JP2010238489A - Plasma display panel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma display panel having high-definition and high-brightness display performance and lower power consumption. <P>SOLUTION: The plasma display panel includes a front face plate 2 having a dielectric layer 8 formed to cover a display electrode 6 formed on a substrate, and a protecting layer 9 formed on the dielectric layer 8, and a back face plate opposed to the front face plate 2 to form a discharge space, and having an address electrode formed in the direction of crossing the display electrode 6 and barrier ribs for partitioning the discharge space. The protecting layer 9 on the front face plate 2 includes a base film 91 formed on the dielectric layer 8, and agglomerated particles 92 deposited on the base film 91 to be distributed all over the surface. The agglomerated particles 92 consist of a plurality of agglomerated crystal particles formed of metal oxide, emit light in a wavelength region of 200 to 300 nm, and have a time τ<SB>0.5</SB>, in which the light intensity attenuates to 50%, satisfying τ<SB>0.5</SB>≥60 ms. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a plasma display panel used for a display device or the like.

  Since plasma display panels (hereinafter referred to as PDP) can achieve high definition and large screen, 65-inch class televisions have been commercialized. In recent years, PDP has been applied to high-definition televisions having more than twice the number of scanning lines as compared with the conventional NTSC system, and a PDP containing no lead component is required in consideration of environmental problems.

  A PDP basically includes a front plate and a back plate. The front plate is a glass substrate made of sodium borosilicate glass by a float method, a display electrode composed of a striped transparent electrode and a bus electrode formed on one main surface of the glass substrate, and a display electrode A dielectric layer that covers and acts as a capacitor, and a protective layer made of magnesium oxide (MgO) formed on the dielectric layer. On the other hand, the back plate is a glass substrate, stripe-shaped address electrodes formed on one main surface thereof, a base dielectric layer covering the address electrodes, a partition formed on the base dielectric layer, It is comprised with the fluorescent substance layer which light-emits each of red, green, and blue formed between the partition walls.

  The front plate and the back plate are hermetically sealed with their electrode forming surfaces facing each other, and Ne—Xe discharge gas is sealed at a pressure of 400 Torr to 600 Torr in a discharge space partitioned by a partition wall. PDP discharges by selectively applying a video signal voltage to the display electrode, and the ultraviolet rays generated by the discharge excite each color phosphor layer to emit red, green and blue light, thereby realizing color image display (See Patent Document 1).

  In such a PDP, the protective layer formed on the dielectric layer of the front plate protects the dielectric layer from ion bombardment due to discharge, and emits initial electrons for generating address discharge. It is done. Protecting the dielectric layer from ion bombardment plays an important role in preventing an increase in discharge voltage, and emitting initial electrons for generating an address discharge is an address discharge error that causes image flickering. It is an important role to prevent.

  In order to increase the number of initial electrons emitted from the protective layer and reduce the flicker of the image, for example, attempts have been made to add various elements such as Si and Al to MgO (Patent Documents 2 and 3). 4, 5).

On the other hand, by arranging, as an MgO single crystal particle layer, a particle group using MgO single crystal particles prepared by a vapor phase oxidation method directly on a dielectric layer or on an MgO protective film prepared by a thin film method. Attempts have also been made to improve address discharge on the surface of the protective layer (see Patent Document 6).
JP 2003-128430 A JP-A-8-236028 JP-A-10-334809 JP 2004-134407 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-273452 JP 2006-054158 A

  In the PDP, as described above, attempts have been made to improve the electron emission characteristics by mixing impurities in the protective layer, but when the impurities are mixed in the protective layer and the electron emission characteristics are improved, At the same time, charges are accumulated on the surface of the protective layer, and the decay rate at which charges are reduced over time when used as a memory function increases. Therefore, measures such as increasing the applied voltage to suppress this are taken. I need it.

In addition, in the effort to improve the electron emission characteristics by arranging the MgO single crystal particle layer, an increase in the applied voltage due to a decrease in the charge time will occur, but a certain improvement can be seen. It has not reached an effective improvement for the discharge problem.
As described above, the protective layer must have a high electron emission ability and a low charge decay rate as a memory function, that is, a high charge retention characteristic. There was a problem.

