Two-dimensional simulations of plasma flow and charge spreading across barrier pixels in ac plasma displays

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1411-1421

  Veerasingam, Ramana ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA SIMULATION; XENON;

ATOMIC HELIUM; ATOMIC XENON;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0030405658     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.553209     Document Type: Article

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