Patent ID: 7230379

Claim:
A plasma display panel, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween; address electrodes formed on a surface of the first substrate opposing the second substrate; barrier ribs mounted in the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining discharge cells; phosphor layers formed within each of the discharge cells; and sustain electrodes formed on a surface of the second substrate opposing the first substrate, the sustain electrodes being formed along a direction substantially perpendicular to the address electrodes, wherein the sustain electrodes include scan electrodes and common electrodes, one scan electrode being formed for each row of the discharge cells formed along the direction substantially perpendicular to the address electrodes, two common electrodes being formed for each row of the discharge cells formed along the direction substantially perpendicular to the address electrodes, and each common electrode being shared among rows of the discharge cells adjacent along the direction the address electrodes are formed, wherein the common electrodes are mounted in areas corresponding to the formation of non-discharge regions formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the scan electrodes are formed along areas corresponding substantially to centers of the discharge cells of each row of the discharge cells formed along the direction substantially perpendicular to the address electrodes, and wherein a single address electrode of said address electrodes corresponds with a scan electrode of said scan electrodes and with a pair of said common electrodes for addressing a discharge cell of said discharge cells.