Patent ID: 6747414
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A plasma display panel comprising:a first substrate made up of a transparent material; a second substrate placed in a manner so as to face said first substrate wherein gas generating ultraviolet rays by discharge excitation is filled in a hermetic manner between said first substrate and said second substrate; a plurality of transparent electrodes formed on said first substrate, each of which is made up of a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion, and a third electrode portion each being different in a width in a row direction on a screen from; a plurality of metal electrode lines extending in said row direction and connected to said transparent electrodes; a plurality of discharge gap formed between said transparent electrodes being adjacent to each other in a column direction; a plurality of discharge cells made up of a pair of the transparent electrodes out of said plurality of said transparent electrodes, and arranged in a matrix form in a space between said first substrate and said second substrate; and wherein, in each of said plurality of said discharge cells, said first electrode portion exists in a vicinity of the discharge gap formed on said first substrate or in contact with said discharge gap, both end portions which are respectively positioned on a partition wall between the discharge cells being adjacent to each other in a row direction on a screen, whereby a clearance between end portions of said first electrode portions being adjacent to each other in said row direction is smaller than a width of said partition wall, said second electrode portion is formed apparent from the metal electrode line, from said discharge gap and from said partition wall, and said third electrode portion in said row direction on said screen is formed in a vicinity of said metal electrode line or in contact with said metal electrode line, a width of said third electrode portion being smaller than that of said second electrode portion.