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EP1216482B1 - Formation de nervure barriere sur un substrat pour ecran a plasma - Google Patents

Formation de nervure barriere sur un substrat pour ecran a plasma Download PDF

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EP1216482B1
EP1216482B1 EP00959561A EP00959561A EP1216482B1 EP 1216482 B1 EP1216482 B1 EP 1216482B1 EP 00959561 A EP00959561 A EP 00959561A EP 00959561 A EP00959561 A EP 00959561A EP 1216482 B1 EP1216482 B1 EP 1216482B1
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    • H01J2211/00—Plasma display panels with alternate current induction of the discharge, e.g. AC-PDPs
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  • the present invention relates to a method of producing a substrate for plasma display panels (hereinafter also referred to as "PDP", merely) and a mold used in the method.
  • PDP plasma display panels
  • PDP is expected to be used as a thin large-image display device.
  • PDP is equipped with a so-called substrate for PDP.
  • Typical substrate for PDP is composed of a pair of glass flat plates facing each other at a distance via a rib having a predetermined dimension (also referred to as a barrier rib, partition or barrier).
  • a rib separates space between a pair of glass plates into cells in an air-tight manner to form a plurality of discharge display cells capable of containing a discharge gas such as neon, helium or xenon.
  • a method of using a mold is known.
  • a liquid molding material filled in the mold is converted into a molded article capable of transferring to a plate-shaped base by a thermal or optical action.
  • the rib is produced and provided, nearly continuously, with comparatively high accuracy.
  • a base and a rib made of glass or ceramic are used.
  • a mold for a typical substrate for PDP is made of a metal, glass or ceramic as disclosed, for example, in Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A-9012336. Accordingly, the base and rib have almost the same hardness as or lower than that of the mold. As a result, when the mold is removed from the rib, there is a fear of causing breakage of the base or rib, or breakage of the mold itself. Such severe breakage often occurs when the rib is press-molded by using a mold made of glass, ceramic or metal as disclosed in Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A-9283017.
  • the mold is repeatedly used for mass production. It is not preferred to leave the broken rib in the mold, since it is necessary to wash the mold every time the rib is made, thereby lowering the productivity.
  • Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A-9134676 also discloses that a mold made of a silicone resin having a hardness lower than that of glass or ceramic is used.
  • the silicone resin is generally brittle. Accordingly, it can not be expected to repeatedly use the mold made of the silicone resin for mass production.
  • the rib molded article is adhered to the mold by the photosetting reaction between the unreacted secondary setting component in the mold and the first setting component in the rib precursor composition, thereby removing the rib molded article at the peripheral portion of the base, together with the mold, and therefore a step of removing the rib molded article at the peripheral portion of the base is not required.
  • absorption edge refers to a wavelength portion wherein an absorbency in a continuous light absorption spectrum of an object drastically decreases and it becomes substantially transparent when the wavelength becomes longer than said wavelength.
  • FIG. 1 In a partially exploded perspective view of Fig. 1, one embodiment of the substrate for PDP according to the present invention is schematically shown.
  • This substrate 10 for PDP is used for so-called a.c. PDP, but is not limited thereto and can also be applied to the substrate for d.c. PDP.
  • the substrate 10 for PDP is preferably equipped with transparent flat plates made of easily available soda-lime glass, which are facing each other at a distance, i.e. a back plate 12 and a front plate 14. Between the back plate 12 and front plate 14, plural ribs 16 having a predetermined dimension are provided to separate the space between the plates into cells, thereby making it possible to form a plurality of discharge display cells 18.
  • the rib 16 shown in the figure is formed from a photosensitive paste 32 (rib precursor composition).
  • Preferable photosensitive paste contains a first photo-setting component as a binder component, a photo-setting initiator having a first absorption edge and a ceramic powder and, if necessary, a glass powder.
  • the ceramic powder is used for affording a constant shape to the rib, and is preferably made of alumina, silica, titania or wollnite (wollastonite) having high strength.