  In recent years, high definition has been promoted in televisions, and a low-cost, low power consumption, high-brightness full HD (high definition) (1920 × 1080 pixels: progressive display) PDP is required in the market. Since the electron emission characteristics from the protective layer determine the image quality of the PDP, it is very important to control the electron emission characteristics.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a PDP having high-definition and high-luminance display performance and low power consumption.

In order to achieve the above object, a PDP according to the present invention includes a front plate in which a dielectric layer is formed so as to cover a display electrode formed on a substrate and a protective layer is formed on the dielectric layer, and the front plate is provided with the front plate. A back plate that is arranged to face the discharge space and that forms an address electrode in a direction intersecting the display electrode and that has a partition wall that partitions the discharge space, and has a protective layer for the front plate Has a base film formed on the dielectric layer and aggregated particles attached so as to be distributed over the entire surface of the base film, and the aggregated particles include a plurality of crystals made of a metal oxide. The aggregated particles are aggregated particles having light emission in a wavelength range of 200 nm to 300 nm, and the time τ _0.5 until the intensity of the light emission is attenuated to 50% is τ _0.5 ≧ 60 ms.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a PDP that has improved electron emission characteristics, has charge retention characteristics, and can achieve both high image quality, low cost, and low voltage. A PDP having luminance display performance and low power consumption can be realized.

  Hereinafter, a PDP according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of a PDP according to an embodiment of the present invention. The basic structure of the PDP is the same as that of a general AC surface discharge type PDP.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the PDP 1, a front plate 2 constituted by a front glass substrate 3 and the like and a back plate 10 constituted by a rear glass substrate 11 and the like are arranged to face each other, and an outer peripheral portion thereof is made of glass frit or the like. It is hermetically sealed by a sealing material made of The discharge space 16 inside the sealed PDP 1 is filled with a discharge gas such as Ne or Xe at a pressure of 400 Torr to 600 Torr.

  On the front glass substrate 3 of the front plate 2, a pair of strip-like display electrodes 6 made up of scanning electrodes 4 and sustain electrodes 5 and black stripes (light-shielding layers) 7 are arranged in a plurality of rows in parallel with each other. A dielectric layer 8 serving as a capacitor is formed on the front glass substrate 3 so as to cover the display electrode 6 and the light shielding layer 7, and a protective layer 9 made of magnesium oxide (MgO) is formed on the surface. Has been.

  On the back glass substrate 11 of the back plate 10, a plurality of strip-like address electrodes 12 are arranged in parallel to each other in a direction orthogonal to the scanning electrodes 4 and the sustain electrodes 5 of the front plate 2. Layer 13 is covering. Further, a partition wall 14 having a predetermined height is formed on the base dielectric layer 13 between the address electrodes 12 to divide the discharge space 16. For each address electrode 12, a phosphor layer 15 that emits red, green, and blue light by ultraviolet rays is sequentially applied to the grooves between the barrier ribs 14 and formed. A discharge cell is formed at a position where the scan electrode 4 and the sustain electrode 5 intersect with the address electrode 12, and the discharge cell having the red, green and blue phosphor layers 15 arranged in the direction of the display electrode 6 is used for color display. Become a pixel.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the front plate 2 in the PDP 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is shown upside down from FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a display electrode 6 and a light shielding layer 7 including scanning electrodes 4 and sustaining electrodes 5 are formed in a pattern on a front glass substrate 3 manufactured by a float method or the like. Scan electrode 4 and sustain electrode 5 are made of transparent electrodes 4a and 5a made of indium tin oxide (ITO), tin oxide (SnO ₂ ), etc., and metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b formed on transparent electrodes 4a and 5a, respectively. It is comprised by. The metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b are used for the purpose of imparting conductivity in the longitudinal direction of the transparent electrodes 4a and 5a, and are formed of a conductive material whose main component is a silver (Ag) material.

