Patent ID: 6714175
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A plasma display panel having a screen, comprising:a plurality of first main electrodes for row selection; a plurality of second main electrodes, arranged alternately with the plurality of first main electrodes, defining electrode pairs with respective ones of the plural first main electrodes, each pair defining a corresponding row in which surface discharges are produced; a plurality of address electrodes for column selection; a plurality of partitions, each adjacent pair thereof defining therebetween a discharge space of a corresponding column and each column being continuous over a full length of the screen; each of the first main electrodes and of the second main electrodes including a transparent conductive film securing an electrode area and a metal film reducing electrical resistance; and each of the address electrodes crossing the respective metal films of the first main electrodes and being formed into a band-like structure, whose shape is changed periodically such that a first area of the band-like structure, adjacent and corresponding to the metal film of the second main electrode, is outside of a second area between the respective, adjacent partitions of each column of the screen and a third area of the band-like structure, opposed to the metal film of the first main electrode, is inside the second area between the respective, adjacent partitions of each column of the screen.