Patent ID: 6977633

Claim:
An alternating current (AC) plasma display panel comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, said first substrate and said second substrate disposed facing each other to form a discharge space, and at least one of said first substrate and said second substrate being transparent; first and second display electrodes disposed over said first substrate and arranged in rows adjacent to each other, each of said first and second display electrodes comprising a scan electrode and a sustain electrode located adjacent to each other, a sustaining discharge being generated between said scan electrode and said sustain electrode of each of said first and second display electrodes; one or more conductors disposed over said first substrate, each of said conductors being adjacent to a respective one of said first and second display electrodes, each of said conductors being spaced from said scan electrode and said sustain electrode of a respective one of said first and second display electrodes, and one of said conductors being electrically connected to said sustain electrode of said first display electrodes; a plurality of data electrodes disposed over said second substrate, said plurality of data electrodes being disposed perpendicular to said first and second display electrodes, discharge cells being provided at intersections of said data electrodes and said first and second display electrodes; a plurality of phosphors placed along said data electrodes, respectively; a dielectric layer covering said display electrodes and said conductors; and a barrier disposed on said dielectric layer such that said barrier extends longitudinally approximately parallel with said conductors; wherein said conductors are arranged so that, when a pulse voltage is applied to said display electrodes, currents run through said conductors in a reverse direction to a current running through said display electrodes; wherein currents flow in said conductors so as to generate an electromagnetic wave having a polarity that is reverse of a polarity of an electromagnetic wave generated by a current running through a respective one of said display electrodes; and wherein, in order to prevent a discharge between said one of said conductors and said scan electrode of said second display electrode a distance between said one of said conductors and said scan electrode of said second display electrodes is longer than a distance between said scan electrode of said first display electrode and said sustain electrode of said first display electrode.