  The dielectric layer 8 includes a first dielectric layer 81 provided on the front glass substrate 3 so as to cover the transparent electrodes 4a and 5a, the metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b, and the light shielding layer 7, and a first dielectric. The second dielectric layer 82 formed on the layer 81 has at least two layers, and the protective layer 9 is formed on the second dielectric layer 82. The protective layer 9 includes a base film 91 and aggregated particles 92 on the base film 91.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the PDP 1 will be described. First, the scan electrode 4, the sustain electrode 5, and the light shielding layer 7 are formed on the front glass substrate 3. The transparent electrodes 4a and 5a and the metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b are formed by patterning using a photolithography method or the like. The transparent electrodes 4a and 5a are formed using a thin film process or the like, and the metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b are solidified by baking a paste containing a silver (Ag) material at a desired temperature. Similarly, the light shielding layer 7 is also formed by screen printing a paste containing a black pigment or by forming a black pigment on the entire surface of the glass substrate and then patterning and baking using a photolithography method.

  Next, a dielectric paste is applied on the front glass substrate 3 by a die coating method or the like so as to cover the scan electrode 4, the sustain electrode 5, and the light shielding layer 7, thereby forming a dielectric paste layer (dielectric material layer). After the dielectric paste is applied, the surface of the applied dielectric paste is leveled by leaving it to stand for a predetermined time, so that a flat surface is obtained. Thereafter, the dielectric paste layer is baked and solidified to form the dielectric layer 8 that covers the scan electrode 4, the sustain electrode 5, and the light shielding layer 7. The dielectric paste is a paint containing a dielectric material such as glass powder, a binder and a solvent. Next, a protective layer 9 made of magnesium oxide (MgO) is formed on the dielectric layer 8 by a vacuum deposition method. Through the above steps, predetermined components (scanning electrode 4, sustaining electrode 5, light shielding layer 7, dielectric layer 8, and protective layer 9) are formed on front glass substrate 3, and front plate 2 is completed.

  On the other hand, the back plate 10 is formed as follows. First, the structure for the address electrode 12 is formed by a method of screen printing a paste containing silver (Ag) material on the rear glass substrate 11 or a method of patterning using a photolithography method after forming a metal film on the entire surface. An address electrode 12 is formed by forming a material layer to be an object and firing it at a desired temperature. Next, a dielectric paste is applied on the rear glass substrate 11 on which the address electrodes 12 are formed by a die coating method so as to cover the address electrodes 12 to form a dielectric paste layer. Thereafter, the base dielectric layer 13 is formed by firing the dielectric paste layer. The dielectric paste is a paint containing a dielectric material such as glass powder, a binder and a solvent.

  Next, a partition wall forming paste including a partition wall material is applied on the base dielectric layer 13 and patterned into a predetermined shape to form a partition wall material layer and then fired to form the partition walls 14. Here, as a method of patterning the partition wall paste applied on the base dielectric layer 13, a photolithography method or a sand blast method can be used.

  Next, the phosphor layer 15 is formed by applying a phosphor paste containing a phosphor material on the base dielectric layer 13 between the adjacent barrier ribs 14 and on the side surfaces of the barrier ribs 14 and baking it. Through the above steps, the back plate 10 having predetermined components on the back glass substrate 11 is completed.

  In this way, the front plate 2 and the back plate 10 provided with predetermined constituent members are arranged to face each other so that the scanning electrodes 4 and the address electrodes 12 intersect, and the periphery thereof is sealed with glass frit, so that the discharge space 16 is filled with a discharge gas containing Ne, Xe or the like, thereby completing the PDP 1.

Here, the first dielectric layer 81 and the second dielectric layer 82 constituting the dielectric layer 8 of the front plate 2 will be described in detail below. The dielectric material of the first dielectric layer 81 is composed of the following material composition. That is, it contains 20 wt% to 40 wt% of bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ), and 0.5 wt% of at least one selected from calcium oxide (CaO), strontium oxide (SrO), and barium oxide (BaO). comprising 12wt% of molybdenum oxide (MoO _3), tungsten oxide (WO _3), cerium oxide (CeO _2), comprising at least one kind of 0.1 wt% to 7 wt% selected from manganese dioxide (MnO ₂₎ It is out.

