Patent ID: 6703772
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A plasma display panel comprising:a first substrate having a first inside face; a second substrate having a second inside face which confronts said first inside face of said first substrate; a plurality of data electrodes extending over said second inside face of said second substrate in a first horizontal direction; a plurality of separation walls extending over said second inside face of said second substrate in said first horizontal direction, and each of said separation walls separating adjacent two of said data electrodes; a plurality of scanning electrode alignments extending over said first inside face of said first substrate in a second horizontal direction; a plurality of sustaining electrode alignments extending over said second inside face of said second substrate in said second horizontal direction; and said scanning electrode alignments and said sustaining electrode alignments being alternately placed in said first horizontal direction, wherein each of said scanning electrode alignments further includes a plurality of scanning electrodes which are aligned with a predetermined constant gap in said second horizontal direction, and which are electrically connected to each other through a first electrode interconnection, and adjacent two of said scanning electrodes included in each of said scanning electrode alignments are separated from each other by said separation wall, wherein each of said sustaining electrode alignments further includes a plurality of sustaining electrodes which are aligned with said predetermined constant gap in said second horizontal direction, and said sustaining electrodes being electrically connected to each other through a second electrode interconnection, and adjacent two of said sustaining electrodes included in each of said scanning electrode alignments are also separated from each other by said separation wall, and wherein said plasma display panel includes a two-dimensional array of cells, and each of said cells includes a pair of said sustaining electrode and said scanning electrode, and said paired sustaining and scanning electrodes are distanced by a surface discharge gap, and are asymmetrically shaped with respect to each other about said surface discharge gap.