11. Gas Discharge Displays
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11. Gas Discharge Displays
11. Gas Discharge Displays Content 11.1 11 1T Technologies h l i ffor Fl Flatt Displays Di l 11.2 Construction of Gas Discharge Displays 11.3 Manufacturing Process 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays 11.5 Operation of the Gas Discharge 11.6 Selection Criteria for Display Phosphors 11.7 Phosphors in CRTs and PDPs 11 8 R 11.8 Red d PDP Ph Phosphors h 11.9 Green PDP Phosphors 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors 11.11 Status and Outlook Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 1 11.1 Technologies for Flat Displays Technology Efficiency Max. size Areas of application Organic g EL Inorg. EL FED LCD 2 lm/W 1 lm/W 5 lm/W 4 lm/W 10‘‘ 17‘‘ 17‘‘ 65‘‘ 65 Automobiles, mobile p phones Instrument displays PALC LED Array Projection TV PDP 4 lm/W 8 - 10 lm/W 5 lm/W 5 lm/W 40 - 50‘‘ > 100 100‘‘ 50 - 60‘‘ ~ 300‘‘ Billboards TV TV, scoreboards CRT 3 lm/W 36‘‘ TV, monitors Laptops, monitors, LCD TV Remark: Theoretical limit for white light ~ 300 lm/Wopt. Energy efficiency of displays ~ 1 – 3% Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 2 11.1 Technologies for Flat Displays Gas Discharge Displays Properties Flat and large g (32 - 300 inch) Thin ~ 100 mm Lightweight ~ 20 - 30 kg for 42-inch Large viewing angle ~ 170° 60" HDTV HDTV-PDP PDP No distortion Unaffected by ext. magnetic fields Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 3 11.1 Technologies for Flat Displays E i i Display Emissive Di l Types T Technology gy CRT PDP Excitation source Electron beam Gas discharge Excitation energy 20 - 30 keV 6 - 10 eV Phosphors Sulfides Oxides Gas pressure < 10-33 mbar 200 - 300 mbar Viewing angle > 160° > 160° Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 4 11.111.1 Technologien Technologies fürfor flache FlatBildschirme Displays Plasma displays 1929 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 5 11.2 Construction of Gas Discharge Displays Si Simplified ifi layer structure Front glass plate Bus electrode (ITO) Dielectric MgO protective layer RGB phosphor Dielectric Address electrodes (Ag) R G B Rear glass plate (PD200) Gas filling ~ 500 Torr Ne with 3 - 5 % Xe Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 6 11.2 Construction of Gas Discharge Displays Structure of a plasma cell Glass back panel Structuring by barrier ribs Conical structure TiO2-film as a reflector Phosphor layer (with additives) Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel U-shaped U shaped structure Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 7 11.3 Manufacturing Process Preparation of the front plate FRONT PLATE substrate+ITO from supplier lithography screenprinting of 2nd diel. layer PD200 lithography evaporation Cr/Cu/Cr screenprinting of 1st diel. diel layer firing (580C) (580 C) firing (580C) evaporation MgO (0.6 m) to assembly Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 8 11.3 Manufacturing Process Preparation of the back plate BACK PLATE substrate from supplier application of barrier rib frit firing (530C) application of powderblast resist screenprinting of phosphors (3x) powderblasting mounting of pumping stem, firing PD200 evaporation i Cr/Al/Cr C /Al/C (0.1/2.0/0.2 m) lithography screenprinting of protective layer firing (560C) to assembly Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 9 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Functional principle Visible light Visible light Front glass plate Phosphor Gas discharge VUV VUV VUV light Rear glass plate Noble gas discharge ~ 200 µm Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 10 