Information
-
Patent Grant
-
6670756
-
Patent Number
6,670,756
-
Date Filed
Friday, July 13, 200123 years ago
-
Date Issued
Tuesday, December 30, 200320 years ago
-
Inventors
-
Original Assignees
-
Examiners
- Patel; Nimeshkumar D.
- Colón; German
Agents
-
CPC
-
US Classifications
Field of Search
-
International Classifications
-
Abstract
A plasma display panel and the manufacturing method thereof. Forming partition wall structures on the back substrate of the paste display panel and forming the column-shaped protrusions at the positions corresponding to the cuts on the rib on the front substrate of the plasma display panel. The manufacturing process is simple and the alignment of the front and back substrate is easy. In addition, the size of the opening of the rib and the size of the cut can be easily adjusted according to the needs of the application during the manufacturing process.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a plasma display panel and the manufacturing method thereof, more particularly to the partition wall structure of the panel and the manufacturing method thereof.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The rib of the plasma display panel (referred to PDP in the following) commonly has a stripe-shaped structure. However, the grid-mesh rib structure is also used at present, for example, the one disclosed in the U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,056 by NEC. The structure disclosed by NEC forms stripe-shaped ribs on the back substrate of the PDP and forms grid-mesh-shaped ribs on the front substrate of the PDP, then assembles the front and back substrates, as shown in FIG.
1
. The structure disclosed by NEC has the following four disadvantages:
Since the front substrate has an additional rib manufacturing process in the NEC structure, the cost is relatively high.
When assembling the front and the back substrates, the high aligning precision of the two substrates is strictly required; this deepens the difficulty of the manufacturing process.
To ensure that the front and the back substrate are precisely aligned, increasing the width of the rib of the front and the back substrates is often required. Hence the opening rate of the PDP is compromised.
Due to the width of the rib, the effective area of the coating fluorescent body becomes smaller.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide the structure of a plasma display panel and the manufacturing method thereof; the manufacturing method of the partition wall structure of the present invention is easy and can overcome the problems encountered by NEC.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the manufacturing method of the partition wall structure of the PDP, and defines the size of cut of the partition wall structure required by using simple procedures.
The plasma display panel disclosed in the present invention includes: a first substrate (back substrate); a second substrate (front substrate), disposed parallel to the first substrate, so as to form a discharging space between the first substrate and the second substrate. There forms a gird-mesh-shaped rib on the first substrate; there are a plurality of column-shaped protrusions and an air-pump hole for exhaust formed on the second substrate.
The partition wall structure on the first substrate includes:
A plurality of first stripe ribs, the plurality of the first stripe ribs defines the discharging space to become the plurality of the row discharging space;
A plurality of second stripe ribs, each of the second stripe ribs crosses each of the first stripe ribs with cuts in every row of discharging space so that gas can flow through the row of discharging space through the cut.
The plurality of the column-shaped protrusions formed on the second substrate, wherein the protrusions dispose above the cuts of the first ribs on the first substrate, the height of the column-shaped protrusions is H
2
, which is less than the height of the cut
306
, H
1
.
The manufacturing method of the plasma display panel includes:
(1) Providing the first substrate, the first substrate has an air-pump hole.
(2) Forming a plurality of the stripe-shaped electrodes on the first substrate, each stripe-shaped electrode is substantially parallel to a first direction.
(3) Forming an overcoat layer on the stripe-shaped electrodes and the first substrate.
(4) Forming a second substrate, the second substrate and the first substrate are parallel; a discharging space is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the discharging space connects with the air-pump hole.
(5) Forming a partition wall structure on the first substrate, the partition wall structure includes a plurality of first stripe ribs and a plurality of second stripe ribs, the plurality of the first stripe ribs defines the discharging space to form a plurality of row discharging space, each of the second stripe ribs crosses each of the first stripe ribs; and in every row discharging space, each second stripe rib has a cut, the depth of the cut of the second stripe rib is H
1
, so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the cuts.
(6) Forming a plurality of column-shaped protrusions on the second substrate, the column-shaped protrusions form at positions corresponding to the cuts of the second stripe ribs on the first substrate, the column-shaped protrusions have a protrusion height H
2
, which is less than the depth of the cuts of the second stripe ribs on the first substrate, H
1
.
(7) Combining the edge of the first substrate and the edge of the second substrate to seal the discharging space, so that the column-shaped protrusions of the second substrate embed into the cuts of the second stripe ribs on the first substrate, and leaves a channel of gas through the cut so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the channel.