  • the first photo-setting component is photopolymerized in the presence of the photo-setting initiator having a first absorption edge, thereby making it possible to retain the shape of the rib 16.
  • the first photo-setting component is not specifically limited, but is preferably an acrylic resin.
  • the acrylic resin is formed, for example, from an acrylic monomer or oligomer, or a silane coupling agent having a methacryl group.
  • monomers or oligomers for example, monomers or oligomers, such as HEMA (hydroxyethyl methacrylate), HEA (hydroxyethyl acrylate), BisGMA (bisphenol A diglycidyl ether methacrylate), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, etc. are particularly preferably used.
  • the first photo-setting component is made of a silane coupling agent having a methacryl group
  • a network is formed by photopolymerization of the methacryl group, thereby making it possible to retain and contain the ceramic powder.
  • the first photo-setting component of the silane coupling agent forms polymeric silicon dioxide having a high melting point by calcination. This network due to the silane coupling agent is substantially retained by silicon dioxide even at comparatively high temperature after calcination, thereby making it possible to retain the ceramic powder or glass powder.
  • Such a silane coupling agent is preferably ⁇ -methacryloxypropylmethyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, ⁇ -methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane or ⁇ -methacryloxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane having a molecular weight of 232 to 290 in view of availability.
  • the glass powder is used to enhance the strength by affording a dense structure to the rib.
  • the glass powder is used in the amount enough to fill small space between the network made of silicon dioxide and the ceramic powder surrounded with the network. When the network does not exist, it is not necessary that the glass powder does not fill large space between ceramic powders. As a result, the strength of the rib can be increased by a comparatively small amount of the glass powder. For example, even if the glass powder exclusively contains lead having high mass adsorption coefficient, the rate of photo-setting is hardly influenced. Use of the glass powder made of expensive glass having a low melting point can also be inhibited.
  • the glass powder is contained in the amount of 10 to 70% by volume.
  • the glass powder is contained in the amount of 20 to 50% by volume, thereby further increasing the strength of the rib.
  • the glass powder When the front plate 14 or back plate 12 is, for example, made of glass having an annealing point of 550°C, the glass powder preferably has a softening point of 450-550°C which is lower than the annealing point of the plate. Because even if the glass powder having such a softening point is heated together with the front plate or back plate of glass to flow into a gap, a thermal deformation of the front plate 14 or back plate 12 can be prevented.
  • the glass powder is basically made of lead glass aluminum phosphate glass, boron-titanium glass, bismuth glass or zinc glass containing boron, zinc, phosphoric acid, lead, titanium or a combination thereof.
  • boron, zinc, phosphoric acid, titanium or a combination thereof is preferably contained.
  • each composition is not specifically limited.
  • the glass powder preferably has a softening point higher than that of a calcination temperature of the first setting component. When using the glass powder having such a softening point, the glass powder is not melted prior to removal of the first setting component due to calcination. Accordingly, a fear of residue of the first setting component can be avoided by surrounding the first setting component with the glass component.
  • an oxidizing catalyst may be contained in the photosensitive paste 32.
  • the oxidizing catalyst is commonly made of an oxide, salt or complex of chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), indium (In) or tin (Sn), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au) or cerium (Ce), and can reduce energy required to calcine the first photo-setting component.
  • the first photo-setting component causing gas evolution which is undesirable for plasma discharge, can be removed completely from the rib at comparatively low temperature.
  • a minimum softening point required to the glass powder is lowered by decreasing the calcination temperature using the oxidizing catalyst. As a result, the selectivity of the glass component is increased.
  • Such a decrease in calcination temperature can effectively inhibit thermal deformation (e.g. warpage, deflection or shrinkage) of the glass plate.
  • the amount of isotropic thermal shrinkage of the glass plate becomes 220 ppm, 75 ppm and 30 ppm at 550, 500 and 460°C, respectively.
  • the first photo-setting component can be removed at the calcination temperature of at least about 500°C.
