US Patent 7294957 Flat lamp

Provided is a flat lamp which includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate that form discharge space therebetween disposed facing each other, a plurality of discharge electrodes formed at least on one of the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a plurality of spacers that form a plurality of discharge cells by defining the discharge space, and disposed parallel to the discharge electrodes between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, to which a voltage is induced by applying a voltage to the discharge electrodes, formed on a surface of the spacers, and a fluorescent layer formed on an inner wall of the discharge cells.