Patent ID: 7462986

Claim:
A plasma display panel comprising: a first panel and a second panel attached to each other such that discharge cells are formed for generating an image through a gas discharge within the discharge cells; a gas exhaust port formed near at least one edge of the first panel, the gas exhaust port defining a passageway communicating with the discharge cells; and a gas exhaust tube provided on an outside of the first panel, the gas exhaust tube communicating with the discharge cells via the gas exhaust port, wherein the gas exhaust port has a gas exhaust port axial center line through the passageway and the gas exhaust tube has a gas exhaust tube axial center line, the gas exhaust port axial center line and the gas exhaust tube axial center line being substantially parallel to one another but not in line with one another, wherein an imaginary planar cross-sectional area perpendicular to the gas exhaust tube axial center line is defined by a perimeter line of the gas exhaust tube, wherein an imaginary planar cross-sectional area perpendicular to the gas exhaust port axial center line is defined by a perimeter line of the gas exhaust port, and wherein the perimeter line of the gas exhaust tube and the perimeter line of the gas exhaust port overlap.