(8) Pumping the air within the plasma display panel through the air-pump hole for the discharging space, so that the gas in the row discharging space can be pumped out of the discharging space through the channel.
According to the present invention, there are four following manufacturing methods for forming the partition wall structures of the first substrate (back substrate).
The first method of manufacturing ribs according to the present invention includes the following steps.
(a) Firstly, providing a substrate, on which forms a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes. Each of the stripe-shaped electrodes is parallel to a first direction.
(b) Forming an overcoat layer on the stripe-shaped electrodes and the substrate.
(c) Forming a shaping layer on the overcoat layer, the shaping layer including a plurality of stripe-shaped protrusions formed above the overcoat layer, each of the protrusions is disposed between two stripe-shaped electrodes, and is parallel to the first direction.
(d) Next, forming a photoresist layer, such dry photoresist film, on the shaping layer.
(e) Exposing the dry photoresist layer to form a shading mask on the shaping layer; the shading mask includes a plurality of first stripe regions and a plurality of second stripe regions; each first stripe region is formed on each of the stripe-shaped protrusions; each of the second stripe regions is parallel to a second direction and substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
(f) Finally, perform a sand-spreading process to remove the shaping layer not covered by the shading mask to expose certain portion of the overcoat layer and form the partition wall structure.
The second method of manufacturing the rib according to the present invention includes the following steps.
(a) First, providing a substrate; a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes are formed on the substrate; each of the stripe-shaped electrodes is parallel to a first direction.
(b) Forming an overcoat layer on the stripe-shaped electrodes and substrate.
(c) Using pattern print process to form the shaping layer of the mesh-grids rib on the overcoat layer. The shaping layer include a plurality of first stripe ribs, and a plurality of second stripe ribs; each of the first stripe rib is disposed between every two stripe-shaped electrodes, and is parallel to the first direction; each of the second stripe ribs is parallel to a second direction and is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
(d) Finally, using pattern print process to form a plurality of third stripe ribs on the shaping layer. Each of the third stripe layers is formed on each of the first stripe layers thereby forming a partition wall structure.
The third method of manufacturing ribs according to the present invention includes the following steps.
(a) First, providing a substrate. A plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes are formed on the substrate, each of the stripe-shaped electrodes is parallel to the first direction.
(b) Forming an overcoat layer on a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes and substrates.
(c) Forming a shaping layer on the overcoat layer.
(d) Forming a photoresist layer on the shaping layer.
(e) Exposing the dry photoresist layer to form a shading mask on the shaping layer. The shading mask includes a plurality of first stripe-shaped ribs and a plurality of second stripe-shaped ribs; each of the first stripe-shaped ribs is parallel to the first direction and is disposed between every two stripe-shaped electrodes; each of the second stripe-shaped ribs is parallel to a second direction and is substantially perpendicular to the first stripe-shaped ribs; there are cuts regions at the crossed regions of the second stripe-shaped ribs and the stripe-shaped electrodes to expose the shaping rib.
(f) Finally, performing the sand-spreading process to remove the shaping layer not covered by the shading mask to expose certain portion of the overcoat layer to form the partition wall structure. There still remains a shaping layer on the cuts regions.
The fourth method of manufacturing the rib according to the present invention includes the following steps.
(a) First, providing a substrate. A plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes are formed on the substrate, each of the stripe-shaped electrodes is parallel to a first direction.
(b) Forming an overcoat layer on the stripe-shaped electrodes and the substrate.
(c) Forming a shaping layer on the overcoat layer.
(d) Forming a photo-sensing shading layer in grid-mesh shape on the shaping layer. The photo-sensing shading layer includes a plurality of first stripe ribs and a plurality of second stripe ribs; each of the first stripe ribs is disposed between every two stripe-shaped electrodes, and is parallel to the first direction; each of the second stripe ribs is parallel to a second direction and is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the height of the first stripe rib is larger than the height of the second stripe rib.
(e) Exposing and developing the photo-sensing shading layer to form a shading mask on the shaping layer.