Instead of molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), cerium oxide (CeO ₂ ), manganese dioxide (MnO ₂ ), copper oxide (CuO), chromium oxide (Cr ₂ O ₃ ), cobalt oxide At least one selected from (Co ₂ O ₃ ), vanadium oxide (V ₂ O ₇ ), and antimony oxide (Sb ₂ O ₃ ) may be contained in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 7 wt%.

Further, as components other than the above, zinc oxide (ZnO) is 0 wt% to 40 wt%, boron oxide (B ₂ O ₃ ) is 0 wt% to 35 wt%, and silicon oxide (SiO ₂ ) is 0 wt% to A material composition that does not include a lead component, such as 15% by weight and aluminum oxide (Al ₂ O ₃ ), such as 0% by weight to 10% by weight, may be included, and the content of these material compositions is not particularly limited, It is the content range of the material composition of the prior art level.

  A dielectric material powder is produced by pulverizing a dielectric material composed of these composition components with a wet jet mill or a ball mill so that the average particle size is 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm. Next, 55 wt% to 70 wt% of the dielectric material powder and 30 wt% to 45 wt% of the binder component are well kneaded with three rolls to obtain a first dielectric layer paste for die coating or printing. Make it.

  The binder component is ethyl cellulose, or terpineol containing 1% to 20% by weight of an acrylic resin, or butyl carbitol acetate. In the paste, dioctyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, triphenyl phosphate, and tributyl phosphate are added as plasticizers as needed, and glycerol monooleate, sorbitan sesquioleate, and homogenol (Kao Corporation) as dispersants. The printability may be improved by adding a phosphoric ester of an alkyl allyl group or the like.

  Next, using this first dielectric layer paste, the front glass substrate 3 is printed by a die coat method or a screen printing method so as to cover the display electrode 6 and dried, and then slightly higher than the softening point of the dielectric material. Bake at a temperature of 575 ° C to 590 ° C.

Next, the second dielectric layer 82 will be described. The dielectric material of the second dielectric layer 82 is composed of the following material composition. That is, it contains 11% by weight to 20% by weight of bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ), and at least one selected from calcium oxide (CaO), strontium oxide (SrO), and barium oxide (BaO) is 1.6. It contains 0.1 wt% to 7 wt% of at least one selected from molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), and cerium oxide (CeO ₂ ).

In place of molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), and cerium oxide (CeO ₂ ), copper oxide (CuO), chromium oxide (Cr ₂ O ₃ ), cobalt oxide (Co ₂ O ₃ ), At least one selected from vanadium oxide (V ₂ O ₇ ), antimony oxide (Sb ₂ O ₃ ), and manganese oxide (MnO ₂ ) may be contained in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 7 wt%.

Further, as components other than the above, zinc oxide (ZnO) is 0 wt% to 40 wt%, boron oxide (B ₂ O ₃ ) is 0 wt% to 35 wt%, and silicon oxide (SiO ₂ ) is 0 wt% to A material composition that does not include a lead component, such as 15% by weight and aluminum oxide (Al ₂ O ₃ ), such as 0% by weight to 10% by weight, may be included, and the content of these material compositions is not particularly limited, It is the content range of the material composition of the prior art level.

  A dielectric material powder is produced by pulverizing a dielectric material composed of these composition components with a wet jet mill or a ball mill so that the average particle size is 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm. Next, 55 wt% to 70 wt% of the dielectric material powder and 30 wt% to 45 wt% of the binder component are well kneaded with three rolls to obtain a second dielectric layer paste for die coating or printing. Make it. The binder component is ethyl cellulose, or terpineol containing 1% to 20% by weight of an acrylic resin, or butyl carbitol acetate. In the paste, dioctyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, triphenyl phosphate, and tributyl phosphate are added as plasticizers as needed, and glycerol monooleate, sorbitan sesquioleate, and homogenol (Kao Corporation) as dispersants. The printability may be improved by adding a phosphoric ester of an alkyl allyl group or the like.

  Next, the second dielectric layer paste is used to print on the first dielectric layer 81 by a screen printing method or a die coating method and then dried, and thereafter, the temperature is 550 slightly higher than the softening point of the dielectric material. Calcination is performed at a temperature of 590 ° C to 590 ° C.

