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AC PDP First Publication4 x 4 array University of Illinois1966

AC PDP Receives IndustrialResearch 100 Award16 x 16 arrayUniversity of Illinois1968

Practical Open-CellStructure for AC PDP128 x 128 pixels, 4'' x 4''Owens Illinois1968

First Practical MatrixAddressing for ACPDP Memory PanelUniversity of Illinois1967

First AC PDP prototypewith color phoshpors,Used xenon gasUniversity of Illinois1967

Self-Scan DC PDPInventedBurroughs1969

AC PDP InventedOne pixel with memoryUniversity of Illinois1964

PDP InventorsProf Don Bitzer (right)Prof Gene SlottowUniversity of Illinois

First Grey Scale onDC Self-Scan PDPBurroughs1970

Invention of Grey Scale method for memoryAC PDPHitachi/ Mitsubishi1972

High Quality Full-Color16 inch DC-PDP PrototypeNHK1978

Early AC PDPColor PanelsOwens-Illinois1971

First Surface-DischargeAC-PDP; has greenphoshpor on front plateFujitsu1973

Matrix Surface Dischargewith phosphor prototypeFujitsu1979

First AC PDPProduct512 x 512 pixelFull GraphicOwens-Illinois1971

First AC PDPBankingTerminal Product line,all panels use MgOIBM 1973

1000 PLATO graphicsterminals at U of Illinoisuse 512 x 512 AC PDPs byOwens Illinois1975

Townsend DischargeDC PDP achieves record1.5 lm/W EfficacyHitachi1984

Three-electrodeColorAC PDPPrototypeFujitsu1984

Three-electrode Color AC PDP withData Electrode on Front Plate; Scanand Sustain Electrodes on Back PlateAT&T Bell Labs1986

Energy RecoverySustain Circuit for AC-PDPUniversity of Illinois 1986

960 x768 Pixel 17 inchdiagonal full graphicproductAC PDPIBM1983

59 Inch Diagonal2048 x 2048 Pixel AC PDPPhotonics1987

Toshiba Portable PCuses DC PDPs byMatsushita or Oki1989

First Three-ElectrodeAC PDP ProductHad Data Electrode onFront Plate; Scanand Sustain Electrodes on Back PlateAT&T1986

31-in. Three electrodeADS Grey Scale MethodprototypeFujitsu1990

20 inch Multi-ColorAC PDPFinancial DisplayFujitsu1990

High Contrast Ratio21-in AC PDPuses Ramp SetupPlasmaco1994

40 inch 840 x 480Full Color prototypeNEC1994

60 inch diagonal1366 x 768 HDTVAC PDP prototypePlasmaco1999

Three electrode reflectivephosphor productionFujitsu1990

21 inch diagonalFull Color VGAAC PDP ProductFujitsu1992

First 42 inch FullColor ProductFujitsu1996

50 inch diagonal 1280 x 768 DTV AC PDP Full ColorProduct using CLEARPioneer1997

40-inch DiagonalFull Color DC PDPPrototypeNHK1993

50 Years of SID Symposia – Nurturing Progress in Plasma Displays

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MgO Cathode for AC PDPFujitsuOwens-IllinoisIBM1972

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99 watt 42 inch1080p ProductPanasonic2010

Crystal Emissive Layergives High ContrastPioneer2005

First 3-DPlasma TV ProductSamsung2008

103 inch Diagonal1080p ProductPanasonic2006

High Xenon Productsachieve record1.8 Im/W EfficacyPioneer2001

3 meter by 2 meterPlasma Tube Array ProductShinoda Plasma2009

5 Im/W Record LuminousEfficacy 4 inch PrototypePhilips2003

150 inch Diagonal2160 x 4096 pixelPrototypePanasonic2008

145 inch Diagonal7680 x 4320 pixel Prototypefor Super Hi-VisionNHK and Panasonic2012

12/04/28 [拡大画像]NHKとパナソニック、世界初145型スーパーハイビジョンPDP開発 -AV Watch

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NHKとパナソニック、世界初145型スーパーハイビジョンPDP開発－新駆動方式でちらつき抑える。5月の技研公開で展示

スーパーハイビジョン(SHV)表示用の145型プラズマディスプレイパネル

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Francis Rice Darne Award Fellow of the SID Special Recognition AwardH. Gene Slottow 1973 George E. Holz 1974 Joseph Markin 1976James C. Greeson, Jr. 1980 H. Gene Slottow 1975 Donald L. Bitzer 1979George E. Holz 1984 Thomas C. Maloney 1977 Tony N. Criscimagna 1979James A. Ogle 1984 Peter Pleshko 1978 Peter D. T. Ngo 1979Peter Pleshko 1985 Alan Sobel 1981 Larry F. Weber 1982

Peter D. T. Ngo 1982 Omesh Sahni 1983Jan Rajchman Prize Yoshifumi Amano 1983 Shigeo Mikoshiba 1991

Shigeo Mikoshiba 2007 Roger L. Johnson 1986 Jacques L. Deschamps 1993Omesh Sahni 1987 Tsutae Shinoda 1993

Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize Heiju Uchiike 1988 Hiroshi Murakami 1994Larry F. Weber 2000 Takehiro Kojima 1989 Larry F. Weber 1995Tsutae Shinoda 2003 Larry F. Weber 1989 Keiji Nunomura 1998

Shigeo Mikoshiba 1995 Tadatsugu Hirose 2001Tsutae Shinoda 1999 Susumu Sakamoto 2001Jean-Pierre Boeuf 2004 Yoichi Sato 2002Hiroshi Murakami 2005 George Dick 2004Ki-Woong WhangYoichi Sato

20062011

Toshihiro Komaki 2004Gerrit Oversluizen 2005Tomokazu Shiga 2005Keiichi Betsui 2005Yoshikazu Kanazawa 2006Koichi Sakita 2007Kimio Amemiya 2008Tsutae Shinoda 2010Ryuichi Murai 2010Kenji Awamoto 2010Manabu IshimotoRavi P. Rao

20102011

Plasma Technology SID Award Winners

Contributors to initially generating (2003) and in 2010/12updating this Milestone Technology Chart

2003 - Larry Weber (architect) 2010/2012 Revision - Larry Weber (chair) consulting with Shigeo Mikoshiba, Gerrit Oversluizen, Yong-Seog Kim