Patent ID: 6977632

Claim:
An AC-type plasma display panel comprising: a first insulation substrate and a second insulation substrate arranged opposite each other, a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes alternatively arranged on an opposition surface of said first insulation substrate to said second insulation substrate in a first direction, a plurality of data electrodes arranged on an opposition side of said second insulation substrate to said first insulation substrate in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, a first dielectric layer formed to cover said plurality of scanning electrodes and said plurality of common electrodes, a second dielectric layer formed to cover said plurality of data electrodes, a plurality of discharge gaps arranged between said scanning electrodes and said common electrodes, and a plurality of picture cells each of which includes one of cross points of said discharge gaps and data electrodes; wherein a surface-firing voltage between such a scanning electrode region as to correspond to a region over said scanning electrode and such a common electrode region as to correspond to a region over said common electrode on a surface of said first dielectric layer in said picture cell is higher than an opposed-firing voltage between each of said scanning electrode region and said common electrode region and such a region on a surface of said second dielectric layer as to correspond to a region over said data electrode.