  • the calcination temperature was decreased by 50-90°C by using the oxidizing catalyst as described above, such deflection and thermal shrinkage are reduced.
  • an address electrode 20 is provided on a back plate 12 along a rib 16.
  • a transparent bus electrode 22 made of an indium tin oxide (ITO) is provided perpendicular to the rib 16.
  • a discharge gas such as neon, helium, xenone or the like is contained between the address electrode 20 and bus electrode 22, thereby making it possible to emit light by discharge.
  • a fluorescent layer 24, e.g., a phosphor
  • a transparent dielectric layer 26 is provided to coat the bus electrode 22, thereby making it possible to extend life of PDP by inhibition of sputtering of the bus electrode 22 during operation of the device.
  • a mold 30 having a concave portion 28 corresponding to the shape of a rib is prepared (see Fig. 2(A)).
  • the concave portion 28 may have a section in the shape of trapezoid.
  • releasability may also be imparted to the mold by coating the surface of the concave portion with a releasing agent.
  • This mold 30 can be obtained by photo-setting of a second photo-setting component in the presence of a second photo-setting initiator having a second absorption edge.
  • a second photo-setting component an acrylic monomer or oligomer can be used.
  • an acrylic monomer or oligomer an aliphatic urethane acrylate, which is commercially available from Henschel Co. under the trade name of "Photomer 6010", 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate commercially available from Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co. can be preferably used. Since the mold is molded by photopolymerization, cutting of the resulting mold 30 is not required. Since photopolymerization proceeds comparatively quickly, the mold 30 can be easily obtained in a short time.
  • Such a mold 30 has a hardness lower than that of general glass or ceramic, breakage of the rib and base can be avoided in case of removing the mold from the substrate. As a result, the mold can be repeatedly used without being washed.
  • photopolymerization of the second photo-setting component is conducted in the presence of the second photo-setting initiator having a second absorption edge whose wavelength is shorter than that corresponding to the second absorption edge of the first photo-setting initiator.
  • a second photo-setting initiator can not absorb light whose wavelength is longer than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, while a first photo-setting initiator can absorb it.
  • the rib precursor composition is set by light having a wavelength longer than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, only the first photo-setting component is set by photopolymerization, thereby making it possible to avoid simultaneous photopolymerization of the second photo-setting component, even if unreacted second photo-setting component remains in the mold 30.
  • Preferable photo-setting initiator includes, for example, aminoketone (400-430 nm), bisacylphosphine oxide (440 nm), camphorquinone (500 nm), metallocene hydroxyketone (500 nm) and benzyl dimethyl ketal (380 nm), which are commercially available from Ciba Geigy Co.
  • Irgacure 2959 (370 nm), Irgacure 184 (380 nm), Darocure 1173 (380 nm), Irgacure 500 (380 nm), Irgacure 1000 (380 nm), Irgacure 651 (390 nm), Irgacure 907 (400 nm), Irgacure 149 (420 nm), Irgacure 1700 (440 nm), Irgacure 1850 (440 nm), Irgacure 819 (450 nm), Irgacure 369 (480 nm) and Irgacure 784 (500 nm).
  • selection of the first photo-setting initiator and second photo-setting initiator is made by properly selecting two kinds of photo-setting initiators having different absorption edges described above.
  • a combination of the first photo-setting initiator and second photo-setting initiator includes, for example, Darocure 1173 having an absorption edge corresponding to a wavelength of 380 nm and Irgacure 819 having an absorption edge corresponding to a wavelength of 440 to 450 nm, Irgacure 1700 and Irgacure 1850, etc.
  • a photosensitive paste 32 is coated on the mold 30 with filling the concave portion 28 with it (see Fig. 2(B)).
  • the photosensitive paste 32 preferably has a viscosity of 1 x 10 3 to 1 x 10 5 cps. By using the viscosity within such a range, filling of the photosensitive paste can be conducted with high accuracy. A surfactant may also be added to adjust the viscosity of the paste.
