Patent ID: 7567035

Claim:
A gas discharge display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposing one another; a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a surface of the second substrate opposing the first substrate, the first electrodes being arranged along one direction parallel to one another, the first electrodes comprising a plurality of scan electrodes and a plurality of display electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes arranged on a surface of the first substrate opposing the second substrate, the second electrodes being arranged along a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes being a plurality of address electrodes; a plurality of barrier ribs arranged between the second electrodes and defining a plurality of concave regions, a plurality of discharge cells and an image producing display region corresponding to the plurality of discharge cells; and a plurality of terminals arranged to an exterior of the discharge cells away from and outside of the image producing display region, the terminals being connected to the plurality of second electrodes, wherein gradient surfaces are arranged at one end of each concave region extending along a lengthwise direction of the concave region, the gradient surfaces having a constant slope while being an inclined surface with respect to a bottom surface of the concave regions, a connecting electrode being arranged on each of the gradient surfaces, the connecting electrodes being connected to the terminals and to the second electrodes, the first substrate comprising a plurality of grooves that receive the terminals, the connecting electrodes having substantially a same width and a same thickness as the second electrodes.