The film thickness of the dielectric layer 8 is preferably 41 μm or less in order to secure the visible light transmittance by combining the first dielectric layer 81 and the second dielectric layer 82. The first dielectric layer 81 has a bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ) content of the second dielectric layer 82 in order to suppress the reaction of the metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b with silver (Ag). ₂ O ₃ ), which is more than 20% by weight to 40% by weight. Therefore, since the visible light transmittance of the first dielectric layer 81 is lower than the visible light transmittance of the second dielectric layer 82, the film thickness of the first dielectric layer 81 is set to the film thickness of the second dielectric layer 82. It is thinner.

If the bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ) is 11% by weight or less in the second dielectric layer 82, coloring is less likely to occur, but bubbles are likely to be generated in the second dielectric layer 82, which is not preferable. On the other hand, if it exceeds 40% by weight, coloring tends to occur, which is not preferable for the purpose of increasing the transmittance.

  Further, the effect of improving the panel brightness and reducing the discharge voltage becomes more significant as the thickness of the dielectric layer 8 is smaller. Therefore, it is desirable to set the film thickness as small as possible within the range where the withstand voltage does not decrease. . From such a viewpoint, in the embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of the dielectric layer 8 is set to 41 μm or less, the first dielectric layer 81 is set to 5 μm to 15 μm, and the second dielectric layer 82 is set to 20 μm to 36 μm. Yes.

  In the PDP 1 manufactured in this way, even when a silver (Ag) material is used for the display electrode 6, the front glass substrate 3 has little coloring phenomenon (yellowing), and bubbles are generated in the dielectric layer 8. It has been confirmed that the dielectric layer 8 excellent in withstand voltage performance is realized.

Next, in the PDP according to the embodiment of the present invention, the reason why yellowing and generation of bubbles in the first dielectric layer 81 are suppressed by these dielectric materials will be considered. That is, by adding molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ) or tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ) to dielectric glass containing bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ), Ag ₂ MoO ₄ , Ag ₂ Mo ₂ O ₇ , Ag ₂ are added. It is known that compounds such as Mo ₄ O ₁₃ , Ag ₂ WO ₄ , Ag ₂ W ₂ O ₇ , and Ag ₂ W ₄ O ₁₃ are easily formed at a low temperature of 580 ° C. or lower.

In the PDP according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the firing temperature of the dielectric layer 8 is 550 ° C. to 590 ° C., silver ions (Ag ⁺ ) diffused into the dielectric layer 8 during firing are the dielectric layer. It reacts with molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), cerium oxide (CeO ₂ ), and manganese oxide (MnO ₂ ) in 8 to produce and stabilize a stable compound. That is, since silver ions (Ag ⁺ ) are stabilized without being reduced, they do not aggregate to form a colloid. Therefore, the stabilization of silver ions (Ag ⁺ ) reduces the generation of oxygen accompanying the colloidalization of silver (Ag), thereby reducing the generation of bubbles in the dielectric layer 8.

On the other hand, in order to make these effects effective, in a dielectric glass containing bismuth oxide (Bi ₂ O ₃ ), molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), cerium oxide (CeO ₂ ), oxidation The content of manganese (MnO ₂ ) is preferably 0.1% by weight or more, more preferably 0.1% by weight or more and 7% by weight or less. In particular, if it is less than 0.1% by weight, the effect of suppressing yellowing is small, and if it exceeds 7% by weight, the glass is colored, which is not preferable.

  That is, the dielectric layer 8 of the PDP in the embodiment of the present invention suppresses the yellowing phenomenon and the generation of bubbles in the first dielectric layer 81 in contact with the metal bus electrodes 4b and 5b made of silver (Ag) material. High light transmittance is realized by the second dielectric layer 82 provided on the first dielectric layer 81. As a result, it is possible to realize a PDP having a high transmittance with very few bubbles and yellowing as the entire dielectric layer 8.

  Next, the protective layer in the PDP according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the front plate 2 in the PDP 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention in an enlarged view of the protective layer portion. Like FIG. 2, FIG. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the protective layer 9 forms a base film 91 made of MgO containing Al as an impurity on the dielectric layer 8, and MgO, which is a metal oxide, on the base film 91. The agglomerated particles 92 in which several crystal particles 92a are agglomerated are dispersed discretely and adhered so as to be distributed almost uniformly over the entire surface.

