Patent ID: 8076849

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a front substrate on which a first electrode and a second electrode are positioned parallel to each other; a rear substrate on which a third electrode is positioned to intersect the first electrode and the second electrode; and a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate to partition a discharge cell, wherein: the first electrode and the second electrode are bus electrodes, the first electrode and the second electrode each include a first line portion and a second line portion intersecting the third electrode, a projecting portion projecting from the first line portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first line portion and the second line portion, the first electrode and the second electrode each further include a tail portion that projects from the second line portion, the projecting portion includes first and second projecting portions projecting in a direction toward the center of the discharge cell, the tail portion includes first and second tail portions projecting in a direction opposite a projecting direction of the first and second projecting portions, the connecting portion includes a first connecting portion positioned in a straight line with the first projecting portion and the first tail portion and a second connecting portion positioned in a straight line with the second projecting portion and the second tail portion, and a size of a portion of widths of the first and second projecting portions or the first and second tail portions is greater than a size of the widths of the first and second connecting portions.