History of the plasma display panel

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2 II, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Weber, Larry F ^a,b  

^a Plasmaco Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Displays; Gas discharge displays; High definition television (HDTV); History

Indexed keywords

COLOR TELEVISION; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; HISTORY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

GAS DISCHARGE DISPLAYS; PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL; SINGLE PIXEL DEVICE;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 33646142302     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.872440     Document Type: Article

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