initialization, address, and display sustaining stages to be sequentially performed in a unit sub-field. The electric charges of the display cells that are to be driven are uniform during the initialization stage. Electric charges for selected and non-selected display cells are determined during the address stage. Display discharge is performed in display cells during the display sustaining stage. During a cell discharge, plasma is formed from the display cell's plasma producing gas and ultraviolet rays produced by the plasma excite the fluorescent layers 112 of the display cells to create light.
In this case, since several unit sub-fields are included in a unit frame, a desired gradation can be displayed by the display sustaining time of each sub-field.
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With the address electrode 500 structure shown in
A protruded address electrode structure as shown in
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a display panel including an improved electrode structure that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
The present invention provides a display including an improved protruded electrode structure reducing power consumption and providing a stable discharge quality.
Additional features of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The present invention discloses a display panel comprising a plurality of first electrodes that cross a plurality of second electrodes to form cross regions at which display cells are formed. First electrode protrusions are formed at the cross regions in a direction of an arrangement of the second electrode. The first electrode protrusions are differently arranged at adjacent cross regions.
The present invention also discloses a display panel including an electrode structure in which a plurality of first and second electrodes cross each other forming cross regions at which respective display cells are formed. The display panel includes protrusions which are respectively formed at the cross regions in the direction of the arrangement of the second electrodes and the protrusions have different forms for every predetermined number of the second electrodes.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
a shows a stripe type address electrode structure.
b shows a protruded type address electrode structure.
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary embodiments of the structure of the display panel and function thereof illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
For convenience, the description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention is made with reference to a three-electrode surface discharging type AC PDP. Additionally, the description is based on an address electrode of an AC PDP that includes a protruding portion according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
The reset period (PR), which is carried out before going into the address period, initializes the cells' wall charge state by applying a reset pulse to the scanning line of all groups. The reset period (PR) is carried out across the entire screen, thereby forming a uniform wall charge arrangement for all cells. During the address period, a bias voltage (Ve) is applied to the common electrode (X), and a display cell is selected by simultaneously turning on its corresponding scanning electrode (Y1˜Yn) and address electrode (A1˜Am). After the address period (PA), a discharge-sustaining period (PS) is carried out by alternately applying a discharge sustaining pulse (Vs) to the common electrode (X) and the scanning electrodes (Y1˜Yn). During the discharge-sustaining period (PS), a low level voltage (VG) is applied to the address electrodes (A1˜Am).
For stable addressing, a wider discharge surface (C), at which an address electrode (A) and scanning electrode (Y) cross, may be required.
Address electrode protrusions may be formed in a layer on top of the address electrode. Preferably, the protrusions are coplanar with the address electrode.
While exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described in terms of a surface discharge type AC PDP, the invention is not limited thereto. The present invention may be applicable to any display device that includes an electrode structure in which a panel displays images by the mutual drive of drive electrodes placed on facing substrates. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the technology of the present invention may be utilized in other display panels such as, DC PDPs, electroluminescence displays (ELD), liquid crystal displays (LCD), and field emission displays (FED).
Furthermore, the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention are based on the front driving method of a surface discharging type AC PDP, in which the address electrodes are formed on the lower substrate and scanning electrodes are formed on the upper substrate as shown in
Additionally, the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described in terms of stripe shaped scanning (Y) electrodes and common (X) electrodes. Yet, the present invention may also apply to various types of scanning (Y) electrode structures and common (X) electrode structures, such as the electrode structure of
As described above, according to the display panel of the present invention, the discharge surface formed where the scanning electrodes and address electrodes cross may be increased while maintaining appropriate intervals between the address electrodes. Therefore, stable addressing may be possible while reducing electrical interference among adjacent cells.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variation can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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