Patent ID: 7061179

Claim:
A plasma display panel, comprising: first and second substrates arranged to oppose one another with a predetermined gap therebetween; address electrodes arranged on a surface of the first substrate to oppose the second substrate; barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates in closed configurations to independently define discharge cells; phosphor layers arranged within each of the discharge cells; and sustain electrodes arranged on a surface of the second substrate to oppose the first substrate, the sustain electrodes being arranged perpendicular to the address electrodes; wherein each of the discharge cells includes first and second sides arranged along the direction of the address electrodes, and third and fourth sides arranged along the direction of the sustain electrodes, and wherein the first and second sides are convexly arranged in a direction away from each other and about centers of the discharge cells, and wherein the third and fourth sides are concavely arranged in a direction toward each other and about the centers of the discharge cells.