Patent ID: 7187347

Claim:
A plasma display panel including: (a) a first substrate; (b) a second substrate facing said first substrate; (c) a plurality of first electrodes formed on a surface of said first substrate which surface faces said second electrode, said first electrodes extending in parallel with one another in a first direction, and each having an input terminal through which a pulse is input thereinto; (d) a plurality of second electrodes formed on a surface of said second substrate which surface faces said first electrode, said second electrodes extending in parallel with one another in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, and each having an input terminal through which a pulse is input thereinto; and (e) a plurality of display cells arranged at intersections of said first electrodes with said second electrodes, wherein a first selection pulse is input into said first electrodes and a second selection pulse is input selectively into one or more of said second electrodes to thereby control whether light is to be emitted in each of said display cells, and at least one of said display cells has a third electrode formed on said first substrate and being electrically connected to a first electrode other than a first electrode belonging to a display cell to which said third electrode belongs.