A Phenomenological Study of AC Gas Panels Fabricated with Vacuum-Deposited Dielectric Layers

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of ac gas display panel parameters. The ignition and extinction voltages were measured for panels filled with Ne-0.1% Ar gas to pressures ranging from 0.75 × 10
⁴
Pa to 8 × 10
⁴
Pa (50 torr to 600 torr). The panels were constructed with chamber spacings, d, of 0.56 × 10
⁻²
cm to 2 × 10
⁻²
cm, and electrode widths, x, of 1.5 × 10
⁻³
cm to 0.1 cm. Scaling of the Paschen minimum was not found to hold for the narrowest chamber spacing. The dependence of ignition voltage on linewidth was found to be proportional to exp(−1.6 x/d) for (x/d)<1. An electron diffusion process was invoked to explain this behavior.