  • Preferred surfactant includes, for example, lauryl betain, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, polyoxyethylene octyl phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene nonyl phenyl ether and phosphate alkyl polyol, and these surfactants are commercially available from Kao Corp. under the trade name of Ambitol 24B, Reodol TW-L-106, Emulgen 840S and Emulgen 909, and commercially available from Imation Co. under the trade name of POCAII.
  • the photosensitive paste containing a silane coupling agent as the first photo-setting component may contain a mineral acid such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid or the like to hydrolyze the silane coupling agent, thereby providing a photosensitive paste in the form of a sol.
  • a photosensitive paste is not gelled by drying, thereby making it possible to disperse the ceramic powder and ceramic powder. Furthermore, the viscosity does not depend on the amount of water.
  • a back plate 12 is contacted with the photosensitive paste 32 (see Fig. 2(C)).
  • the second photo-setting component mentioned above can impart flexibility to the mold 30 on photopolymerization.
  • the mold 30 is contacted with the photosensitive paste 32 from one end by deflecting the mold. Accordingly, any air between the back plate 12 and the photosensitive paste 32 is efficiently removed out to the exterior and invasion of the air into the photosensitive paste 32 is also avoided.
  • the photosensitive paste 32 is coated on the back plate 12 and then the mold 30 is laminated with being deflected, thereby filling the space between the concave portion 28 and the back plate 12 with the photosensitive paste 32.
  • an antifoamer can also be added to prevent defects of the rib due to bubbles.
  • examples of the antifoamer include Dappo SN manufactured by Sunnopco Co.
  • the antifoamer can be used in the amount of 1-5% based on the weight of the first setting component.
  • the first photo-setting component is polymerized by irradiating the photosensitive paste 32 with light (hv) having a wavelength longer than that of the second absorption edge of the second photo-setting component, thereby obtaining a rib molded article 34 (see Fig. 2(C)).
  • the polymerization is basically conducted only by light exposure and in principle, does not require heat management whose control is difficult.
  • the second photo-setting component of the present embodiment can also impart transparency to the mold 30 on photopolymerization. When the mold 30 becomes transparent, alignment of the mold 30 on the back plate 12 is easily controlled. Irradiation of the photosensitive paste 32 with light can be conducted simultaneously from both surfaces via not only the back plate 12 but also the mold 30.
  • the set molded article 34 causes cracking during the calcining process.
  • the back plate 12 is arranged with a distance shorter than at least 30 cm from the plane and light is irradiated.
  • severe cracking can be found in the rib after the calcination.
  • the amount of the first photo-setting initiator also becomes important conditions for forming the rib without causing defects. When the amount of the first setting initiator is too small, the molded article 34 causes cracking during the calcining process.
  • the amount of the first photo-setting initiator is not less than 0.1%, and preferably not less than 0.5%, based on the weight of the first setting component.
  • Light to be irradiated has a comparatively long wavelength and is absorbed only in the first photo-setting initiator. Therefore, light is not substantially absorbed, by the second photo-setting initiator, and only the polymerization of the first photo-setting component is initiated to obtain the molded article 34. As a result, even if the unreacted second photo-setting component is remained in the mold 30, it is possible to inhibit the unreacted second photo-setting component from reacting with the first photo-setting component. That is, the molded article 34 is capable of avoiding adhesion to the mold 30 by photopolymerization.
  • the molded article 34 is removed from the mold 30, thereby transferring the molded article 34 integrally to the back plate 12 (see Fig. 2(D)).
  • adhesion of the molded article 34 to the mold 30 is avoided. Accordingly, such removal can be easily conducted without causing breakage of the back plate 12 or molded article 34 or its free end, which may be left in the mold 30.
  • both of the molded article 34 and back plate 12 are put in a calcining oven (not shown) and calcined at a predetermined temperature to obtain a rib 16 (see Fig. 2(E)).
  • a calcining oven not shown
  • a predetermined temperature to obtain a rib 16 (see Fig. 2(E)).
