Patent ID: 7230381

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a plasma display panel having a pair of substrates opposed to each other to define a gas discharge space therebetween, at least one of the substrates having thereon a plurality of electrodes and a dielectric layer covering the electrodes, each electrode having a terminal and a lead extending to the terminal, the terminal and the lead being disposed on a peripheral region of said at least one of the substrates, the method comprising: forming a terminal protective layer of a predetermined thickness on the peripheral region including the terminals and the leads so that the peripheral region is covered with the terminal protective layer; forming the dielectric layer on the electrodes in overlapping relation with the terminal protective layer, the dielectric layer being thinner than the terminal protective layer; sealing peripheries of the pair of substrates in a region where the terminal protective layer is formed, by using a sealing material; removing, by etching, the terminal protective layer and the dielectric layer outside the sealing material to expose the terminals of the electrodes.