PLASMA DISPLAY MODULE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

Abstract

A plasma display module including a substrate; barrier ribs formed on the substrate and defining a plurality of discharge cells; pairs of discharge electrodes disposed in the barrier ribs to generate a discharge in the discharge cells; a sealing layer, along with the substrate, to seal the discharge cells; phosphor layers disposed in the discharge cells; a chassis disposed in a side portion of the sealing layer to support the substrate; and a thermal conductive adhesive member disposed between the sealing layer and the substrate to transfer heat from the sealing layer to the chassis, and a plasma display apparatus including the plasma display module.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view of a plasma display module according to aspects of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of a plasma display module according to aspects of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a layout exploded perspective view of a plasma display apparatus including the plasma display module illustrated in FIG. 1 according to aspects of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of a PDP as illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line VI-VI of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic layout diagram of discharge electrodes illustrated in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a PDP as illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4;

FIG. 9 is a schematic layout diagram of discharge electrodes illustrated in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a partially exploded perspective view of a PDP as illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4; and

FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along a line X-X of FIG. 10.

Claims

1. A plasma display module comprising: a substrate;barrier ribs formed on the substrate to define a plurality of discharge cells;pairs of discharge electrodes disposed in the barrier ribs to generate a discharge in the discharge cells;a sealing layer to seal the discharge cells;phosphor layers disposed in the discharge cells;a chassis disposed on a side of the sealing layer opposite the discharge cells to support the substrate; anda thermal conductive adhesive member disposed between the sealing layer and the chassis to transfer heat from the sealing layer to the chassis.

2. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the sealing layer is adhered to the chassis via the adhesive member.

3. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein troughs are formed on a surface of the adhesive member that faces the sealing layer.

4. The plasma display module of claim 3, wherein the troughs are formed vertically with respect to gravity.

5. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein troughs are formed on a surface of the adhesive member that faces the chassis.

6. The plasma display module of claim 5, wherein the troughs are formed vertically with respect to gravity.

7. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the adhesive member is formed of a viscous material.

8. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the barrier ribs are formed of a dielectric substance containing at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al2O3, Ca—B—SiO2, SiO2, BaO, and CaO.

9. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the sealing layer is formed of a dielectric substance containing at least one material selected from a group consisting of PbO, Bi2O3, ZnO, SnO, RO, and SiO2.

10. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the sealing layer is formed of the same material as the barrier ribs.

11. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the sealing layer is integrally formed with the barrier ribs.

12. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the pairs of discharge electrodes comprise first and second discharge electrodes that cross each other.

13. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the pairs of discharge electrodes comprise first and second discharge electrodes, and the first and second discharge electrodes surround at least a part of the discharge cells disposed in a direction.

14. The plasma display module of claim 1, further comprising: address electrodes that cross the pairs of discharge electrodes; andthe pairs of discharge electrodes comprise first and second discharge electrodes that extend parallel to each other.

15. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein the pairs of discharge electrodes comprise first and second discharge electrodes, and the first and second discharge electrodes effect a discharge across the discharge cells.

16. The plasma display module of claim 14, wherein the first and second discharge electrodes surround at least a part of the discharge cells.

17. The plasma display module of claim 14, wherein the address electrodes are buried in the sealing layer.

18. The plasma display module of claim 1, wherein grooves having a predetermined depth are formed in the substrate facing the discharge cells, and the phosphor layers are disposed in the grooves.

19. A plasma display module comprising: a substrate;barrier ribs formed on the substrate to define a plurality of discharge cells;pairs of discharge electrodes disposed in the barrier ribs to generate a discharge in the discharge cells;a sealing layer to seal the discharge cells;phosphor layers disposed in the discharge cells;a chassis disposed on a side of the sealing layer opposite the barrier cells to support the substrate; anda thermal conductive adhesive member disposed between the sealing layer and the chassis to adhere the sealing layer to the chassis.

20. The plasma display module of claim 19, wherein the adhesive member transfers heat from the sealing layer to the chassis.

21. The plasma display module of claim 19, wherein troughs are formed on a surface of the adhesive member facing the sealing layer.

22. The plasma display module of claim 21, wherein the troughs are formed vertically with respect to gravity.

23. The plasma display module of claim 19, wherein troughs are formed on a surface of the adhesive member facing the chassis.

24. The plasma display module of claim 23, wherein the troughs are formed vertically with respect to gravity.

25. The plasma display module of claim 19, wherein the adhesive member is formed of a viscous material.

26. The plasma display module of claim 19, wherein the sealing layer is integrally formed with the barrier ribs.

27. A plasma display apparatus comprising: a plasma display module as in claim 1;a front cabinet disposed in the front of the chassis to locate a display part of the plasma display module in the center of the plasma display apparatus; anda rear cabinet disposed in the rear of the plasma display module and coupled to the front cabinet.