Patent ID: 7422503

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a first substrate so as to be parallel with each other; a third electrode disposed on a second substrate confronting the first substrate via a discharge space so as to be orthogonal to the first electrode and the second electrode; a fourth electrode disposed on the second substrate so as to be parallel with the first electrode and the second electrode and to be positioned closer to the first electrode and the second electrode than the third electrode; and a barrier rib disposed on the second substrate to separate a plurality of main discharge cells, which are formed of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, from a plurality of priming discharge cells, which are formed of the first electrode and the fourth electrode or formed of the second electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein, at least the third electrode is covered with a first dielectric layer and the fourth electrode is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and the fourth electrode is made of material having a softening temperature lower than that of material forming the first dielectric layer.