Two-dimensional kinetic and three-dimensional fluid-radiation transport simulations of plasma display panel

Using fluid and kinetic simulation codes, we investigated ion angle distributions in a PDP cell. We also compared our fluid simulation results with experimental data to prove the accuracy of our codes and suggested new PDP cell structure. Kinetic simulation results shows that most ions impinge on the MgO surface at the cathode region with the incident angles in the range of 10degreessimilar to30degrees. Our simulation results from 2-D and 3-13 fluid codes showed good agreements in the distribution of excited Xe atom density compared to the experimental data measured by laser absorption spectroscopy. Using these fluid codes, we suggested Front Address PDP cell structure. This structure has address electrode on the upper substrate and shows the improvement of luminous efficiency about 2 times in comparison with conventional model because of the arch-shaped long discharge path between two sustain electrodes.