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Efficiency of light generation display = discharge . UV . phosphor . out-coupling PDP-cell PDP cell Xe2 *- lamp Hg - lamp Plasma 24 % 70 % 75 % UV 40 % 90 % 98 % Phosphor 20 % 25 % 44 % Coupling out 50 % 90 % 98 % Display 1.0 % 14 % 30 % Light output 3 lm/W Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 40 lm/W 90 lm/W Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 11 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Light generation in Ne discharges Ne + e- Ne* + e- Ne* + Ar Ne + Ar+ + eNe* + Xe Ne + Xe+ + e((Penning g ionization)) Emission inte ensity [a.u.] Ne* Ne + h(74 nm + vis.) 1,0 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 400 - Monochrome PDPs - Neon discharge lamps - Hg-discharge lamps with Ne-filling "neon lamps" 500 600 Wavelength [nm] 700 800 Gas mixtures of Ne/Ar or Ne/Xe thus cause a reduction of the ignition voltage by the so-called “Penning effect” Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 12 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Light generation in Xe/Ne discharge + h(828 nm) + h(823 nm) Xe(3P2) Xe(1S0) + h(147 nm) 172 2 1u Continuum 3P 1 + 1S0 B 3P 2 + 1S0 A 1 + u Wavelength / nm W Xe** Xe(3P1) Xe(3P2) 2nd 3 + u 1st 2nd Continuum 1S 0 Resonance Line Low Pressure Resonance Line 1 + g 1st Continuum 147 Xe(3P1) + e Xe(3P2) + e Xe** Xe(1S0) + e- Energy E High Pressure 2 3 4 5 + 1S0 6 7 Internuclear Distance (Å Xe(3P1) + Xe(1S0) + M Xe2*(1u+) + M / Xe(3P2) + Xe(1S0) + M Xe2*(3u+) + M Xe2*(3u+) Xe2*(1g+) + h(150 nm) 2 Xe(1S0) Xe2*(1u+) Xe2*(1g+) + h(172 nm) 2 Xe(1S0) Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel X Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 13 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Light generation in Xe/Ne discharge Emission n intensity [a.u.] 1,0 0,8 20% Xe 0,6 10% Xe 04 0,4 1% Xe Relattive proportion of radiation 1,000 172 nm 147 nm 0,100 150 nm 0,010 0,001 0,2 0 50 100 150 200 Xenon partial pressure / mbar 0,0 140 150 160 170 180 190 Wavelength [nm] 50% Xe2*-excimer -excimer and 50% Xe Xe* resonance emission at 25 mbar Xe partial pressure PDPs 2005: Xe-percentage at 10 - 15% and 300 mbar total pressure, i.e., Xe2*-excimer radiation predominates Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 14 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Influence of Xe partial pressure 660 mbar, 500 V, 50 kHz 4000 6 600 5 500 3 2 Sustain nvoltage (V) 2000 Effficacy (lm/W) 4 2 Luminance (cd/m ) 3000 400 300 200 1000 1 Vsm 100 Vf 0 0 0 5 10 Xe-content (%) 15 20 0 0 5 10 15 Xe-content (%) With the Xe pressure the efficiency and the ignition voltage increases Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 15 20 11.4 Light Generation in Plasma Displays Dependence on the Xe/Ne partial pressure 100% N Ne N /X Ne/Xe 100% X Xe Low ignition voltage ~ 300 V High ignition voltage ~ 2 kV Visible emissions 580 - 720 nm (Monochrome red) No visible emission (color is defined by the phosphor) VUV emission 74 nm VUV emission 147 150 147, 150, 172 nm Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 16 11.5 Operation of the Gas Discharge Dielectric barrier discharges Schematic operation of a PDP-cell Course of voltage and current Dielectric V 0 negative ti glow 0 negative glow V I 0 t Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 17 11.5 Operation of the Gas Discharge Addressing the pixel Each p pixel has 2n brightness g levels By 8-bit addressing one obtains 28 = 256 brightness levels In a RGB-display there is therefore 2563 = 16.7 million colors available 1 2 4 8 16 32 1 Frame: Will be specified p by y the refresh rate ((100 Hz)) erasing/priming Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel addressing