(f) Finally, performing the sand-spreading process to remove the shaping layer not covered by the shading mask to expose certain portion of the overcoat layer to form the partition wall structure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The following detailed description, given by way of example and not intended to limit the invention solely to the embodiments described herein, will best be understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1
shows the structure diagram of the PDP rib disclosed by NEC;
FIGS. 2A
to
2
E show the 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the first method of forming a partition wall structure;
FIG. 3A
shows the schematic diagram of the assembly of partial structure of the front and back substrates of PDP of the present invention;
FIG. 3B
shows the cross-section along A-A′ after
FIG. 3A
is assembled;
FIGS. 4A
to
4
B show 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the second method of forming a partition wall structure;
FIGS. 5A
to
5
C show 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the third method of forming a partition wall structure;
FIGS. 6A
to
6
D show 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the fourth method of forming a partition wall structure.
EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 3A
shows the schematic diagram of the assembly of partial structure of the front and back substrates of PDP.
FIG. 3B
shows the cross-sectional view along A-A′ after
FIG. 3A
is assembled.
Refer to
FIGS. 3A and 3B
, the plasma display panel disclosed by the present invention includes a first substrate
300
and a second substrate
304
parallel to the first substrate
300
, thereby forming a discharging space between the first substrate
300
and the second substrate
304
. A partition wall structure is formed on the first substrate and a plurality of column-shaped protrusions
312
on the second substrate
304
, and an air-pump hole
316
formed on the second substrate.
The partition wall structure
302
on the first substrate includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
302
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
302
2
, the plurality of first stripe ribs
302
1
define the discharging space to become a plurality of row discharging space
308
; each of the second stripe ribs
302
2
crosses each of the first stripe ribs
302
1
, in every row discharging space
308
, each of the second stripe ribs
302
2
has a cut
306
so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the cut
306
.
The plurality of column-shaped protrusions
312
on the second substrate is formed at the positions corresponding to the cuts on the first substrate; and the height of the column-shaped protrusions, H
2
is smaller than the depth of the cuts, H
1
.
Therefore (refer to FIG.
3
B), when the first substrate
300
and the second substrate
304
combine, the column-shaped protrusions
312
on the second substrate
304
embeds into the cuts
306
of the first substrate
300
and there will be a channel
314
in the cut
306
so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through channel
314
.
The manufacturing method of the plasma display panel provided by the present invention includes the following steps:
(1) Providing a first substrate
300
, which has an air-pump hole
316
on the first substrate
300
.
(2) Forming a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes (not shown in
FIGS. 3A
to
3
B) on the first substrate, each of the stripe-shaped electrodes is parallel to a first direction.
(3) Forming an overcoat layer (not shown in
FIGS. 3A
to
3
B) on the stripe-shaped electrodes and the first substrate
300
.
(4) Providing a second substrate
304
, the second substrate is parallel to the first substrate; there forms a discharging space between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the discharging space connects the air-pump hole.
(5) Forming a partition wall structure
302
on the first substrate
300
, the partition wall structure
302
includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
302
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
302
2
, the plurality of the first stripe ribs
302
1
defines the discharging space to become a plurality of row discharging spaces
308
, each of the second stripe ribs
302
2
crosses each of the first stripe ribs
302
1
; and in every row discharging space
308
, each of the second stripe ribs
302
2
has a cut
306
, the cut
306
of the second stripe ribs
302
2
has a cut depth of H
1
so that gas flows through the row discharging space
308
through the cuts
306
.
(6) Forming a plurality of column-shaped protrusions
312
on the second substrate
304
, the column-shaped protrusions
312
are formed at positions corresponding to the cuts
306
of the first substrate
300
, the column-shaped protrusions
312
have heights of H
2
, the height H
2
is smaller than the cut height H
1
.
(7) Combining the edge of the first substrate
300
and the edge of the second substrate
304
to conceal the discharging space so that the column-shaped protrusions
312
on the second substrate
304
embed into the cuts
306
of the first substrate, leaving a channel
314
in the cut
306
so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the channel
314
.
(8) Pumping air out of the discharging space through the air-pump hole
316
, so that the gas in the row discharging space
308
is pumped out from the air-pump hole
316
through the channel
314
out of the discharging space.
The manufacturing process of the column-shaped protrusions
312
can be: before coating the surface protective layer (MgO) on the second substrate
304
, using mesh-printing process or photolithography to form column-shaped protruding objects on the second substrate
304
semi-product surface; after coating the MgO, the column-shaped protrusions
312
is formed at the positions of the protruding objects corresponding to the cuts
306
.
