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Alternating current plasma display panel (AC PDP) has many advantages, such as high brightness, good color rendition, rich gray scale, fast response speed of moving picture, strong electric and magnetic immunity, and thin thickness[1-4]. Until the beginning of this century, AC PDP has been considered to be one of the most promising alternatives to the traditional cathode ray tubes. However, the market share of AC PDP in the commercial FPD market is declining now. The most fundamental reason is attributed to its low power efficiency and high cost. To reduce the power consumption, researches on discharge gas components, discharge cell structure, and driving circuit have been done. Furthermore, many studies on the performance improvement of the protecting layer of AC PDP have emerged recently. One of the methods is to dope impurities into MgO, such as Na-doped MgO[5], Si-doped MgO[6], Ca-doped MgO[7], and Zn-doped MgO[8]. Another method is to coat some films or nanoparticles on MgO film, such as LaB6/MgO[1], SrO/MgO[9], Au nanoparticles/MgO[10], MgO nanoparticles/MgO[11], Mg particles/ MgO[12], and MgCaO/Li-doped MgO[13].
In this paper, Zn- and Sn-doped MgO powder was prepared by a chemical coprecipitation process. Then the Zn- and Sn-doped MgO powder was formulated into slurry and coated on MgO protective layer by the spin coating technology. The structure, appearance, and visible light transmission of Zn- and Sn-doped MgO powdered functional layer on the surface of AC PDP front panel were studied. The discharge voltages of Zn- and Sn-doped MgO functional layers measurement confirmed that the Zn- and Sn-doped MgO particle leaded to a notable improvement of power efficiency of AC PDP.
Effects of Zn- and Sn-Doped MgO Powdered Functional Layer on Discharge Characteristics in AC Plasma Display Panels
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-0548.2018.06.021
- Received Date: 2017-07-18
- Rev Recd Date: 2017-12-07
- Publish Date: 2018-11-01
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Key words:
- alternating current plasma display panel(AC PDP) /
- firing voltage /
- protective layer /
- sustain voltage /
- transmission /
- Zn-and Sn-doped MgO
Abstract: Zn- and Sn-doped MgO powder preparing via a chemical coprecipitation method was spin-coated on alternating current plasma display panel (AC PDP) front panel as a functional layer to improve the discharging performance of AC PDP. The new products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectrom spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. The results showed that zinc and tin atoms had been successfully incorporated into the crystal lattice of MgO, which made the transmission only decrease by 4%~7%. Within 7% Xe-Ne pressure range of 200~450 torr, the new functional layer consistently showed lower firing and sustain maximum voltages than that of the conventional MgO layer. Therefore, this functional layer was important for improving the discharge efficiency of AC PDP and reducing its power consumption.
Citation: | DENG Jiang, YU You. Effects of Zn- and Sn-Doped MgO Powdered Functional Layer on Discharge Characteristics in AC Plasma Display Panels[J]. Journal of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2018, 47(6): 932-936. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-0548.2018.06.021 |