sustaining Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 18 11.5 Operation of the Gas Discharge Influence of the surface on the plasma ignition by ion induced emission of secondary electrons i = Number of emitted electrons Number of ions on the surface Front glass MgO Plasma Vf D2 p d C pd ln l (1 / i 1) ln( 2 MgO is the material with the highest Ne ~ 00.55 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 19 11.5 Operation of the Gas Discharge Tasks of the MgO protective layer 0 10 450 Effe ectives gamma Ignition voltage ((V) Ne Ne 400 350 300 250 200 150 -1 10 MgO; i = 0.5 Glas; i = 0.06 Glas, i = 0.06 MgO, i = 0.5 100 -2 10 0 10 20 30 p x d (Torr cm) 10 -1 -1 100 E / p (V Torr cm ) MgO protective layer causes • a protection against sputtering • a reduction of the ignition voltage Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 20 11.6 Selection Criteria for Display Phosphors Stability St bilit Temperature stability Stability in suspension Plasma stability Color point stability Sensitivity to oxidation Solubility, surface potential Resistance to sputtering Photo-oxidation, reduction Light output Linearity Efficiency Saturation Quantum yield QA, absorption A Image quality Image artifacts Color space Decay time Color point x, y Environmental En ironmental compatibilit compatibility Energy efficiency Toxicity Quantum yield QA, absorption A Chemical composition Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 21 11.6 Selection Criteria for Display Phosphors VUV (PDPs) or electrons (CRTs) Visible light 1 µm Plasma Display • High g absorption p A under VUV excitation,, i.e.,, band g gap p EG ~ 6 – 8 eV • High quantum yield QA under VUV excitation, i.e., Eu2+, Tb3+, Mn2+, Eu3+ • High light output LO = QA*A • VUV stability Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 22 11.6 Selection Criteria for Display Phosphors CRT phosphors (sulphides) PDP phosphors (oxides) 1,0 1,0 0,8 Relative intensity R 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 400 ZnS:Ag 450 Y2O2S:Eu ZnS:Cu,Al,Au 500 550 600 650 Wavelength [nm] 700 750 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 400 BaMgAl10O177:Eu Relative intensityy 0,8 450 (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu Zn2SiO4:Mn 500 550 600 650 700 750 Wavelength [nm] Light output LO = QE* (1-R) Energy efficiency = (1-rb)*t* hem /Eg ~ 15 - 20% Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Energy efficiency = LO *N(hem)/N(habs) ~ 20% Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 23 11.7 Phosphors in CRTs and PDPs Commercial CRT and PDP phosphors Color Bl Blue Green Red Blue G Green Red Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chemical composition Z SA ZnS:Ag ZnS:Cu Y3(Al,Ga)5O12:Tb Y2SiO5:Tb Gd2O2S:Tb YVO4:Eu Y2O2S:Eu (Y,Gd)(V,P)O4 BaMgAl10O17:Eu Z 2SiO4:Mn Zn M BaMgAl10O17:Eu,Mn BaAl12O19:Mn (Y Gd)BO3:Tb (Y,Gd)BO (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu (Y,Gd)2O3:Eu ((Y,Gd)(V,P)O , )( , ) 4:Eu CRT PDP x 0 15 0.15 0.29 0.37 0 33 0.33 0.36 0.66 0.66 y 0 08 0.08 0.61 0.55 0 58 0.58 0.57 0.33 0.33 Problem areas 0.16 0.15 0 25 0.25 0.15 0.19 0 34 0.34 0.64 0.65 0.66 0.13 0.06 0 70 0.70 0.72 0.73 0 62 0.62 0.35 0.34 0.33 Burn-in (stability) M i artifacts Motion if (decay time) Color gamut (color point) Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 24 11.7 Phosphors in CRTs and PDPs Color space Cathode ray tube (CRTs) Color space is defined by the color points of the p phosphor p x y ZnS:Ag 0.15 0.08 ZnS:Cu,Al, Au 0.29 0.61 Y2O2S:Eu 0.66 0.33 Plasma displays (PDPs) Gas filling: Ne, 3 - 15% Xe R d neon li Red lines reduce d color l purity it off blue and green phosphor x y BaMgAl10O17:Eu 0.15 0.06 Zn2SiO4:Mn 0.25 0.70 (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu 0.65 0.35 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 25 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors 4 4.0x10 4f 7 2p-1 6 4f 5d -1 1 Wave num mber [cm ] 4 3.5x10 4 3.0x10 4 2 5x10 2.5x10 4 2.0x10 5 D3 5 D2 D1 5 D0 4 5 1.5x10 4 1.0x10 3 5.0x10 0.0 7 F6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Eu3+ 4f6 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 8 S7/2 Eu2+ 4f7 Eu2+ phosphors E h h Transition: 4f65d1 4f7 (bands) Position depends p on the crystal y field ~ 1 µs Eu3+ phosphors 5D 7F (lines) T Transition: iti ) 0 J (li Inversion symmetry (S6, D3d) Magnetic dipole transition 5D0 - 7F1 J = 0, ± 1 (J = 0 J = 0 forbidden) MeBO3:Eu (calcite, vaterite) ~ 8 - 16 ms No inversion symmetry Electric dipole transition 5D0 -7F2,4 J 6 (Jbeginning = 0 J = 2, 4, 6) Y2O3:Eu (bixbyite), Y(V,P)O4:Eu (xenotime) ~ 2 - 5 ms Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 26 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Emission spectra and color points 7 D0 - F1 5 7 D0 - F 2 5 7 D0 - F3 Intensity 5 5 7 D0 - F4 Phopshor (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu 0.640 0.360 Y2O3:Eu Y2O3:Eu 0.641 0.344 YVO4:Eu YVO4:Eu 0 645 0.645 0 343 0.343 Y2O2S:Eu 0.650 0.342 Y2O2S:Eu 600 650 700 Color point x, y 750 Wavelength [nm] Color saturation: Y2O2S:Eu > YVO4:Eu > Y2O3:Eu > (Y,Gd)BO (Y Gd)BO3:Eu Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 27 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Excitation spectra and VUV light output of Eu3+-phosphors Phosphor 14 1,4 Light output LO 147 nm 172 nm 1,2 Lig ght output 1,0 ((Y,Gd)BO ) 3:Eu Y2O3:Eu 0,8 YVO4:Eu 0,6 04 0,4 Y2O2S:Eu 0,2 0,0 150 200 250 ((Y,Gd)BO , ) 3:Eu 0.78 0.75 Y2O3:Eu 0.60 0.69 YVO4:Eu 0 41 0.41 0.50 0 50 Y2O2S:Eu 0.26 0.32 300 Wavelength [nm] Effi i Efficiency Phosphor Band gap EG Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu Y2O3:Eu 7 5 eV 7.5 5 6 eV 5.6 YVO4:Eu 5 0 eV 5.0 Y2O2S:Eu 4 4 eV 4.4 Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 28 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Decay time of Eu3+-phosphors Norma alised emissio on intensity 1 GDBO3:Eu (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu (Y,Lu)BO3:Eu Y(V,P)O4:Eu (Y,Gd)2O3:Eu 0,1 0,01 1E-3 Decay y time 1/10 [[ms]] (254 nm excitation) Y2O2S:Eu 1.0 Y2O3:Eu 2.5 YVO4:Eu 3.5 (Y Gd)BO3:Eu 8.5 (Y,Gd)BO 85 Phosphor p 1E-4 1E-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 t [ms] Decay time decreases with increasing deviation of the inversion symmetry of the lattice site of Eu3+ Relaxation of selection rules! Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 29 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Local symmetry of Y3+ and Eu3+ in YBO3 (vaterite) Platz A Platz B (J. Solid State Chem. 128 (1997) 261-266) • Location A: Slight deviation from the S6 symmetry (C3) • Location B: Strong deviation from the S6 symmetry ( (C3) 5D0 - 7F2,4 emission is observed due to the deviation of the S6 symmetry Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 30 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Emission spectra of LnBO3:Eu (vaterite) Emissiion intensity y [a.u.] 1,0 LuBO u O3:Eu u YBO3:Eu 0,8 GdBO3:Eu 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 550 600 650 Wavelength [nm] 700 750 585 nm 594 nm 612, 627 nm 650 - 680 nm 690 - 720 nm 5D 0 5D 0 5D 0 5D 0 5D 0 - 7F0 - 7F1 - 7F2 - 7F3 - 7F4 Cation Lu Y Gd Eu *for CN= 6 Radius* [Å] 1.00 1.04 1 08 1.08 1.09 Color point shifts from orange to red in the series Gd3+, Y3+, Lu3+ Distortion depends on r[(Eu3+) - r(Me3+)] Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 31 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Color