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Plasma Display Technology
Plasma display panel
FIg. A
Panasonic 42 inch wide plasma display panel is develope for
large screen multimedia display with space saving.
The plasma display panel use AC type Sub-field drive sys-
tem with Dual scanning system.
This panel have also Panasonic original Asymmetric cell and
Plasma AI technology.
Fig. A Is the CRT and Plasma Display Panel(PDP) compari-
son chart.
Plasma display panel structure
Fig. B
Plasma display panel structure
Panasonic Plasma display  panel is consist of front glass,
rear glass and Aluminum base.
The front glass has each 480 lines scan and sustain trans-
parence electrodes.
The rear glass has 2556 (852 x 3 ) data electrodes on the
inner surface. These electrodes are connected to the data
drive circuit boards directory.
Rear Glass Structure
Fig. C
On the rear glass the data electrode is mounted.
The dielectric is coated on the rear glass.
Red, Green and Blue colour phosphors are formed on the
data electrode with the ribs. However to improve colour
reproduction and brightness, each colour phosphors are
formed different width This is called " Asymmetrical cell " as
Panasonic original technology.
Front Glass Structure
Fig. D
On the front glass scan and sustain  transparent electrodes
are mounted in pair.
The dielectrics is coated on the front grass.
MgO over coat is also applied on the dielectrics.
The front and rear glasses are piled and sealed . And low
presser gas are charged between two glasses.
CRT
PDP
Scan
Dot Sequence
Line Sequence
Interlace/
Progressive
Progressive
Emission
Dot Sequence
Simultaneous 
Phosphor
Excitation
Electron
Ultra Violet Lay
Brightness
Control
Beam Current 
control
Discharge Time
control
(Sub-Filed Drive)
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Data Drive Boards
Data Drive Boards
Aluminum Base
Rear Glass
Front Glass
 
Dielectrics
Colour Phosphor
Asymmetrical Cell
Data Electrodes
Rear Glass
Rib
MgO
Scan & Sustain
Electrodes
Dielectrics
Front Glass
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