In this embodiment, the individual pixel discharging space is isolated by first stripe ribs
302
1
and second stripe ribs
302
2
. Only channel
314
connects to the individual pixel discharging space belonging to the same row discharging space
308
. Due to the limitations of height H
2
of the column-shaped protrusions, the distance between channel
314
and the front substrate
304
is at least H
2
. Since the place closed to the surface of the front substrate
304
by the individual discharging space is isolated by column-shaped protrusion
312
, the cross-talk between different pixels when front substrate X-Y electrode drives gas back and forth during the driving signal sustain period is reduced. However, the protrusions can be eliminated, and individual pixels can also be isolated by the first stripe rib
302
1
or the second stripe
302
2
, the cross-talk between different pixels can also be reduced.
There are four following manufacturing methods in forming grid-mesh shaped ribs on the first substrate (back substrate).
First Method
FIGS. 2A
to
2
E show the 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the manufacturing method of the partition wall structure according to the present invention.
First, a substrate is provided. A plurality of stripe electrodes
202
is formed on the substrate. Each of the stripe electrodes is parallel to a first direction (shown by arrow D) To simplify the description in this embodiment, only two stripe electrodes are shown.
Next, an overcoat layer
204
is formed on the stripe electrodes
202
and the substrate
200
as shown in FIG.
2
A.
Next, a shaping layer
206
is formed on the overcoat
204
. The surface of the shaping layer includes a plurality of stripe protrusions
206
a;
each of the protrusions
206
a
is at the center of every two stripe electrodes
202
and is substantially parallel to the first direction.
In this embodiment, the shaping layer
206
of
FIG. 2B
has the two following manufacturing methods.
(1) First method: print multi-layers (for example 7˜8 layers) of paste on the overcoat layer
204
using full print, forming flat-top
206
b
after baking. Next, print 1˜3 layers of paste using pattern print, forming the stripe protrusions
206
a
after baking.
(2) Second method: print 1˜3 layers of paste with pattern print; forming a plurality of stripe protrusion regions along the first direction after baking as the bottom of the stripe protrusion
206
a.
Perform full print, print multi-layers (for example 7˜8 layers) of paste on overcoat layer
204
and stripe protrusion regions, forming a shaping layer as shown in
FIG. 2B
after baking.
After forming the shaping layer
206
, form a dry photoresist layer on the shaping layer.
Next, expose and developing the dry photoresist layer to form the shading mask
208
on the shaping layer
206
. The shading mask
208
as shown in
FIG. 2C
has the grid-mesh structure, the shading mask
208
includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
208
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
208
2
; each of the first stripe ribs
208
1
is parallel to the first direction and forms on a stripe protrusion
206
a;
each of the second stripe ribs
208
2
is subtantially perpendicular to the first direction and forms on the plurality of stripe protrusions
206
a
and flat-top
206
b.
Perform the sand blast process; remove the shaping layer
206
which is not covered by the shading mask
208
until the overcoat layer
204
is exposed to form grid-mesh shaped rib
212
(includes: a plurality of first stripe ribs
212
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
212
2
) as shown in FIG.
2
D.
After forming the rib, the shading mask
208
(i.e., the dry photoresist layer after exposure) is removed, then fluorescent body
210
is printed to form back substrate of PDP as shown in FIG.
2
E. It should be noted that there are cuts
209
on each of the second stripe ribs
212
2
of the rib
212
.
Finally, assemble the back substrate and the front substrate, and then perform the subsequent process.
According to the method of the present invention, and refering to
FIGS. 2C and 2E
, varying the width L
1
of the first stripe ribs
208
1
and the width L
2
of the second stripe ribs
208
2
can adjust the thickness of the rib so to influence the effective size of the pixel to obtain an adequate opening ratio.
Further, refer to
FIGS. 2C and 2E
, varying the width L
3
and height L
4
of the flat-top
206
b
of the shaping layer
206
can control the width and depth of the cuts
209
.
Second Method
FIGS. 4A
to
4
B show the 3-D cross-sectional flow chart of the second manufacturing method of the grid-mesh shaped rib.
First, a substrate
400
is provided. There forms a plurality of stripe electrodes
402
on the substrate
400
. Each of the stripe electrodes
402
is parallel to a first direction (shown by arrow D). To simplify the description of this embodiment, only two stripe electrodes are shown.
Form an overcoat layer
404
on the stripe electrodes
402
and the substrate
400
.
Next, form a grid-mesh-shaped shaping layer
406
on the overcoat layer
404
with pattern print to form the partition wall structure of PDP. As shown in
FIG. 4A
, the shaping layer
406
includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
406
a
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
406
b.
