Patent Application
20070188854
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a plasma display panel, more particularly, to a front panel attached to a front surface of the plasma display panel.
2. Discussion of the Background Art
Principle of plasma display panel displays (hereinafter referred to as PDP) technology is that 147 nm-ultraviolet rays generated by discharge of different compositions of inert gas mixtures, such as, He+Xe, Ne+Xe or He+Ne+Xe, irradiate phosphors emitting in either red, green, or blue to display images including characters or graphics. The PDP technology is at mass production stage, and recent advances in PDP technologies made easier to manufacture thin PDPs and to provide much improved picture quality. Especially, in case of a three-electrode surface discharge type PDP, charge particles formed by discharge (i.e. wall charge) are stacked on the surface, which in turn protect electrodes from sputtering originated by discharge. Thus, the three-electrode surface discharge type PDP is known for low consumption of voltage and long lifespan.
Referring to
In general, the transparent electrodes (12Y and 12Z) are composed of Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) and formed on the upper substrate 10. The metal bus electrodes (13Y and 13Z) are typically made of chrome (Cr) and formed on the transparent electrodes (12Y and 12Z), reducing voltage drop caused by the highly resistive transparent electrodes (19Y and 12Z).
Also, an upper dielectric layer 14 and a protective film 16 are layered on the upper substrate 10 on which the scan electrode (Y) and the sustain electrode (Z) are formed side by side. The charge particles formed by discharge (i.e. wall charge) are stacked on this upper dielectric layer 14. The protective film 16 protects the upper dielectric layer 14 from damages caused by sputtering during plasma discharge, and increases ejection rate of secondary electrons. Usually magnesium oxide (MgO) is used for the protective film 16.
On the lower substrate 18 on which the address electrode (X) is formed is a lower dielectric layer 22 and a barrier rib 24. Surfaces of the lower dielectric layer 22 and the barrier rib 24 are coated with a phosphor layer 26. The address electrode (X) is formed at right angles to the scan electrode (Y) and the sustain electrode (Z). The barrier rib 24 is formed in a strip or lattice pattern, and prevents ultraviolet rays and visible rays generated by discharge from leaking by an adjacent discharge cell. The phosphor layer 26 is excited by ultraviolet rays generated by plasma discharge, and generates one of visible rays in red, blue, or blue.
The mixed inert gas is injected to discharge space formed in between the upper/lower substrate 10, 18 and the barrier rib 24.
To obtain continuous-tone images, each frame of PDP is divided into a plurality of subfields with different frequencies of the radiation in time-sharing system. Each subfield is composed of three parts: a reset period for resetting the full screen, an address period for selecting a scan line and for selecting a cell among the selected scan line, and a sustain period for display images in gray scales according to the frequency of discharge.
For instance, suppose that an images needs to be displayed in 256 gray scales. Then, as shown in
Moreover, a front filter is installed at the upper substrate 10 of the PDP, to shield electromagnetic wave and to prevent reflection of external light.
Referring to
The printed circuit substrate 36 sends actuation signals to the electrodes of the panel 32. To this end, the printed circuit substrate 36 is mounted with diverse driving parts that ate not shown in
The filter supporting part 40 electrically connects the front filter 30 to the back cover 38. In other words, the filter supporting part 40 earths the front filter 30 to the back cover 38, and prevents an occurrence of EMI on the side. The bearing member 42 bears the filter supporting part 40, the front filter 30, and the back cover 38.
The front filter 30 not only shields EMI but also prevents the reflection of external light. To this end, as shown in
The antireflection coating 50 prevents the reflection of an incident light from outside and thus, improves contrast of images on the PDP. The antireflection coating 50 is formed on the surface of the front filter 30. In some cases, the antireflection coating 50 can be formed additionally on the rear surface of the front filter 30 as well. The optical characteristic film 52 reduces the brightnesses of red (R) and green (G) rays among incident light from the panel 32 but increases the brightness of blue (B) ray, thereby improving optical characteristics of the PDP.
The glass 54 protects the front filter 30 from external impacts. In other words, the glass 54 supports the front filter 30 in order to prevent the front filter 30 and the filter 32 from being damaged by external impacts.
