P-70: A New Chassis Design Concept for Plasma Display Panels

Plasma display panel (PDP) manufacturers are motivated to reduce costs to broaden consumer acceptance and to fend off competition from other flat panel and projection display technologies. This paper introduces a novel approach to designing the plasma display panel chassis that represents the lowest cost and lightest weight chassis system in the industry while significantly reducing the average screen temperature compared to conventional chassis designs. The new chassis design is enabled by the use of a natural graphite based thermal spreader sheet that renders redundant the thermal spreading function of the solid aluminum chassis.