Patent ID: 6295040
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
An AC type plasma display panel, comprising:first and second sustain electrodes, extending in parallel along a line direction and being spaced apart, in a second direction perpendicular to the line direction, and defining a discharge slit therebetween;a discharge space;a dielectric layer coated on the first and second sustain electrodes so as to insulate the first and second sustain electrodes from the discharge space, a discharge for lighting being generated along a surface of said dielectric layer in the direct vicinity of the slit;an address electrode crossing and opposing the first and second sustain electrodes and separated therefrom via the dielectric layer and the discharge space;the first sustain electrode comprising an elongated first transparent electrode having a first edge adjacent to, and a second edge remote from, the discharge slit and a first elongated metal electrode of a narrower width than a width of said first transparent electrode and disposed thereon with a first edge facing the discharge slit but displaced in the second direction from the discharge slit and the first edge of the first sustain electrode and a second edge remote from the discharge slit and adjacent to the second edge of the first sustain electrode; andthe second sustain electrode comprising an elongated second transparent electrode having a first edge adjacent to, and a second edge remote from, the discharge slit and an elongated second metal electrode of a narrower width than a width of said second transparent electrode and disposed thereon with a first edge facing the discharge slit and adjacent to the discharge slit and the first edge of the second transparent electrode and a second edge remote from the discharge slit and displaced in the second direction from the second edge of the second transparent electrode.