Imaging of a macroscopic plasma display panel cell

Author

Ouyang, J. ; Ganter, R. ; Callegari, Th. ; Boeuf, J.P.

Author_Institution

CPAT, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Volume

30

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

187

Abstract

In this paper, we present results from the imaging of a macroscopic plasma display discharge cell obtained with an intensified charge coupled device using infrared optical filters. The macro-cell geometry is identical to that of a plasma display panel (PDP) cell with a coplanar electrode configuration, but the macro-cell dimensions are about 60 times larger than those of a real cell and the operating pressure is 60 times lower. The similarity laws are not expected to be fully valid, but the macro-cell provides a very good insight in the physics of a PDP cell and can help optimizing the discharge efficiency and validate the models

Keywords

discharges (electric); glow discharges; optical filters; optical images; plasma displays; UV emission; coplanar electrode configuration; dielectric barrier discharge; discharge efficiency optimisation; glow discharge plasma; infrared optical filters; intensified charge coupled device; macro-cell; macro-cell dimensions; macro-cell geometry; macroscopic plasma display panel cell imaging; operating pressure; plasma display panel cell; similarity laws; Anodes; Charge-coupled image sensors; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Glass; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Plasma displays; Surface charging; Surface discharges;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2002.1003986

Filename

1003986