  • retention of the network mentioned above is substantially made, thereby reducing shrinkage of the molded article. Accordingly, it is possible to make a rib corresponding to the shape of the concave portion with good accuracy.
  • an address electrode may be formed between ribs on the back plate, and a fluorescent layer may be provided on the address electrode.
  • a transparent front plate on which a bus electrode has previously been formed, may be disposed to face with the back plate via a rib.
  • the peripheral portions of the front plate and back plate may be sealed in an air-tight manner by using a sealing material, thereby forming a discharge display cell between the front plate and back plate.
  • a discharge gas may be introduced into the discharge cell to make a substrate for PDP.
  • the thermal expansion coefficient of the mold 30 of the present invention is generally 1.5 ⁇ 10 -5 to 3.5 ⁇ 10 -5 /°C, while the thermal expansion coefficient of the back plate is generally 0.8 ⁇ 10 -5 to 0.9 ⁇ 10 -5 /°C. Therefore, when pitches of the both at room temperature are different, pitches of the both can be adjusted by controlling the temperature utilizing a difference in thermal expansion coefficients of the both.
  • Fig. 3 is a flow sheet showing the second embodiment of the method of producing the substrate for PDP according to the present invention.
  • the details of the concave portion for forming a rib on the mold 30, are omitted.
  • the rib precursor composition 32 filled in the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 requiring no rib 16 is irradiated with light (h ⁇ 1 ) having a wavelength shorter than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, before being irradiated with light having a wavelength longer than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 3 (C).
  • the rib molded article 34 are adhered to the mold 30 by the photo-setting reaction between the second setting component in the mold 30 and the first setting component in the rib precursor composition 32, and thus the rib molded article 34 at the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 is removed together with the mold 30, in the step of removing the mold 30. Therefore, a step of removing the rib molded article 34 at the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 is not required.
  • Irradiation with light is preferably conducted from the side of the mold 30. When it is conducted from the side of the back plate 12, the rib molded article 34 is not only adhered to the mold 30, but also to the back plate 12. On irradiation with light, a light screen mask 40 may also be used to prevent irradiation of light into the center portion of the mold 30, if necessary.
  • the second photo-setting initiator absorbs light by irradiation with light (h ⁇ 1 ), to cause the setting reaction between the second setting component in the mold 30 and the first light-setting component in the rib precursor composition 32. That is, at the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 irradiated with light (h ⁇ 1 ), the molded article 34 and mold 30 are adhered each other at the peripheral portion by photopolymerization. Therefore, the rib molded article 34 filled in the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 can be easily removed from the back plate 12, together with the mold 30.
  • a coating composition or a film, which absorb light (h ⁇ 1 ), may be laminated on the back surface of the back plate 12.
  • the rib precursor composition 32 filled in the center portion of the back plate 12, where the rib 16 is to be formed is irradiated with light (h ⁇ 2 ) having a wavelength longer than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, as shown in Fig. 3 (D).
  • Transparency is imparted to this mold 30 by photopolymerization of the photo-setting component, thereby making it possible to irradiate the rib precursor composition 32 with light from both sides through not only by the back plate 12, but also the mold 30.
  • light can sufficiently reach the first setting component and first photo-setting initiator, which exist in the depths of the concave portion 28, thereby imparting substantially uniform mechanical strength to the molded article 34.
  • Preferred light to be irradiated is light, that has comparatively long wavelength and is absorbed only by the first setting initiator in the rib precursor composition 32, and which is not substantially absorbed by the second setting initiator of the mold 30.
  • the rib molded article 34 filled in the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 may also be irradiated with light (h ⁇ 2 ), because this portion has already been set by irradiation with light (h ⁇ 1 ).
