Fabrication of Barrier Ribs for PDP by Capillary Infiltration Process and Their Sintering Behavior

Closed-cell type barrier ribs such as meander, honeycomb, SDR, and waffle types were produced using capillary molding process. Sintering of the ribs revealed that the ribs with asymmetric geometry such as meander and SDR type became distorted severely by the sintering process, but the ribs with symmetric geometry such as honeycomb and waffle type maintained their green state morphology. After sintering, the ribs were coated with green phosphor using osmosis coating process and its luminance characteristics were evaluated. The results indicated that the luminance and its efficiency is improved by using closed-cell type ribs with the new phosphor forming technology.