This paper presents a new method for the improvement of color temperature without the change of the driving scheme using transparent dielectric layers with various metal oxides (CeO2, Co3O4, CuO, Fe2O3, MnO2, NiO) in plasma display panels (PDP). In this study, we fabricated ZnO-B2O3-SiO2-Al2O3 glasse with various metal oxides and examined the optical properties of these glasses. As the metal oxides were added to the glasses, the visible transmittances of the dielectric layers decreased and the transmittances in special wavelength regions were reduced at different rates. The change of the transmittance in each wavelength range induced the variation of the visible emission spectra and the change of the color temperature in the PDP. The addition of Co3O4 and CuO slightly decreased the intensity of the blue light, but the intensities of the green and the red light were significantly decreased. Therefore, the color temperature can be improved from 6087K to 7378K and 7057K, respectively.

This study investigates Bi2O3-B2O3-BaO-ZnO glass with variations of the Co3O4 content (0.25,0.5,1,and 2wt%) and the interaction between transparent dielectric and Ag electrodes heat-treated at 500-560oC for30min. The glass transition temperature, softening temperature and thermal expansion coefficient were432oC, 460oC and 81.4×10-7/oC, respectively. The transmittance of 0.25wt% Co3O4 to which dielectric wasadded was highest and was decreased due to coloration with the addition of more than 0.25wt%. However,without Co3O4, the transmittance of the transparent layer was decreased due to the formation of Ba5Bi3;however, the occurrence of the crystal phase decreased as a result of the addition of Co3O4. The amount ofCo2+ ions increased as the Co3O4 increased. With a maximum of Co3+ ions, the highest transmittance wasobserved.

PDP용 투명유전체 재료로 사용되는 PbO-B2O3-SiO2-Al2O3계의 소성과정 중에서 투명전극 (ITO)과의 반응성 및 광학적, 열적, 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 유전체막.두께는 12μm으로, 온도는 550-580˚C에서 소성한 후 여러 물성을 평가하였다 그 결과로, 유전체와 투명전극(ITO)의 반용에서, In 이온이 유전체층으로 확산이동하였으며, Sn 확산은 거의 발생하지 않았다. 선팽창계수, 유전상수, 유리전이온도,광 투과율은 유전체 조성의 PbO 양에 큰 영향을 받았다. PbO양 증가는 선팽창계수와 유전상수를 증가시킨 반면, 유리전이온도와 광 투과율온 저하시켰다. Al2O3/B2O3 비가 증가함에 따라서는 선팽창계수는 감소, 유전상수는 증가, 광 투과율은 감소하였으며, 유리 전이점 변화는 거의 나타나지 않았다.