Technology

Construction

• A plasma panel is two sheets of 1/16 inch glass
• The glass is shown here in edge view

• Uniform spacers separate the sheets of glass
• The spacers also create R-G-B sub-pixels

• Transparent electrodes are coated inside the glass
• Two on the front and one on the rear glass

• Phosphor is coated into the inside of the rear glass
• This phosphor resembles CRT phosphor

• The sub-pixel is filled with a mixture of neon & xenon

Activation Process

• A voltage differential is created between the front electrodes

• A voltage differential is created between the front electrodes
• The resulting electric field adds energy to the gas mixture

• A second voltage is applied to the rear glass electrode
• A voltage differential is created on the ADRESS electrodes

• A second voltage is applied to the rear glass electrode
• This electric field changes the gas to a plasma state

• The change of state to plasma releases ultraviolet energy

• The change of state to plasma releases ultraviolet energy
• The UV excites the phosphor and it emits visible light