Cell geometry designs for efficient plasma display panels

We investigate the performance of several nonstandard plasma display panel cell geometry designs involving two-dimensional variations of the standard coplanar-electrode design. A cell design with a modified shape of sustain electrodes is found to have ;20% larger visible light generation efficiency without substantial increase of the operating voltages. Similar performance improvement is achieved by designs with different shapes of the upper dielectric, or by those involving two different dielectric layers. The dependence of cell performance on the design parameters of these structures is investigated. © 2002 American Institute of Physics. @DOI: 10.1063/1.1511272#