Patent ID: 7378796

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate being arranged so as to face the first substrate across a discharge space; a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes that are disposed in parallel on the first substrate; a plurality of third electrodes arranged on the second substrate so as to be disposed in a direction orthogonal to the pluralities of first and second electrodes; a plurality of fourth electrodes disposed on the second substrate so as to be in parallel with the pluralities of first and second electrodes, and such that a distance between the plurality of fourth electrodes and the pluralities of first and second electrodes is less than a distance between the plurality of third electrodes and the pluralities of first and second electrodes; a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, each of the auxiliary electrodes being connected to any one of the first and second electrodes so as to be parallel with the plurality of fourth electrodes; a plurality of barrier ribs formed on the second substrate; a plurality of main discharge cells partitioned by the plurality of barrier ribs such that each of the main discharge cells corresponds to one of the first electrodes, one of the second electrodes, and one of the third electrodes; and a plurality of priming discharge cells partitioned by the plurality of barrier ribs such that each of the priming discharge cells corresponds to one of the fourth electrodes and either one of the first electrodes or one of the auxiliary electrodes, wherein in an initialization time period, positive pulse voltage is applied to the first electrodes so as to perform initialization between the auxiliary electrodes and the fourth electrodes, and in a subsequent addressing time period, positive voltage is applied to the fourth electrodes, wherein the plurality of third electrodes is covered with a first dielectric layer, the plurality of fourth electrodes is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and each of the third electrodes has a plurality of circular or elliptical shaped slotted parts in a longitudinal direction of the third electrodes.