Patent ID: 7023136

Claim:
A gas discharge panel, which comprises (a) a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other across an interval, the interval forming a discharge space and being filled with discharge gas, (b) pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge provided on at least one of the substrates, (c) a plurality of discharge cells formed in a pattern along the electrode pairs, and (d) a plurality of phosphor layers formed by baking a phosphor film and provided on the first substrate facing the discharge cells, each phosphor layer corresponding to an illumination color of the discharge cell, and the gas discharge panel displaying a color image by selectively illuminating the discharge cells, wherein a plurality of gap members having a spherical shape are disposed at locations corresponding to boundary areas between and excluding the center areas of the discharge cells, so as to separate the first substrate and second substrate, and determine the interval between the first substrate and second substrate.