Abstract
In order to analyze the discharge phenomena in surface-discharge AC-PDP cell, spatio-temporal variations of emission lines were observed through the transparent barrier ribs with high-speed CCD camera. We made the qualitative analysis of the electron energy distribution and the electron density distribution with the comparison between the observed results of 823nm and 828nm emission from Xe and that of orange visible emission from Ne. And we examined the effects of the total gas pressure and the variation in the arrangement of the electrodes on the emission region of 828nm. In the case of 100μm and 200μm rib height, the thickness of discharge are similar each other. As the driving voltage increases, the thickness of discharge doesn't much change. These results will help us to verify the 2-D discharge simulations and improve the luminous efficiency of PDPs.