point of (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu3+ 0,37 10 kV 254 nm y 0,36 2 kV 172 nm 0,35 Feldman equation: q R = 0.046*U5/3/ [µm] (Y Gd)BO3:Eu = 5.2 (Y,Gd)BO 5 2 g/cm3 147 nm 0,34 0,33 10 kV R~ 500 nm 2 kV R ~ 30 nm 0,32 0,60 0,61 0,62 0,63 0,64 0,65 0,66 x Color point as a function of excitation energy • Charge-transfer excitation 254 nm x = 0.638, y = 0.360 • Band excitation 147 nm x = 0.646, y = 0.349 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 32 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Penetration depth of VUV radiation in matter R ~ 1.5 µm 254 nm corresponds ~ 10 kV R < 0.1 µ µm 147 nm corresponds p ~ 1 kV Small excitation volume PDP phosphors are highly charged: • Saturation S t ti • Strong aging • Surface layer of the particles must be pure phase and highly crystalline Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 33 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Emission spectra of (Y,Gd)BO3:Eu Cathodoluminescence 2 kV 10 kV 0,5 0,0 500 600 700 Wellenlänge [nm] 254 nm 172 nm 147 nm 1,0 Intensitä ät Intensitätt 1,0 Photoluminescence 0,5 0,0 500 600 700 Wellenlänge g [[nm]] Emission spectrum = f(excitation energy) Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 34 11.8 Red PDP Phosphors Color points of Eu3+-phosphors L BO3:Eu LuBO E 7 1,0 7 F1 Emission inten nsity [a.u.] Emission inte ensity [a.u.] 1,0 C OE CaO:Eu 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 7 F2 7 F2 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 7 F4 F4 0,0 0,0 200 300 400 500 600 Wavelength [nm] Trigonal, D3d symmetry x = 0.61, 0 61 y = 0.38 0 38 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 700 800 200 300 400 500 600 700 Wavelength [nm] Cubic, Oh symmetry Cation vacancies x = 0.64 0 64 , y = 00.33 33 Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 35 800 11.9 Green PDP Phosphors Emission spectra and decay times of Mn2+- and Tb3+-phosphors Mn2+-phosphors p p Zn2SiO4:Mn x = 0.249, y = 0.700 BaAl12O19:Mn x = 0.204, y = 0.717 0,8 0,6 0,4 LaPO4:Tb x = 0.352, y = 0.580 YBO3:Tb x = 0.338, y = 0.615 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,0 , 400 1,0 Emisssion intensity [a.u.] 1,0 Emisssion intensity [a.u.] Tb3+-phosphors p p 0,0 450 500 550 600 650 700 Wavelength [nm] Host lattice 1/10 [ms] Zn2SiO4 5 - 40 BaAl12O19 5 - 40 BaMgAl10O17 5 - 40 1/10 = f(Mn f(M 2+-concentration) i ) Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Host lattice LaPO4 CeMgAl11O19 YBO3 1/10 = f(host f(h lattice) l i ) 1/10 [ms] 55 5.5 7.0 8.5 Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 36 11.9 Green PDP Phosphors Color saturation Mn2+-phosphors yy- coordinate: 0.69 - 0.73 Zn2SiO4:Mn YBO3:Tb Tb3+-phosphors y coordinate : 0.58 y0 58 - 0.62 0 62 Tb3+ has emission-line multiplets at 590 and 620 nm Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 37 11.9 Green PDP Phosphors Spectra of the green PDP-pixels with Zn2SiO4:Mn 3.5% Xe P116 3.5% Xe, ZSM x=0.338, y=0.619 1,0 Emission intensity [[a.u.] 1,0 Emission intensity [[a.u.] 10% Xe 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,0 400 P183 10 % Xe, ZSM x=0.233, y=0.686 500 600 Wavelength [nm] 700 File: ColourPoints of green PDPs Zn2SiO4:Mn • as a powder • in PDP 10% Xe • in i PDP 3.5% 3 5% Xe X Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 800 0,0 400 500 600 Wavelength [nm] 700 800 File: ColourPoints of green PDPs CIE1931 color p point x,, y 0.25, 0.70 0.23, 0.69 0 34 0.62 0.34, 0 62 similar i il to t CRT Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 38 11.9 Green PDP Phosphors Spectra of the green PDP-pixels with (Y,Gd)BO3:Tb 3.5 % Xe 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 0 0 400 P249 10% Xe, YGBT