Ion and neutral energy distributions to the MgO surface and sputtering rates in plasma display panel cells

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2 II, 2006, Pages 351-359

  Pitchford, Leanne C ^a   Wang, Jianqi ^a,b   Piscitelli, David ^a   Boeuf, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie   (France)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge model; MgO sputtering; Monte Carlo; Plasma display panel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNESIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPUTTERING;

DISCHARGE MODEL; MAGNESIA SPUTTERING; PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 33646158915     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.872426     Document Type: Article

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