The EMI shielding film 56 shields EMI, and prevents the ejection of EMI incidented from the panel 32 to the outside.
The NIR blocking film 58 blocks NIR radiation from the panel 32, and using an IR like a remote controller, it helps signal-transmitting devices to able to do their work as normally by preventing an excess of the ejection of NIR to the outside more than what is required.
In the meantime, the EMI shielding film 56 and the NIR blocking film 58 can be integrated together, instead of being separate layers.
Referring now to
Therefore, the glass 54 in the related art front filter 30 serves to protect the front filter 30 from external impacts. However, one of disadvantages of using the glass 54 is that the thickness of the front filter 30 with the glass 54 is increased. In addition, when the glass 54 is inserted to the front filter 30, total weight and cost of manufacture are increased.
To resolve the above problems, a film type front filter 60 without the glass 54 is newly introduced, as depicted in
The antireflection coating 62 is formed on the surface of the film type front filter 60, and prevents the reflection of an external incident light back to the outside. The optical characteristic film 64 dims down red (R) and green (G) rays among incident light from the panel 32 but increases the brightness of blue (B) ray, thereby improving optical characteristics of the PDP.
The EMI shielding film 66 shields EMI, and prevents the ejection of EMI incidented from the panel 32 to the outside. The EMI shielding film 66 can be integrated with the NIR blocking film 68 which will be discussed next.
The NIR blocking film 66 blocks the incidence of NIR from the panel 32. Here, NIR has a wavelength of 700-1200 nm, and is generated by Xe that emits 800-100 nm rays during the discharge of mixed inert gases filled in the PDP panel. When the NIR is ejected to the outside, signal-transmitting devices like a remote controller for transmitting signals via IR do not work. As a result, signals cannot be transmitted to the PDP any more. That is to say, the ejection of the NIR causes malfunction of the remote controller. Hence, the NIR blocking film 68 made of NIR absorbing materials (or colorant) prevents an excess of the ejection of NIR to the outside more than what is required, to ensure that signals from the remote controller for example are properly transmitted to the panel 37.
The merits of the film type front filter 60 are that the film type front filter without the glass 54 is lighter and thinner than the front filter with the glass 54. Also, the film type front filter 60 can reduce cost of manufacture by not using the glass 54.
On the other hand,
Referring to
Furthermore, transmittance of green (G) rays 72 at a wavelength of 525 nm is too much lower than transmittance of blue (B) rays 71 or red (R) rays 74.
Also, transmittance of NIR 75 causing malfunction of the remote controller is as much as 5-10%.
Therefore, there is a growing need for improvement of transmittance design of the front filter.
An object of the invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to solve the foregoing problems by providing a front filter having an ideal transmittance curve.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages are realized by providing a front filter a front filter attached to a front surface of a plasma display panel the front filter comprising: an antireflection coating for preventing reflection of incident light from outside; an optical characteristic film for improving optical characteristics of incident light from the panel, by decreasing brightnesses of red (R) and green (G) rays and by increasing brightness of blue (B) rays; an EMI shielding film for shielding emission of electromagnetic wave; and an NIR blocking film for blocking near infrared rays emitted from the panel wherein, transmittance of emitted light from the plasma display panel when the emitted light transmits the antireflection coating, the optical characteristic film, the EMI shielding film, and the NIR blocking film is determined in dependence of wavelength of the emitted light, and wherein transmittance of B rays at a wavelength of 454 nm is 50-80%, transmittance of G rays at a wavelength of 525 nm is 40-80%, transmittance of orange rays at a wavelength of 580-592 nm is 5-30%, transmittance of R rays at a wavelength of 610-630 nm is 50-80%; and transmittance of NIR at a wavelength of 850-950 nm is 1-10%.