x=0.346 , y=0.595 1,0 P206 3.5% Xe, YBT x=0.391 , y=0.534 Emisssion intensity [a.u.] Emisssion intensity [a.u.] 1,0 10 % Xe 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 500 600 700 Wavelength [nm] ( , ) 3:Tb (Y,Gd)BO • as a powder • in PDP 10% Xe • in i PDP 3.5% 3 5% Xe X Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 800 0,0 0 0 400 500 600 Wavelength [nm] 700 800 File: ColourPoints of green PDPs CIE 1931 color p point x. y 0.34, 0.62 0.35, 0.60 similar to CRT 0 39 0.53 0.39, 0 53 Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 39 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Phosphors in the system MeO-MgO-Al2O3 Construction of the intermediate layer Me = Ba (1.34 Å) Å • BaMgAl10O17 • BaMg3Al14O25 BAM -alumina -alumina Me = Sr (1.12 Å) SAM • SrMgAl g 10O17 -alumina • Sr2MgAl22O36 = SrMgAl10O17 + SrAl12O19 (-alumina + magnetoplumbite) magnetoplumbite Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel -alumina Me = Ca (0.99 Å) CAM • CaMgAl14O23 magnetoplumbite • CaMg2Al16O27 magnetoplumbite • CaMgAl10O17 -alumina (unstable magnetoplumbite) Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 40 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors S Structure off B BaMgAl M Al10O17 Localization of the europium • Eu2+ Intermediate layers • Eu3+ Spinel blocks Potential secondary phases • Al2O3 • BaAl B Al2O4 • MgAl2O4 • EuAl11O18 • EuAlO3 • EuMgAl11O19 • Ba0.75Al11O17.25 • …. Unit cell Spinel p block MgAl g 10O16 Intermediate layer y BaO Spinel block MgAl10O16 Intermediate layer BaO S i l block Spinel bl k MgAl M Al10O16 Isostructural to -alumina alumina NaAl11O17 Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 41 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors S Structure off BaMgAl A 10O17 L Layer structure t t Ba2+ environment B i t Ba2+(Eu2+) is nine-coordinate (tri-capped trigonal prism D3h) Relative small crystal field splitting Blue emission band Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 42 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Thermodynamic stability of -alumina Conduction layer thickness M12k 4,9 Structural influence of the cations in the interlayer Rb 4,8 ß-alumina 4,7 Ba Na 4,6 K Ag Pb 4,5 Sr La 4,4 Nd magnetoplumbite Ca 4,3 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Ionic radius [A] Stability limit of -alumina phase lies at M12k > 4.6 Å Eu2+ (r9 = 1.17 Å) is smaller than Sr2+ (r9 = 1.26 Å) Thus: Eu2+-ion incorporation destabilizes the ß-alumina phase Incorporation of large cations stabilizes the ß-alumina phase (Rb+, K+) Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 43 1,6 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Luminescence spectra of BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ Emission spectra as a f function ti off excitation it ti energy Efficiency and reflection 1,0 Quantum yield QE 10 1,0 Excitation at 147 nm Emiss sion intensity 0,8 0,8 0,6 Light output LO = QE(1 QE(1-R) R) 04 0,4 0,2 Reflection R 0,0 150 200 Wavelength [nm] 250 300 Excitation at 172 nm Excitation at 254 nm 0,6 0,4 , 0,2 0,0 400 450 500 550 Wavelength [nm] VUV absorption bso p o and d high g quantum qu u yield y e d close c ose to o 100 00 % Half-width of the emission band increases with the excitation energy Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 44 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Color point: Influence of the Eu2+-concentration Cation • Ba2+ • Sr2+ • Ca2+ • Eu2+ Radius [Å] 1.34 1.12 0.99 1.09 BAM:x%Eu2+ • 1% • 10% • 15% • 50% x, y 0.152, 0.052 0 151 0.060 0.151, 0 060 0.151, 0.067 0.144, 0.111 0 12 0,12 Color coordinates BAM:50% Eu 0,11 0,10 , 0,09 y 0,08 BAM:15% Eu 0,07 BAM:10% Eu 0,06 BAM:1% Eu 0,05 0,14 x 0,15 