DISCHARGE ACCELERANT GAS MIXTURES AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANELS USING SUCH MIXTURES

摘要

A plasma display panel using gas mixtures are provided. The gas mixtures include a mixture of a primary discharge gas and a discharge accelerant gas. Discharge accelerant gases include nitrogen and hydrogen, and primary discharge gases include helium, nitrogen, xenon, argon and krypton. The primary discharge gases have primary discharge initiation times that are reduced in combination with a discharge accelerant gas. A combination of the discharge accelerant gases with the primary gases reduces the discharge initiation time when combined over a wide range of relative proportions by volume.