  • the molded article 34 is not adhered to the peripheral portion of the back plate 12. Because the front plate 14 and back plate 12 are usually laminated by coating a sealing material (not shown) at the peripheral portion of the back plate 12. Alternatively, the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 is sometimes provided with an electrode terminal for electrically connecting with the exterior (not shown). Accordingly, when the rib precursor composition 32 is extruded out to the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 to form a molded article 34, the molded article 34 at this portion must be removed. Usually, the molded article 34 at the peripheral portion of the back plate 12 may be removed by using a scraper. In this case, however, there is a fear that an electrode terminal existing in the vicinity is damaged. The rib precursor composition 32 filled in the peripheral portion of the mold 30 can also be removed without setting. However, there is a fear that the unset rib precursor composition 32 flows when removing the mold 30, resulting in contact with the molded article 34.
  • a photosensitive paste was prepared in the following procedure. First, 10 g of a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether methacrylic acid adduct (manufactured by Kyoei-sha Kagaku Co.) and 10 g of triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries Co.) were mixed to prepare a first photo-setting component. To this first photo-setting component, 0.2 g of a first photo-setting initiator of bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phenylphosphine oxide commercially available from Ciba Geigy Co.
  • a mold having a concave portion corresponding to the shape of a rib was prepared.
  • This mold was formed from a second photo-setting component in the presence of 1% by weight of a second photo-setting initiator.
  • a second photo-setting component an aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer commercially available from Henschel Co. under the trade name of Photomer 6010 was used.
  • the second photo-setting initiator 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-1-one commercially available from Ciba Geigy Co. under the trade name of Dalocure 1173 was used. This initiator has an absorption edge whose wavelength corresponds to that of 380 nm.
  • Photopolymerization of the second photo-setting component was conducted by irradiating with light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric OSRAM Ltd.
  • the space between the concave portion of the mold made as described above and the back plate was filled with the above photosensitive paste. Then, photopolymerization of the first photo-setting component was conducted by irradiating with light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm for 3 minutes, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Philips Co. This irradiation with light was conducted simultaneously from both sides of the transparent mold and transparent base (back plate). Then, a molded article was removed from the mold, together with the back plate. Removal of the molded article could be easily conducted without damaging the molded article and the back plate. No damage of the mold and no retention of the molded article in the mold were observed, and thus it was found that the mold can be used repeatedly.
  • a photosensitive paste was prepared in the following procedure. First, 10 g of a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether methacrylic acid adduct (manufactured by Kyoei-sha Kagaku Co.) and 10 g of triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries Co.) were mixed to prepare a first photo-setting component. To this first photo-setting component, 0.2 g of a first photo-setting initiator of bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phenylphosphine oxide commercially available from Ciba Geigy Co.
  • the space between the concave portion of the mold made and the back plate was filled with the above photosensitive paste.
  • the photosensitive paste filled in the peripheral portion of the mold through the mold was irradiated with light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric OSRAM Ltd. for 2 minutes.
  • photopolymerization of the first photo-setting component was conducted by irradiating with light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm for 1 minute, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Philips Co. This irradiation with light was conducted simultaneously from both sides of the transparent mold and transparent base (back plate).
  • a molded article was removed from the mold, together with the back plate. At this time, a molded article was transferred to the center portion of the back plate. On the other hand, the molded article was not transferred to the peripheral portion of the back plate, but was adhered to the peripheral portion of the mold. That is, the molded article at the peripheral portion of the back plate could be removed from the back plate, together with the mold.
  • a photosensitive paste was prepared in the following procedure. First, 24 g of ⁇ -methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane (manufactured by Nippon Unicar Co.) as a first photo-setting component was prepared. In addition, 6 g of a mixed solution of an aqueous 0.01 N nitric acid solution and ethanol in a molar ratio of 2:1 was prepared. After these components were mixed and sufficiently stirred, the mixture was reacted by allowing to standing at 70°C for 12 hours. Then, the reaction product was dried at 70°C, and water and alcohol were removed by evaporation.
  • ⁇ -methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane manufactured by Nippon Unicar Co.
  • Example 1 Furthermore, 70 g of an ⁇ -alumina having an average particle diameter of 2.1 ⁇ m (AL-45-2, manufactured by Showa Denko Co.) was dispersed to obtain a photosensitive paste. Furthermore, the bubbles were removed in the same manner as in Example 1.