  Here, the agglomerated particles 92 are those in which crystal particles 92a having a predetermined primary particle size are agglomerated or necked as schematically shown in FIG. 4, and are bonded with a large binding force as a solid. Rather than the primary particles that are aggregated due to static electricity or van der Waals force, etc., to the extent that some or all of them become primary particles due to external stimuli such as ultrasound. Are combined. The particle size of the agglomerated particles 92 is about 1 μm, and the crystal particles 92a preferably have a polyhedral shape having seven or more surfaces such as a tetrahedron and a dodecahedron.

  The primary particle diameter of the MgO crystal particles 92a can be controlled by the generation conditions of the crystal particles 92a. For example, when an MgO precursor such as magnesium carbonate or magnesium hydroxide is calcined and produced, the particle size can be controlled by controlling the calcining temperature and the calcining atmosphere.

  In general, the firing temperature can be selected in the range of about 700 ° C. to 1500 ° C., but the primary particle size can be controlled to about 0.3 to 2 μm by setting the firing temperature to 1000 ° C. or higher. . Furthermore, by obtaining the crystal particles 92a by heating the MgO precursor, it is possible to obtain aggregated particles 92 in which a plurality of primary particles are bonded together by a phenomenon called aggregation or necking in the generation process.

  Next, the result of an experiment conducted for confirming the effect of the PDP according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, a PDP having a protective layer having a different configuration was made as a prototype. Prototype 1 is a PDP in which only a protective layer made of MgO is formed. Prototype 2 is a PDP in which a protective layer made of MgO doped with impurities such as Al and Si is formed. Prototype 3 is formed on a base film made of MgO. Aggregated particles obtained by aggregating crystal particles made of MgO produced by a phase oxidation method, which emit light having a peak in the region of 200 nm to 300 nm by vacuum ultraviolet excitation, and the intensity of the emitted light is 50 of the initial intensity immediately after excitation. The PDP in which the agglomerated particles having a time τ _0.5 of 30 ms to decrease to 30% are attached, prototype 4 is fired at 1000 ° C. in an air atmosphere at 1000 ° C. on a base film made of MgO and crushed. a aggregated particles obtained by, the light emission having a peak in the region of 200nm~300nm by vacuum ultraviolet excitation, decay time tau _0.5 of the emission is a 60ms A PDP in which the collected particles are distributed so as to be distributed almost uniformly over the entire surface, prototype 5 is an embodiment of the present invention, and magnesium hydroxide is baked at 1000 ° C. in an air atmosphere on an underlying film of MgO. Aggregated particles obtained without being crushed, which emit light having a peak in the region of 200 nm to 300 nm by vacuum ultraviolet excitation, and over which the aggregated particles whose decay time τ _0.5 is 100 ms or more are spread over the entire surface. The PDP is attached so as to be distributed almost uniformly.

In the prototypes 3, 4, and 5, MgO single crystal particles are used. However, the material is not limited as long as the material has the same ultraviolet light emission. FIG. 5 schematically shows an emission spectrum of the crystal particles used in the prototypes 3, 4, and 5 according to the present invention obtained by excitation light at 146 nm using a Kr ₂ excimer lamp. In addition, FIG. 6 shows an intensity decay curve immediately after pulse excitation of the crystal particles used in the prototypes 3, 4, and 5 at a wavelength of 146 nm using the same Kr ₂ excimer lamp.

  Subsequently, the electron emission performance and the charge retention performance of the PDP having these five types of protective layer configurations were examined.

  The electron emission performance is a numerical value indicating that the larger the electron emission amount, the greater the amount of electron emission. The electron emission performance is expressed by the initial electron emission amount determined by the surface state of the discharge, the gas type, and the state thereof. The initial electron emission amount can be measured by irradiating the surface with an ion or electron beam and measuring the amount of electron current emitted from the surface. However, it is difficult to perform non-destructive evaluation of the front plate surface of the panel. Accompany. Therefore, here, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-48733, among the delay times during discharge, a numerical value, which is called a statistical delay time, which is a measure of the ease of occurrence of discharge, is measured, and the reciprocal thereof. Is integrated into a numerical value that corresponds linearly to the amount of initial electron emission, and this numerical value is used for evaluation here. This delay time at the time of discharge means the time of discharge delay that is delayed from the rise of the pulse, and the discharge delay is the time when the initial electrons that trigger when the discharge is started are discharged from the surface of the protective layer to the discharge space. It is considered as a main factor that it is difficult to be released into the inside.

