Patent ID: 8212477

Claim:
A plasma display panel driven by plural subfields forming one field, the subfields comprising: a writing period during which writing discharging occurs in discharge cells to be displayed; and a sustaining period during which sustain discharging occurs in the discharging cells in which the writing discharging occurs during the writing period, the plasma display panel comprising: a first substrate; plural pairs of display electrodes, each pair consisting of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate such that a discharge space is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and plural data electrodes disposed on the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes, the plural data electrodes including a middle portion having a first constant width, opposite end portions having a second constant width, and respective tapered portions extending from the middle portion to each of the end portions; and a plurality of barrier ribs such that the barrier ribs are arranged parallel to the data electrodes and the respective ones of the discharge cells are formed between adjacent two of the barrier ribs, wherein the second constant width is greater than the first constant width by a factor of more than 1.0 and not more than 1.5, the second constant width is not more than a half of a spacing between the adjacent two of the barrier ribs, respective ones of the discharge cells include a phosphor operable to emit a blue color, a phosphor operable to emit a red color, or a phosphor operable to emit a green color, and the opposite end portions of the data electrode corresponding to the respective one of the discharge cells including the phosphor operable to emit the blue color are wider than the opposite end portions of the data electrode corresponding to the respective one of the discharge cells including the phosphor operable to emit the red color.