Each of the stripe ribs
406
a
is disposed between every two stripe electrodes
402
, and is parallel to the first direction. Each of the second stripe ribs
406
b
is parallel to a second direction and substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crosses with the plurality of the stripe electrodes
402
.
Furthermore, print multi-layers (for example 7˜8 layers) of paste on the overcoat layer
404
with pattern print to form the shaping layer after baking. Since the height of the plurality of the stripe electrodes is lower, after pattern print multi-layers, the top of the second stripe ribs
406
b
of the shaping layer is an even surface.
Finally, a plurality of the third stripe ribs
407
is formed on the first stripe ribs
406
a
with pattern print. After baking, the third stripe ribs
407
become the top wall of the first stripe ribs
406
a.
Every two third stripe ribs
407
and any second stripe rib
406
b
constitute a cut so that when the front and back substrates assemble, gas can flow through row discharging space through the cuts.
The third stripe ribs
407
are formed by printing multi-layers of paste with pattern print and then baked.
Third Method
FIGS. 5A
to
5
C show 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the third manufacturing method of forming partition wall structures according to the present invention.
First, a substrate
500
is provided. There forms a plurality of stripe electrodes
502
on the substrate
500
. Each of the stripe electrodes
502
is parallel to a first direction (shown by arrow D). To simplify the description in this embodiment, only two stripe electrodes are shown.
An overcoat layer
504
is formed on the plurality of stripe electrodes
502
and substrate. Then shaping layer
506
is formed on the overcoat layer
504
, as shown in FIG.
5
A. In this embodiment, full print is used to print multi-layers (for example 7˜8 layers) of paste on the overcoat to form shaping layer
506
after baking.
A dry photoresist layer is formed on the shaping layer
506
.
The dry photoresist layer is exposed to form a shading mask
508
on the shaping layer
506
. As shown in
FIG. 5B
, the shading mask
508
includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
508
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
508
2
. Each of the first stripe ribs
5081
is parallel to the first direction and is on the shaping layer
506
between every two stripe electrodes
502
. Each of the second stripe ribs
508
2
is parallel to the second direction and is perpendicular to the first stripe ribs
508
1
. Each of the second stripe ribs
508
2
forms a breaking rib CR between every two first stripe ribs
508
1
.
Finally, sand blast process is performed to remove the shaping layer
506
which is not covered by the shading mask
508
, exposing the overcoat layer
504
to form a partition wall structure
512
(includes a plurality of the first stripe wall
512
1
and a plurality of second stripe wall
512
2
) as shown in FIG.
5
C. Since the width L
7
of the breaking rib CR is smaller than the size of the grid-mesh-opening, the depth removed by the sand blast process is smaller than the depth removed in the grid-mesh-openings. Therefore, there is remaining shaping layer
506
in breaking rib CR. By the definition of the breaking rib CR, a cut
510
is formed on the rib.
According the method of the present invention, refer to
FIGS. 5B and 5C
, varying the width L
5
of the first stripe rib
508
1
and width L
6
of the second stripe rib
508
2
, the size of grids of the rib
512
can be adjusted to obtain an adequate opening rate.
Furthermore, by varying the width L
7
of the breaking rib, the size of the width of the cut
510
may be adjusted.
Fourth Method
FIGS. 6A
to
6
D show the 3-D cross-sectional flow charts of the fourth manufacturing method of forming a partition wall structure according to the present invention.
First, a substrate
600
is provided. A plurality of stripe electrodes
602
form there on substrate
600
. Each of the stripe electrodes is parallel to a first direction (shown by arrow D). To simplify the description in this embodiment, only two stripe electrodes are shown.
An overcoat layer
604
is formed on the stripe electrodes
602
and the substrate
600
.
A shaping layer
606
is formed on the overcoat layer
604
, as shown in FIG.
6
A. In this embodiment, a full print is used to print multi-layers (for example 7˜8 layers) of paste on the overcoat layer
604
to form the shaping layer
606
after baking.
Next, grid-mesh-shaped photo-sensing shading layer
608
is formed on the shaping layer
606
. As shown in
FIG. 6B
, the photo-sensing shading layer
608
includes a plurality of first stripe ribs
608
1
and a plurality of second stripe ribs
608
2
. Each of the first stripe ribs
608
1
is on the shaping layer
606
between every two stripe electrodes
602
and is parallel to the first direction. Each of the second stripe ribs
608
2
is parallel to a second direction and is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The height of the first stripe ribs is larger than the height of the second stripe ribs.
