Patent ID: 7859485

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: one or more scan electrodes and sustain electrodes formed in a front substrate; one or more address electrodes formed in a rear substrate opposite the front substrate, the address electrodes crossing the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes; and barrier ribs formed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, for partitioning a discharge space; first to third data drivers that apply driving signals to first to third electrode groups, respectively, wherein the address electrodes are driven by being divided into the first to third electrode groups, each of the electrode groups being defined by a separate region of the plasma display panel that runs parallel to a direction of the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes, wherein the address electrodes are divided into three regions between an upper side and a lower side of a display region of the plasma display panel, and address electrodes belonging to each region are classified into the first to third electrode groups, wherein the address electrodes belonging to the second electrode group and the address electrodes belonging to the first and third electrode groups are formed on different layers, wherein the first electrode group is provided at an upper side of the plasma display panel, the third electrode group is provided at a lower side of the plasma display panel, and the second electrode group is provided between the first electrode group and the second electrode group, wherein signal lines of each of the first to third electrode groups are connected to each of the first to third data drivers through a corresponding pad unit, wherein the signal lines of the second electrode group are connected to the corresponding pad unit through contact electrodes, wherein the contact electrodes are formed on the rear substrate below the first and third electrode groups, and wherein on the rear substrate below the first electrode group and the third electrode group an insulation layer is provided that insulates the address electrodes belonging to the first electrode group and the third electrode group, and the contact electrodes.