Patent ID: 7602124

Claim:
A Plasma Display Panel (PDP), comprising: first and second substrates arranged facing each other and defining a space therebetween partitioned into at least one discharge cell; a phosphor layer arranged in the at least one discharge cell; an address electrode arranged along a first direction in the space between the first and second substrates; and first and second electrodes electrically insulated from the address electrode and arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction at opposite sides of each of the at least one discharge cells in the space between the first and second substrates; wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes includes a plurality of electrode portions that are separate from each other; wherein the plurality of electrode portions are arranged a top one another in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate; wherein the plurality of electrode portions comprise: a discharge firing electrode portion protruding toward an interior of its respective discharge cell and arranged at a position corresponding to and parallel to the address electrode; and at least one sustain electrode portion protruding toward an interior of its respective discharge cell arranged either between the discharge firing electrode portion and the first substrate or between the discharge firing electrode portion and the second substrate; wherein a distance between the respective protruding discharge firing electrode portions of the first and second electrodes is less than a distance between the respective protruding sustain electrode portions of the first and second electrodes.