Patent ID: 7173374

Claim:
A plasma display panel apparatus comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes provided in a row direction on the first substrate; and a plurality of second electrodes provided in the row direction on the first substrate, at least one of said plurality of second electrodes being formed between two adjacent first electrodes, defining first discharge cells with one of the two adjacent first electrodes, and further defining second discharge cells with the other of the two adjacent first electrodes, at least one of said plurality of first electrodes being formed between two adjacent second electrodes, wherein: the at least one of said plurality of first electrodes and the at least one of said plurality of second electrodes face each other with a predetermined electrode gap therebetween; a sustain discharge is generated by a voltage potential difference between the at least one of said plurality of first electrodes and the at least one of said pluraliyt of second electrodes; and an area of the at least one of said plurality of first electrodes is larger than that of the at least one of said plurality of second electrodes.