Patent ID: 8174822

Claim:
A plasma display device, comprising: a plasma display panel (PDP) having electrodes between front and rear substrates; a chassis base on the PDP; printed circuit board assemblies (PBAs) on the chassis base; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connecting the PBAs to the electrodes of the PDP; an anisotropic conductive film between terminals of the electrodes and a terminal of the FPC, the electrodes and the terminals of the electrodes including silver; a dielectric layer between the electrodes and the front substrate, exposed portions of the electrodes including silver being arranged between the anisotropic conductive film and the dielectric layer; and a sealing member surrounding the anisotropic conductive film, the terminals of the electrodes, and the terminal of the FPC, the sealing member including: a first sealing portion in contact with the exposed portions of the electrodes, the terminal of the FPC, and the front substrate, and a second sealing portion in contact with the terminals of the electrodes, the FPC, and the rear substrate, both the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion including a surface hydrophobic modifying layer and an insulation layer therein, such that the sealing member includes therein a plurality of hydrophobic modifying layers and a plurality of insulation layers, wherein the surface hydrophobic modifying layers in the first and second sealing portions include an alkyl silicate.