Plasma display panel having electromagnetic wave shielding layer

Abstract

A plasma display panel (PDP) is structured so as to reduce the cost and time of manufacturing a plasma display device, and to improve heat transfer efficiency of the plasma display device. The PDP comprises: a transparent front substrate; a rear substrate disposed parallel to the front substrate; an electromagnetic wave shielding layer fixed on the front substrate; a plurality of discharge cells defined by barrier ribs disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate; a plurality of address electrodes extending over the discharge cells and disposed in a given direction; a rear dielectric layer covering the address electrodes; a plurality of fluorescent layers disposed in the discharge cells; a plurality of sustaining electrode pairs extending in a direction which crosses the given direction of the address electrodes; a front dielectric layer covering the sustaining electrode pairs; and a discharge gas filling the discharge cells.

1 . A plasma display panel (PDP), comprising: 
 a front substrate;    a rear substrate disposed in opposition to the front substrate; and    an electromagnetic wave shielding layer fixed to the front substrate.    
     
     
         2 . The PDP of  claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is fixed to a front surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         3 . The PDP of  claim 2 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed on a front surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         4 . The PDP of  claim 2 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is attached to a front surface of the front substrate using a dual-sided adhesive film.  
     
     
         5 . The PDP of  claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is fixed to a rear surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         6 . The PDP of  claim 5 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed on a rear surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         7 . The PDP of  claim 5 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is attached to a rear surface of the front substrate using a dual-sided adhesive film.  
     
     
         8 . The PDP of  claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is covered by a planarizing layer.  
     
     
         9 . The PDP of  claim 1 , further comprising a near infrared ray shielding layer fixed to the front substrate.  
     
     
         10 . The PDP of  claim 9 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is covered by the near infrared ray shielding layer.  
     
     
         11 . The PDP of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 barrier ribs disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and defining discharge cells together with the front and rear substrate;    a plurality of address electrodes extending over the discharge cells and disposed in a given direction;    a rear dielectric layer covering the address electrodes;    a plurality of fluorescent layers disposed in the discharge cells;    a plurality of sustaining electrode pairs extending in a direction which crosses the given direction of the address electrodes;    a front dielectric layer covering the sustaining electrode pairs; and    a discharge gas filling the discharge cells.    
     
     
         12 . The PDP of  claim 11 , wherein the address electrodes are disposed between the rear substrate and the rear dielectric layer, the barrier ribs are disposed on the rear dielectric layer, the sustaining electrode pairs are disposed between the front substrate and the front dielectric layer, and the front dielectric layer is covered by a protection layer.  
     
     
         13 . A PDP, comprising: 
 a front substrate;    a rear substrate disposed in opposition to the front substrate;    an electromagnetic wave shielding layer fixed to the front substrate;    a plurality of front barrier ribs defining discharge cells, formed of a dielectric, and disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate;    a plurality of front discharge electrodes and rear discharge electrodes disposed on the front barrier ribs;    a plurality of fluorescent layers disposed in the discharge cells; and    a discharge gas filling the discharge cells.    
     
     
         14 . The PDP of  claim 13 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is fixed on a front surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         15 . The PDP of  claim 14 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed on the front surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         16 . The PDP of  claim 14 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is attached to the front surface of the front substrate using a dual-sided adhesive film.  
     
     
         17 . The PDP of  claim 13 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is fixed to a rear surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         18 . The PDP of  claim 17 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed on the rear surface of the front substrate.  
     
     
         19 . The PDP of  claim 17 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is attached to the rear surface of the front substrate using a dual-sided adhesive film.  
     
     
         20 . The PDP of  claim 13 , further comprising a planarizing layer covering the electromagnetic wave shielding layer.  
     
     
         21 . The PDP of  claim 13 , further comprising a near infrared ray shielding layer fixed to the front substrate.  
     
     
         22 . The PDP of  claim 21 , wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is covered by the near infrared ray shielding layer.  
     
     
         23 . The PDP of  claim 13 , wherein the front discharge electrodes and the rear discharge electrodes extend in directions parallel to each other, said PDP further comprising address electrodes extending so as to cross the front discharge electrodes and the rear discharge electrodes.  
     
     
         24 . The PDP of  claim 23 , further comprising a protection layer, wherein a side surface of the front barrier ribs is covered by the protection layer, the address electrodes are disposed between the rear substrate and the fluorescent layers, and a dielectric layer is disposed between the address electrodes and the fluorescent layers.  
     
     
         25 . The PDP of  claim 13 , wherein the front discharge electrodes and the rear discharge electrodes respectively extend so as to surround at least a portion of each of the discharge cells, disposed in one direction.  
     
     
         26 . The PDP of  claim 13 , further comprising rear barrier ribs disposed between the front barrier ribs and the rear substrate.  
     
     
         27 . The PDP of  claim 26 , wherein the front barrier ribs and the rear barrier ribs are formed in a single body.  
     
     
         28 . The PDP of  claim 26 , further comprising additional fluorescent layers disposed on the rear barrier ribs.