Patent ID: 8247970

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising a first substrate structure and a second substrate structure which oppose each other interposing a discharge gap, wherein the first substrate structure includes: a first substrate; a plurality of display electrode pairs formed along a first direction at a first surface side of the first substrate opposing the second substrate structure; cells sequentially formed along the first direction between the display electrode pair and selected to be turned on or off; a dielectric layer covering the plurality of display electrode pairs; a non-emission area formed to extend in the first direction between the two display electrode pairs next to each other; and a plurality of light-shielding films formed with spacing from the display electrode pair in the non-emission area not to contact the display electrode pair, the display electrode pairs forming the cells and the non-emission area are alternately formed in a direction crossing the first direction, the second substrate structure includes: a second substrate; an address electrode formed along a second direction crossing the first direction at a second surface side of the second substrate opposing the first substrate structure; and a barrier rib formed along the second direction at the second surface side of the second substrate so as to section the discharge space, the first substrate is formed of glass, the display electrode pair includes a transparent electrode portion and a light-shielding electrode portion having different light-shielding properties to visible light, the light-shielding electrode portion is formed of a metal material, and the plurality of light-shielding films are provided in every space between neighboring two lines of the display lines, formed in an island shape at a position not overlapping the barrier rib when viewed from a perpendicular direction to a plane portion of the first substrate, and formed by layering a transparent portion formed of a same material as that of the transparent electrode portion and a light-shielding portion formed of a same material as that of the light-shielding electrode portion sequentially from the first surface side of the first substrate, the transparent portion being interposed between the light-shielding portion and the first substrate.