Patent ID: 7656090

Claim:
A plasma display panel, comprising: a rear substrate; a front substrate separated from the rear substrate; a plurality of barrier ribs arranged between the front substrate and the rear substrate and adapted to define a plurality of discharge cells corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels; a plurality of sustain electrode pairs comprising a plurality of first discharge electrodes and a plurality of second discharge electrodes extending parallel to each other and surrounding at least portions of ones of the plurality of discharge cells, the plurality of sustain electrode pairs being adapted to generate a discharge; a plurality of address electrodes surrounding at least portions of the plurality of discharge cells and extending in a direction that crosses the plurality of sustain electrode pairs; a plurality of phosphor layers arranged within the plurality of discharge cells; and a discharge gas arranged within the plurality of discharge cells, wherein a predetermined number of sub-pixels form a unit pixel, and unit pixels adjacent to each other in a direction are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, wherein ones of said plurality of barrier ribs arranged between two separate and adjoining unit pixels have a wider width than ones of said plurality of barrier ribs arranged within a single unit pixel.