Patent ID: 7199522

Claim:
A plasma discharge method, comprising: providing a first plate and a second plate facing the first plate with a discharge gas in a space between the first plate and the second plate; generating an address discharge between a plurality of first sustain electrodes arranged in the first plate and a plurality of address electrodes arranged in the second plate; generating a first sustain discharge in auxiliary discharge wells formed in the first plate, the first sustain discharge being generated between a plurality of first and second bus electrodes, the first and the second bus electrodes buried in the first plate and forming surfaces that face each other, each of the auxiliary wells formed between one of the first bus electrodes and one of the second bus electrodes; and generating a second sustain discharge between the first sustain electrodes and a plurality of second sustain electrodes, both of the first and the second electrodes formed on an inner surface of the first plate, the first and the second electrodes connected to the first and second bus electrodes, respectively, the first sustain discharge being maintained during the second sustain discharge.