The material of the photo-sensing layer
608
is constituted by the photo-sensing substance and paste. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the photo-sensing shading layer
608
may be made by the two following methods.
(1) First method: Pattern print is used to print multi-layers of grid-mesh-shaped photo-sensing shading layer on the shaping layer
606
to form the bottoms of the first stripe ribs
608
1
and the second stripe ribs
608
2
. Pattern print is then used again to print a stripe-shaped second photo-sensing layer on the first photo-sensing shading layer along the first direction to form the top of the first stripe ribs
608
1
so as to form the photo-sensing shading layer as shown in FIG.
6
B.
(2) Second method: Pattern print is used to print multi-layers of stripe-shaped photo-sensing shading layers on the shaping layer along the first direction to form the bottom of the first stripe rib
608
1
. The pattern print is then used to print multi-layers of grid-mesh-shaped first photo-sensing shading layers on the second photo-sensing shading layer to form the photo-sensing shading layer
608
as shown in FIG.
6
B.
Next, the photo-sensing shading layer
608
is exposed to UV light to form the shading mask layer
610
on the shaping layer
606
as shown in FIG.
6
C.
Finally, the sand blast process is performed to remove the shaping layer
606
which is not covered by the shading mask
610
to expose the overcoat
604
to form a partition wall structure as shown in FIG.
6
D.
From the above four manufacturing methods for the rib, the present invention has the following advantages:
(1) The manufacturing process of the invention only produces ribs on the back substrate, so during the assembly, the alignment of the front and back substrate is easier than that disclosed by NEC.
(2) The opening rib of the rib can be easily adjusted to obtain a better opening rate and increases the coating rib of the fluorescent body, thereby obtaining better luminance.
(3) There are cuts on the ribs, so it is easy to perform the vacuum process and fill with gas during packing.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements as would be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.
Claims
- 1. A plasma display panel comprising:a first substrate; a second substrate, parallel to the first substrate to form a discharging space between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a partition wall structure formed on the first substrate, the partition wall structure comprising: a plurality of first stripe ribs, defining the discharging space to become a plurality of row discharging spaces; a plurality of second stripe ribs, each of the second stripe ribs crossing each of the first stripe ribs, and having a cut in every row discharging space so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the cut; and a plurality of column-shaped protrusions on the second substrate, formed at positions corresponding to the cuts on the first substrate, wherein the column-shaped protrusion has a height of H2 and the cut of the second stripe rib has a cut depth of H1, and the protruding height H2 is less than the cut depth H1, and the column-shaped protrusions on the second substrate embed into the cuts on the first substrate when the first substrate is sealed to the second substrate to leave a channel in the cut such that the row discharging space allows gas flow through the channel.
- 2. A manufacturing method of a plasma display panel comprising:providing a first substrate, having an air-pump hole on the first substrate; forming a plurality of stripe electrodes on the first substrate, wherein each of the stripe electrodes is parallel to a first direction; forming an overcoat layer on the stripe electrodes and the first substrate; providing a second substrate, parallel to the first substrate, forming a discharging space between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the discharging space connects to the air-pump hole; forming a partition wall structure on the first substrate, wherein the partition wall structure includes a plurality of first stripe ribs defining the discharging space to become a plurality of row discharging space, a plurality of second stripe ribs crossing the plurality of the first stripe ribs, each of the second stripe ribs has a cut in the row discharging space so that gas can flow through the row discharging space through the cut; forming a plurality of column-shaped protrusions on the second substrate, wherein the column-shaped protrusions are formed at positions corresponding to the cuts on the first substrate, the column-shaped protrusions have a protruding height of H2, and the cuts of the second stripe ribs have a cut depth of H1, and the protruding height H2 is smaller than the cut depth H1; sealing the edge of the first substrate and the edge of the second substrate to conceal the discharging space, wherein the column-shaped protrusions on the second substrate embed into the cuts on the first substrate when the first substrate seals to the second substrate to leave a channel in the cut such that the row discharging space allows gas flow through the channel; and pumping air out of the discharging space through the air-pump hole, so that the gas in the row discharging space is pumped out from the air-pump hole through the cut.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
89114082 A |
Jul 2000 |
TW |
|
US Referenced Citations (6)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
05028926 |
Feb 1993 |
JP |