Realization of Flexible Plasma Display Panels on PET Substrates

Author

Tarighat, Roohollah S. ; Goodarzi, Amir ; Mohajerzadeh, Shams ; Arvan, Behnaz ; Gaderi, M.R. ; Fathipour, M.

Author_Institution

Thin Film Lab., Univ. of Tehran, Iran

Volume

93

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1374

Lastpage

1378

Abstract

DC plasma display panels are fabricated on flexible polyethylene terephtalate (PET) substrates. Each pixel consists of laterally placed anode and cathode electrodes. All electrical elements are formed on a single PET substrate, whereas a second substrate is needed to encapsulate the panel. Silver is used as the metal for each electrode and standard photolithography is used to form each cell. A 150-μm-thick layer of a UV-curable polymeric adhesive was used to form barrier ribs to both electrically isolate neighboring cells and to encapsulate the plasma. Conversion of vacuum UV into visible light is possible by blast-embedding of proper phosphor grains into the top substrate. The current-voltage and turn-on voltage versus pressure characteristics are examined. Effect of curvature on turn-on voltage is addressed.

Keywords

professional aspects; Echegaray Gold Medal; French Academy of Sciences; Geneva Society of Physics and Natural History; Leonardo Torres Quevedo; Spanish Royal Academy of Language; Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences; Spanish Society of Physics and Chemists; Spanish engineer; aeronautics; automatics; mechanics; scientific honors; Anodes; Cathodes; Electrodes; Lithography; Plasma displays; Polyethylene; Polymers; Positron emission tomography; Silver; Voltage; Flexible displays; lateral structure; phosphor embedding; plasma display panel (PDP); polyethylene terephtalate (PET); polymer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2005.851258

Filename

1461595