Patent ID: 7235923

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus, comprising: a plasma display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to each other with a gap formed therebetween, the plasma display panel having a plasma discharge structure in the gap between the first and second substrates; a chassis base disposed adjacent to one side of the plasma display panel and substantially parallel to the plasma display panel; and a drive circuit disposed on a side of the chassis base opposite to a side adjacent to the plasma display panel, the drive circuit being electrically connected to the plasma display panel for driving the plasma display panel; wherein the first and second substrates of the plasma display panel form an overlapping region in which the first and second substrates overlie each other, and at least one pair of non-overlapping regions is formed where the first and second substrates do not overlie each other; wherein the non-overlapping regions are asymmetrically formed about the overlapping region; and wherein the non-overlapping regions have different respective widths, each of the respective widths being formed as an average distance from a corresponding adjacent edge of the overlapping region to an outermost edge of a corresponding non-overlapping region.