0,16 Green shift of the color point by increasing the Eu2+ concentration Incorporation of Eu2+ destabilizes the BAM phase and leads to the formation of BaAl2O4:Eu Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 45 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Color point: Influence of the excitation energy 147 nm 0,10 0,09 0 08 0,08 y 172 nm 2 kV 254 nm 0,07 0,06 Feldman equation eq ation R = 0.046*U5/3/ [µm] 10 kV 0,05 0,14 x 0,15 0,16 254 nm exc. x = 0.146, y = 0.068 ~ 10 kV electron (400 nm) Activator excitation high penetration depth 147 nm exc. x = 0.140, y = 0.098 ~ 2 kV electron (30 nm) Band excitation low penetration depth Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 46 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Cathodoluminescence of BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ 2 kV excitation (surface) 10 kV excitation (volume) 1,0 1,0 2+ 2+ Ba0.75Al11O17.25:Eu 0,8 0,8 0,6 0,6 0,4 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,0 400 500 Wavelength [nm] 600 0,0 400 BaAl2O4:Eu 500 600 Wavelength [nm] The secondary phase BaAl2O4:Eu makes itself noticeable in the emission spectrum Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 47 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors Photoluminescence of BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ 147 nm excitation (surface) 254 nm excitation (volume) 1,0 1,0 2+ 0,8 BaAl2O4:Eu 0,8 2+ 0,6 0,6 0,4 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,0 400 0,0 400 500 Wavelength [nm] Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel 600 BaAl2O4:Eu 500 600 Wavelength [nm] Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 48 11.10 Blue PDP Phosphors BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+: Stability enhancement by particle coating Excitation spectra of uncoated powderer uncoated 1,0 Light outpu ut LO = QE*(1-R) 1,0 Light outputt LO = QE*(1-R) Excitation spectra of coated powder 0,8 0,6 0,4 BAM uncoated, 2h 500°C, air 0,2 BAM coated 0,8 0,6 0,4 BAM coated, 2h 500°C, air 0,2 00 0,0 00 0,0 150 200 250 300 350 Wavelength [nm] 150 200 250 300 Wavelength [nm] Particle coating consists of an inert material that acts as a barrier for a) Oxygen No thermal degradation b) 74 nm (147 nm) radiation Reduced photodegradation M Materials: i l Al2O3, AlPO4, Ca C 2P2O7, SiO2, MgO M O Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 49 350 11.11 Status and Outlook Comparison of CRTs and PDPs (Stand 2008) PDP-TV 80 cm - 750 cm (32" - 300 (32 300")) CRT-TV max. 90 cm (max. 36") 36 ) Luminance (1% white display) 100 - 150 Cd/m2 100 - 130 Cd/m2 Peak luminance (white display) 1000 Cd/m Cd/ 2 500 Cd/m 2 Efficiencyy 3 – 5 lm/W 2 - 3 lm/W Power consumption in typical TV operation 150 - 300 W 200 - 300 W Lifetime > 30000 h Weight 20 - 30 kg (42’’) > 30000 h 80 kg (36") Thickness < 10 cm 60 cm (36") Display diagonal Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 50 11.11 Status and Outlook Future measures to improve the image quality of PDPs Gas discharge • Higher Xe partial pressure (higher driving voltage) • Optimization of the surfaces (materials with a high -coefficient) Cell geometry and optics • Improving p g the conversion of ggenerated VUV p photons • Improving the light out-coupling to the front plate (reflector layers) • Increasing the contrast: doping of screen’s glass, color filters, black matrix Phosphors • Improving the photostability of the blue phosphors • Shortening of the decay of the green phosphors • Improvement of the color point and shortening of the decay of the red phosphor • Increasing the contrast of colored phosphors Incoherent light sources Prof. Dr. T. Jüstel Chapter Gas Discharge Displays Slide 51