  • the space between the concave portion of the mold made in Example 1 and the back plate was filled with the above photosensitive paste.
  • the photosensitive paste filled in the peripheral portion of the mold through the mold was irradiated with light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric OSRAM Ltd. for 2 minutes.
  • photopolymerization of the first photo-setting component was conducted by irradiating with light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm for 1 minute, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Philips Co. This irradiation with light was conducted simultaneously from both sides of the transparent mold and transparent base (back plate).
  • a molded article was removed from the mold, together with the back plate. At this time, a molded article was transferred to the center portion of the back plate. On the other hand, the molded article was not transferred to the peripheral portion of the back plate, but was adhered to the peripheral portion of the mold. That is, the molded article at the peripheral portion of the back plate could be removed from the back plate, together with the mold.
  • a molded article was made in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the peripheral portion of the mold was irradiated with light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm through the back plate using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric OSRAM Ltd., and the mold was removed. The molded article was lightly adhered to the mold. As a result, the molded article could not be peeled from the mold together with the back plate. Even if the molded article was peeled off, it was broken.
  • a molded article was prepared and the mold was removed as described in example 2, except that a light having a wavelength of 300-400 nm was irradiated only through the back plate but not through the mold, using a fluorescent lamp manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric OSRAM Ltd.
  • the molded article was peeled off from the mold and transferred to the base (back plate) at the center portion of the back plate.
  • the molded article was tightly adhered to both the mold and the base, and thus the molded article could not be peeled off satisfactory. Further, even if the molded article is peeled off, it was broken. That is, it was impossible to remove the molded article at the peripheral portion of the back plate, together with the mold.
  • the method of producing the substrate for PDP of the present invention breakage of the base and rib is avoided and the mold can be repeatedly used. According to the method of producing the substrate for PDP of the present invention, by irradiating the rib precursor composition with light whose wavelength is shorter than that corresponding to the second absorption edge, necessity of the step of removing the rib molded article or rib precursor composition at the peripheral portion of the base can be eliminated.

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  1. Procédé de production d'un substrat pour un écran à plasma à partir d'une composition précurseur de nervure (32) contenant un premier initiateur de photodurcissement présentant un premier front d'absorption et un premier composant photodurcissable, ledit procédé comprenant les étapes de :
    fourniture d'un moule (30) comportant une partie concave (28) obtenu par photodurcissement d'un second composant photodurcissable en présence d'un second initiateur de photodurcissement présentant un second front d'absorption dont la longueur d'onde est plus courte que celle correspondant au premier front d'absorption du premier initiateur de photodurcissement et comprenant un second composant photodurcissable non réagi ;
    mise en place de ladite composition précurseur de nervure (32) entre une base (12) et la partie concave du moule (30) ;
    irradiation de la composition précurseur de nervure (32) chargée dans le moule (30) à la partie périphérique de la base (12) avec une lumière possédant une longueur d'onde plus courte que celle correspondant au second front d'absorption pour faire adhérer la composition précurseur de nervure (32) au moule (30) par la réaction de photodurcissement entre le composant durcissable secondaire non réagi dans le moule (30) et le premier composant durcissable dans la composition précurseur de nervure (32) ;
    durcissement de la composition précurseur de nervure (32) restante ne se trouvant pas à l'intérieur de la partie périphérique par irradiation de celle-ci avec une lumière possédant une longueur d'onde plus longue que celle correspondant au second front d'absorption ; et
    retrait du moule (30) et de la composition précurseur de nervure (32) dans la partie périphérique collée au moule.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la base (12) et le moule (30) sont transparents à la seconde longueur d'onde, et l'irradiation de la composition précurseur de nervure (32) restante est exécutée par le biais de la base (12) et du moule (30).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'étape d'irradiation de la partie périphérique comprend en outre le masquage de la partie centrale du moule (30).
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