SBIR Phase II: Novel Use of Microspheres In Plasma Display Device

这一小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目继续开发新型等离子体显示面板并将其商业化，这种新型等离子体显示面板使用充气微球(等离子体球)作为像素元素。该项目有六个目标：(A)改进等离子球体生产系统的工艺控制；(B)生产具有最佳性能和特征的等离子球体；(D)开发可靠的微球体电极结构；(E)开发制造等离子球体面板的半自动工艺；(F)建造和评估等离子球体面板原型；以及(G)确定完全自动化生产工艺的技术。等离子球体将在第一阶段建立的原型生产系统中生产。等离子球体面板将根据工作电压、电流和亮度进行表征。作为原型面板构建的一部分，将开发一种将等离子球体应用于基板的可靠方法。等离子球体的使用将极大地提高制造产能，将材料成本降低一半，并消除当前等离子面板技术中的许多工艺步骤和昂贵的专业机械。这些成本降低以及开放式柔性基板(例如，大型共形和全景显示器)的可用性所带来的新应用将为等离子球板提供显著的竞争优势

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project continue the development and commercialization of novel plasma display panels which utilize gas filled microspheres (Plasma-spheres) as the pixel elements. The project has six objectives: (a) improve process control of the Plasma-sphere production system, (b) produce Plasma-spheres with optimum properties and characteristics, (d) develop reliable microsphere-electrode configurations, (e) develop a semi-automated process for fabricating Plasma-sphere panels, (f) construct and evaluate prototype plasma-sphere panels, and (g) determine techniques for a fully automated production process. The Plasma-spheres will be produced with a prototype production system built in Phase I. The Plasma-sphere panels will be characterized for operating voltages, current and brightness. As part of the prototype panel construction a reliable method of applying the Plasma-spheres to substrates will be developed. The use of Plasma-spheres will dramatically increase manufacturing throughput, reduce materials cost by half, and eliminate many process steps and expensive specialized machinery which are part of the current plasma panel technology. These cost reductions along with new applications which will result from the availability of an open flexible substrate (e.g., large conformal and panoramic displays), will provide Plasma-sphere panels with a significant competitive edge