  In addition, as an index of the charge retention performance, a voltage value of a voltage applied to the scan electrode (hereinafter referred to as a Vscn lighting voltage) necessary for suppressing the charge emission phenomenon when the PDP is produced is used. That is, the lower the Vscn lighting voltage, the higher the charge retention capability. Since this can be driven at a low voltage even in the panel design of the PDP, it is possible to use components having a small withstand voltage and capacity as the power source and each electrical component. In the current product, an element having a withstand voltage of about 150 V is used as a semiconductor switching element such as a MOSFET for sequentially applying a scanning voltage to the panel, and the Vscn lighting voltage is 120 V or less in consideration of variation due to temperature. It is desirable to keep it at a minimum.

  The results of examining these electron emission performance and charge retention performance are shown in FIG.

  In general, the electron emission capability and the charge retention capability of the protective layer of the PDP are contradictory. For example, by changing the film formation conditions of the protective layer as in Prototype 1, or by forming a film by doping impurities such as Al, Si, and Ba in the protective layer as in Prototype 2, Although the discharge performance can be improved, the Vscn lighting voltage also increases as a side effect.

  On the other hand, as is apparent from FIG. 7, MgO aggregated particles having a light emission having a peak in the region of 200 nm to 300 nm are dispersed on the MgO base film as in prototypes 3 to 5 by vacuum ultraviolet excitation. In the PDP adhered over the entire surface, the electron emission performance can be as good as 8 or more, and the Vscn lighting voltage can be reduced as compared with the prototypes 1 and 2.

  However, in the prototype 3 and the prototype 4, Vscn, which is a required characteristic in charge retention performance, becomes a voltage in the vicinity of 120 V, and the Vscn lighting voltage is 120 V due to variations in characteristics of the base film and other panels. As a result, it is impossible to ensure sufficient panel quality.

On the other hand, in the prototype 5 of the present invention, the Vscn lighting voltage can be sufficiently lowered to about 90 V while maintaining the electron emission characteristics. This is because the light emission attenuation of the aggregated particles used in the prototype 5 is longer than the light emission attenuation of the aggregated particles used in the prototypes 3 and 4. That is, the charge retention capability is prevented from deteriorating due to the deactivation of excited electrons that contribute to electron emission. In order to stably obtain the Vscn lighting voltage at 120 V or less, it is desirable that the emission decay time τ _0.5 of the aggregated particles is τ _0.5 ≧ 60 ms.

  As described above, in the PDP formed with the protective layer according to the present invention, it is possible to stably obtain an electron emission capability having characteristics of 8 or more and a charge holding capability of Vscn lighting voltage of 120 V or less. For the protective layer of the PDP, in which the number of scanning lines increases and the cell size tends to decrease due to high definition, both the electron emission capability and the charge retention capability can be satisfied.

  Next, a manufacturing process for forming a protective layer in the PDP according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, after performing the dielectric layer forming step A1 for forming the dielectric layer 8 having a laminated structure of the first dielectric layer 81 and the second dielectric layer 82, the next underlayer deposition step In A2, a base film made of MgO is formed on the second dielectric layer 82 of the dielectric layer 8 by a vacuum vapor deposition method using a sintered body of MgO containing Al as a raw material.

  Thereafter, a step of discretely attaching a plurality of aggregated particles on the unfired base film formed in the base film deposition step A2 is performed.

  In this step, first, an agglomerated particle paste prepared by mixing agglomerated particles 92 having a predetermined particle size distribution in a solvent together with a resin component is prepared. In agglomerated particle paste film forming step A3, the agglomerated particle paste is screen-printed. Then, an agglomerated particle paste film is formed by coating on an unfired base film. In addition to the screen printing method, a spray method, a spin coating method, a die coating method, a slit coating method, or the like is used as a method for forming the aggregated particle paste film by applying the aggregated particle paste onto the unfired base film. be able to.

