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Initiation of Gas Discharges in Plasma Displays Assisted by Electron Emission of Thin Insulators
Author(s) -
Röpcke J.,
Zimdahl T.,
Schlott D.,
Glaefeke H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150300513
Subject(s) - exoelectron emission , materials science , plasma , auger electron spectroscopy , ignition system , electron , atomic physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , plasma display , thin film , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , chromatography , thermodynamics , electrode
At present many efforts are done for the development of colour plasma displays (PD). One main problem is to secure a reliable ignition, provided by a suitable concentration of starting particles in the discharge cells (priming). In this paper a new priming method is proposed using the exoelectron emission (EEE) of thin insulators. The influence of the EEE on the ignition behaviour of ac PD cells is investigated and compared with direct measurements of the afteremission of MgO, Al 2 O 3 and MgAl 2 O 4 . Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), residual gas mass spectra and Ar + etching are additionally used methods.