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

这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目继续开发和商业化新型等离子显示面板，该面板利用充满气体的微球（等离子球）作为像素元素。该项目有六个目标：(a)改善等离子球生产系统的过程控制，(b)生产具有最佳性能和特性的等离子球，(d)开发可靠的微球电极配置，(e)开发制造等离子球面板的半自动化过程，(f)构建和评估原型等离子球面板，(g)确定全自动生产过程的技术。等离子球将由第一阶段建立的原型生产系统生产。等离子球面板将具有工作电压、电流和亮度的特征。作为原型板结构的一部分，将开发一种将等离子体球体应用于衬底的可靠方法。等离子体球的使用将极大地提高制造产量，将材料成本降低一半，并消除许多工艺步骤和昂贵的专用机械，这些都是当前等离子体面板技术的一部分。这些成本的降低，以及开放柔性基板（例如，大型保形和全景显示器）的可用性带来的新应用，将为等离子球体面板提供显着的竞争优势

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