Generating Images
Unlike other flat-panel TV technologies, plasma displays do not use a light source to generate images. In plasmas, electric fields cause pockets of inert gas trapped in tiny cells between two glass panels to change into plasma.
Creating Pictures
When the gasses are electrically charged, they emit ultraviolet light, which in turn strikes red, green and blue phosphors that are coated on the inside surface of each cell. The charged phosphors display the colors that you see through the front glass panel.
Producing Rich Color
By varying the amount of electricity striking each cell with the plasma, the display can increase or decrease the intensity of color, creating hundreds of combinations of red, green and blue. The result is rich colors across a broad spectrum of light.
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