How a Plasma TV Display Works

A normal television works on the Cathode Ray Tubetechnology. The technology used by Plasma TV and
technology. In CRT TV a beam of negatively chargedthat used by CRT TV are quite different from each
particles, known as electrons, fires up inside the glassother. But the basic process remains the same; that is,
tube. This beam of electrons hits the designated glassthey both deliver different lights at diverse intensities to
surface that has been coated with phosphor solutioncreate the spectrum of colors that we are so
that emits various colors at varied intensities. Thefascinated by.
phosphor atoms lights up and thus produces theThe basic principle that works behind Plasma TV is
pictures.lighting up of tiny fluorescent lights to produce the
For the past seventy-five years televisions have beenimages. These tiny fluorescent lights are called pixels.
working with this technology using the CRT. But theThese individual pixels contain three components of
plasma TV display technology is very different andcolors - red, green and blue. The individual pixel
does not involve the CRT which is not only bulky butproduces colors by mixing of these three basic colors.
also very heavy and takes up a lot of space. PlasmaThe brightness of the colors depends on the intensity
TV is a product of high technology in its purest formof electrons that is hitting the pixels. These individual
for video display.pixels together make up the whole screen and the
A Plasma TV with its flat screen display has quiteintensity of the electrons hitting the pixels together
different from the CRT TV technology. Apart frommake up the images on the screen. This is how the
have a large screen it is less then six inches thick. Theimages are produced on the plasma TV screen.
thickness is getting even thinner with more advanced