Another aspect of the invention provides a front filter attached to a front surface of a plasma display panel, the front filter comprising: an antireflection coating for preventing reflection of incident light from outside; an optical characteristic film for improving optical characteristics of incident light from the panel, by decreasing brightnesses of red (R) and green (G) rays and by increasing brightness of blue (B) rays; an EMI shielding film for shielding emission of electromagnetic wave; and an NIR blocking film for blocking near infrared rays emitted from the panel, wherein, transmittance of emitted light from the plasma display panel when the emitted light transmits the antireflection coating, the optical characteristic film, the EMI shielding film, and the NIR blocking film is determined in dependence of wavelength of the emitted light, and wherein transmittance of B rays at a wavelength of 454 nm is 60-70%, transmittance of G rays at a wavelength of 525 nm is 60-70%, transmittance of orange rays at a wavelength of 580-592 nm is 5-20%, transmittance of R rays at a wavelength of 610-630 nm is 60-70%, and transmittance of NIR at a wavelength of 850-950 nm is 1-5%.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the front filter further comprises a glass for protecting the front filter and the panel from external impacts.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained as particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements wherein:
The following detailed description will present a front filter in a plasma display panel according to a preferred embodiment of the invention in reference to the accompanying drawings.
Similar to the structure of a related art front filter, the front filter of the invention includes an antireflection coating, an optical characteristic film, a glass, an EMI shielding film, and an NIR blocking film. If desired, the glass can be removed. The optical characteristic film and the NIR blocking film are not separate layers, and an adhesive intermediate layer having a specific material is formed in between them.
Although transmittance of the front filter is influenced by what kind of colorant is infused to each functional layer of the front filter and what kind of materials the functional layers are made of, it is more heavily influenced by transmittance curve designing for determining transmittance of the front filter.
Referring to the transmittance curve shown in
Compared to transmittance achieved with a related art front filter, the transmittance of G rays 82 has been increased considerably by 20% to 30%, resulting in a remarkable increase of color temperature, and the transmittance of orange rays 83 has been reduced by 20-30%, resulting in a remarkable increased of color purity. Besides, by designing the transmittance curve to have an increased slope at the NIR 85 wavelength range, manufacturers can greatly reduce the transmittance of NIR 85 that is known to cause malfunction of a remote controller.
Therefore, the front filter according to the first embodiment of the invention shows an ideal light transmittance curve, generating effects like improvement of color purity of the PDP and increases of contrast and color temperature.
In
Referring to the transmittance curve shown in
In
Also, when a sharp absorption peak 96 is formed at 580-600 nm between the G rays 92 and the R rays 94, the difference between the transmittances of B rays 91 and G rays 92 and the transmittance at the wavelength range with the absorption peak 96 is 10-50%.
To achieve a noticeable reduction in NIR 95 transmission, a sharp NIR absorption peak 97 can be formed at a wavelength of 640-700 nm, causing the transmittance difference between the R rays 95 and the NIR 95 is 1-70%.
Compared to transmittance achieved with a related art front filter, the transmittance of G rays 92 has been increased considerably by 20% to 30%, resulting in a remarkable increase of color temperature, and the transmittance of orange rays 93 has been reduced by 20-30%, resulting in a remarkable increased of color purity. Besides, by designing the transmittance curve to have an increased slope at the NIR 95 wavelength range, manufacturers can greatly reduce file transmittance of the NIR 95 that is known to cause malfunction of a remote controller.
When the absorption peak 96 between the B rays 91 and the G rays 92 is at 480-500 nm, light transmittance at a wavelength range where color purity of rays is low is noticeably reduced, and color purities of the B rays and G rays are improved.
Therefore, the front filter according to the second embodiment of the invention transmits only rays from a certain wavelength range where color purities of R, G and B rays are light.
Moreover, color contrast effect can be increased by reducing transmittance of other colored rays at different wavelength ranges from the wavelength ranges transmitting three-color rays emitted from PDP phosphors.
In conclusion, color purity of the PDP can be improved by manufacturing the front filter to have the idea light transmittance curve.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
The foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. The present teaching can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. The description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In the claims, means-plus-function clauses are intended to cover the structures described herein as performing the recited function and not only structural equivalents but also equivalent structures.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 8838/2003 | Feb 2003 | KR | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 10778462 | Feb 2004 | US |
| Child | 11697221 | Apr 2007 | US |