  After this aggregated particle paste film is formed, a drying step A4 for drying the aggregated particle paste film is performed.

  Thereafter, the unfired base film formed in the base film deposition step A2 and the aggregated particle paste film formed in the aggregate particle paste film formation step A3 and subjected to the drying step A4 are heated and fired at a temperature of several hundred degrees. In step A5, simultaneous baking is performed to remove the solvent and resin components remaining in the aggregated particle paste film, thereby forming the protective layer 9 having a plurality of aggregated particles 92 attached on the base film 91. it can.

  According to this method, a plurality of aggregated particles 92 can be attached to the base film 91 so as to be uniformly distributed over the entire surface.

  In addition to such a method, a method of spraying particle groups directly with a gas or the like without using a solvent or the like, or a method of simply spraying using gravity may be used.

In the above description, MgO is taken as an example of the protective layer. However, the performance required for the base is to have high anti-spattering performance for protecting the dielectric from ion bombardment, and has a high charge retention capability. That is, the electron emission performance may not be so high. In conventional PDPs, in order to achieve both the electron emission performance above a certain level and the sputter resistance performance, a protective layer mainly composed of MgO has been formed in many cases. Since the composition is controlled predominantly by the material single crystal particles, there is no need to use MgO, and other materials having excellent impact resistance such as Al ₂ O ₃ may be used.

  In the present embodiment, MgO particles are used as the single crystal particles. However, other single crystal particles are also oxides of metals such as Sr, Ca, Ba, and Al, which have high electron emission performance similar to MgO. Since the same effect can be obtained even if crystal grains are used, the particle type is not limited to MgO. Moreover, the manufacturing method of long-life MgO used in the present embodiment is not limited to this, and any method for extending the life can be used.

  As described above, the present invention is useful for realizing a PDP having high-definition and high-luminance display performance and low power consumption.

The perspective view which shows schematic structure of PDP by one embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing which shows schematic structure of the front plate in PDP by one embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing which expands a protective layer part and shows schematic structure of the front plate in PDP by one embodiment of this invention The figure which shows typically the aggregated particle of the protective layer in PDP by one embodiment of this invention Characteristic diagram schematically showing the results of emission spectrum measurement of aggregated particles Characteristic diagram schematically showing emission decay characteristics of aggregated particles The characteristic view which shows typically the examination result of the electron emission characteristic and Vscn lighting voltage in PDP by one embodiment of this invention Process drawing which shows the process of protective layer formation in the manufacturing method which manufactures PDP by one embodiment of this invention

1 Plasma display panel (PDP)
2 Front plate 3 Front glass substrate 4 Scan electrode 4a, 5a Transparent electrode 4b, 5b Metal bus electrode 5 Sustain electrode 6 Display electrode 7 Black stripe (light shielding layer)
8 Dielectric layer 9 Protective layer 10 Back plate 11 Back glass substrate 12 Address electrode 13 Base dielectric layer 14 Partition 15 Phosphor layer 16 Discharge space 81 First dielectric layer 82 Second dielectric layer 91 Base film 92 Aggregated particles 92a Crystal particles

Claims (2)

A front plate in which a dielectric layer is formed so as to cover the display electrode formed on the substrate and a protective layer is formed on the dielectric layer;
A back plate that is disposed opposite to the front plate so as to form a discharge space, and that has an address electrode in a direction intersecting the display electrode and provided with a partition that partitions the discharge space;
Have
The protective layer of the front plate has a base film formed on the dielectric layer, and aggregated particles attached so as to be distributed over the entire surface of the base film,
The agglomerated particles are agglomerated particles in which a plurality of crystal particles made of a metal oxide are agglomerated, have light emission in a wavelength range of 200 nm to 300 nm, and time τ until the intensity of the light emission is attenuated to 50%. _0.5 is τ _0.5 ≧ 60 ms,
Plasma display panel. The plasma display panel according to claim 1, wherein the base film is made of MgO.

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