APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS DISCHARGE PANEL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a gas discharge panel that while the emission efficiency of a gas discharge panel, such as a PDP, is known to increase when using a voltage-increasing arrangement and reducing an electrostatic capacity between electrodes and various measures are devised for this, a rise in discharge voltage poses a burden on a drive circuit of the panel, resulting in a decrease in the efficiency of the panel. SOLUTION: The electrode structure of the gas discharge panel is improved to provide a thickness distribution to thereby reduce the equivalent film thickness of a dielectric substance at a portion of the discharge gap side so as to reduce the discharge voltage, while also reducing the electrostatic capacity of a pair of electrodes across the discharge gap as a whole so as to stably trigger a discharge without increasing the discharge voltage. The discharge that will subsequently spread over the entire panel can be maintained as in conventional panels.