Patent ID: 7538492

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a front substrate and a rear substrate arranged opposite to each other; barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells between said front substrate and said rear substrate; address electrodes extending in a first direction to correspond to the discharge cells; phosphor layers formed inside the discharge cells; a first electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first electrode comprising: a line portion extending in the second direction; and a plurality of extensions protruding from the line portion of the first electrode, the extensions of the first electrode being separated from each other; and a second electrode extending in the second direction, the second electrode comprising: a line portion extending in the second direction; and a plurality of extensions protruding from the line portion of the second electrode, the extensions of the second electrode being separated from each other, the line portion of the first electrode and the line portion of the second electrode forming a closest discharge gap, the extensions of the first electrode protruding in a direction away from the closest discharge gap, the extensions of the second electrode protruding in a direction away from the closest discharge gap.