Patent ID: 7141929
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G09G,H01J

Abstract:
1. A plasma display panel, comprising: a scan electrode and a sustain electrode parallel with each other on a front substrate; a data electrode on a back substrate positioned orthogonally to the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, the back substrate facing the front substrate with a discharge space therebetween; and a first discharge space and a second discharge space between the front substrate and the back substrate partitioned apart by a barrier rib, wherein a main discharge cell for performing a discharge with the scan electrode, the sustain electrode and the data electrode is in the first discharge space, a dielectric layer is on the back substrate in the second discharge space covering the data electrode, a priming electrode, independent of the data electrode, is on the dielectric layer so that the priming electrode is parallel to the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a priming discharge cell for performing a discharge with the scan electrode and the priming electrode is in the second discharge space, with different voltage signals applied to the priming electrode and the data electrode.