Plasmaadressierte elektrooptische Vorrichtung

摘要

A plasma addressing electro-optical device having an improved surface electrode structure which is minimized in structure of a plasma cell and is capable of producing stabilized plasma discharge is disclosed. The plasma addressing electro-optical device comprises a first substrate (4) having a plurality of first electrodes (5) arranged substantially in parallel to each other on a major surface thereof, and a second substrate (7) opposed to the first substrate and having a plurality of second electrodes (K,A) arranged substantially in parallel to each other on a major surface thereof to thereby define an addressing unit for plasma discharge between the inside wall surfaces of adjacent ones of the second electrodes. The second electrodes function each as an anodes (A) and a cathode (K) and preferably have a height of 100 <0>m or so. An electro-optical material layer (6) is positioned between the first and second substrates, and ionizable gas is contained in a discharge chamber (8) formed between the electro-optical material layer and the second substrate.