Patent ID: 7646150

Claim:
A plasma display panel (PDP), comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of discharge cells partitioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of phosphor layers arranged within the plurality of discharge cells; a plurality of address electrodes extending in a first direction on the second substrate; and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction, arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, arranged apart from the plurality of address electrodes, and protruding in a third direction away from the second substrate, wherein the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes face each other with a space therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes and each of the plurality of second electrodes respectively include a plurality of expanded portions corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of discharge cells and extending in the third direction, and a plurality of connecting portions connecting ones of the plurality of expanded portions in the second direction and forming stepped portions therefrom, and wherein a plurality of first apertures that communicate with the plurality of discharge cells adjacent to each other along the first direction are arranged between the ones of the plurality of connecting portions that are adjacent to each other in the second direction.