Discharge characteristics with respect to width of address electrode using three-dimensional analysis

A numerical analysis of the microdischarge in a surface-type AC plasma display cell has been made using the time-dependent, three-dimensional (3-D) fluid equations to understand the discharge characteristics. We investigate the breakdown dynamics with the width of address electrode and barrier ribs, because the typical 3-D parameters in an AC plasma display panel (AC PDP) model are the width of address electrode and the barrier ribs. It has been clarified that the width of address electrode has important role of the formation of discharge volume with the wall annihilation by barrier ribs and the accumulation of wall charges on the part of address electrode. The obtained time dependent spatial characteristics of an AC PDP discharge with the width of address electrode and the effect of wall annihilation by barrier ribs will help us to design the optimized AC PDP cells to get stable write and sustain discharges.