Measurements and simulations of VUV emissions from plasma flat panel display pixel microdischarges

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1532-1542

  McGrath, Robert T ^a   Veerasingam, Ramana ^b   Hunter, John A ^a   Rockett, Paul D ^b   Campbell, Robert B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Micro discharge; Micro pixel; Plasma flat panel display; Vacuum ultra violet (vuv) emission

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; GLOW DISCHARGES; HELIUM; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

MICRODISCHARGES; PLASMA FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0032181798     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.736057     Document Type: Article

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