Patent ID: 7453206

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a first panel including a first substrate, a display electrode pair formed on a surface of the first substrate, and a dielectric layer formed on the surface of the first substrate so as to cover the display electrode pair; and a second panel including a second substrate and phosphor layers formed on a surface of the second substrate, wherein the first panel and the second panel are set so that the surface of the first substrate on which the display electrode pair and the dielectric layer have been formed faces the surface of the second substrate on which the phosphor layers have been formed, with a plurality of discharge cells being formed between the first panel and the second panel along the display electrode pair, wherein a surface of the dielectric layer facing the second panel has at least two depressions which include a first depression and a second depression that are not connected to each other, in an area that corresponds to each discharge cell, wherein, when the first panel is viewed in a direction perpendicular to its surface, the first depression and the second depression are each shaped like one of U and a V, and the first depression and the second depression are positioned with open ends or closed ends thereof facing each other.