Patent ID: 6864632
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A front plate structure for a plasma display panel formed over a plurality of discharge units, wherein a plurality of barrier ribs having wide sections and narrow sections alternatingly formed in a first direction and a plurality of barrier ribs formed in a second direction comprises said plurality of discharge units in a back plate, and any two adjacent discharge units are separated by a non-discharge region in the second direction, said front plate structure comprising: a plate; a plurality of transparent electrodes formed on said plate and arranged in the first direction and parallel to each other; a dielectric layer formed on said plurality of transparent electrodes; a protective layer formed on said dielectric layer; and a plurality of space pad strips formed on said protective layer and arranged in the second direction and parallel to each other to form a height difference, said plurality of space pad strips having a plurality of wide portions and narrow portions, each being alternatingly formed in the second direction, wherein each wide portion is superimposed on a corresponding wide section of said barrier rib arranged in the first direction and across the non-discharge region superimposed on another wide section of the adjacent barrier rib arranged in the first direction, each narrow portion is superimposed on a corresponding barrier rib arranged in the second direction, and, in the first direction, any two adjacent wide portions may form a gas channel.