Patent ID: 7088043

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a lower substrate and an upper substrate spaced apart by a predetermined distance to form a discharge space therebetween; a plurality of barrier ribs between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, partitioning the discharge space to form a plurality of discharge cells; a plurality of address electrodes formed in parallel on the upper surface of the lower substrate; a plurality of discharge electrodes formed at an angle to the address electrodes on the lower surface of the upper substrate; a fluorescent layer formed on the inner walls of the discharge cells; and an external light shielding member formed on the upper substrate, for preventing external light from entering the discharge cells, wherein the upper substrate has a plurality of cylindrical lenses, which are formed in parallel to the address electrodes on a lower surface thereof to focus visible light generated in the discharge cells by discharge and emit the visible light out of the plasma display panel.