Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a plurality of row electrode pairs (X, Y) provided on a front glass substrate (10); a protective layer (12) on the front glass substrate (10); and a plurality of column electrodes (D) provided in a back substrate (13) at intersections with the row electrode pairs (X, Y) to form discharge cells (C) in the discharge space (S). An ultraviolet region light emissive layer (17) having persistence characteristics allowing continuous emission of ultraviolet light as a result of excitation by ultraviolet rays having 0.1 msec or more of a wavelength is provided at a site facing each discharge cell (C) between the front glass substrate (10) and the back glass substrate (13).

Abstract: Each of partition walls of a plasma display panel has a pair of transverse walls which are disposed in parallel with each other having a space equal to a width of a discharge cell in the column direction, and vertical walls which are disposed between the pair of vertical walls in parallel with each other having a space equal to a width of the discharge cell in the row direction and which are integrally coupled to the pair of transverse walls. Each partition wall defines discharge cells in each line of the plasma display panel, and is formed such that a width of a portion of the transverse wall situated between the adjacent vertical walls is larger than a width of a portion of the transverse wall coupled to the vertical wall.

Abstract: An additional dielectric layer (11A) is formed on a backside of a dielectric layer (11) to protrude to the inside of a discharge space (S) and extend along an edge of a discharge cell C in parallel to the row direction. Row electrodes (X, Y) respectively have bus electrodes (Xb, Yb) extending along the edge of the discharge cells (C) in the row direction, and transparent electrodes (Xa, Ya) paired with each other in each discharge cell C. An overlap portion (m) of a proximal end (Xa3, Ya3) of each transparent electrode (Xa, Ya) connected to the bus electrode (Xb, Yb), which overlaps the additional dielectric layer (11A), is designed to be smaller in width than that of a linking portion (Xa2, Ya2) between the overlapping portion (m) and a distal end of the transparent electrode.

Abstract: A plasma display panel comprises a front substrate plate providing a display surface; a plurality of row electrode pairs formed on an inner surface of the front substrate plate; a dielectric layer formed on the plurality of row electrode pairs; a protection layer formed on the dielectric layer; a rear substrate plate spaced apart from the front substrate plate with a discharge space formed therebetween; a plurality of column electrodes formed on an inner surface of the rear substrate layer, arranged in a direction orthogonal to the row electrode pairs; a plurality of elongated partitions disposed between the plurality of column electrodes; a fluorescent layer of various colors, covering the column electrodes and elongated partitions; a plurality of color filter layers formed on the inner surface of the front substrate layer. In particular, each row electrode pair includes a pair of elongated main body portions and a plurality of projection pairs.

Abstract: A surface discharge type plasma display panel is comprised of a plurality of discharge maintaining electrodes extending in parallel with displaying lines, and a plurality of address electrodes extending perpendicular to the discharge maintaining electrodes. One important feature of the display panel is that at least one dummy electrode is provided on a non-displaying area outside an outmost electrode of the above address electrodes, in a manner such that the dummy electrode is adjacent to and in parallel with said outmost address electrode and is electrically connected to the outmost address electrode by means of connecting conductors.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a plurality of row electrode pairs (X, Y) forming display lines which are formed on a front glass substrate (10). Each row electrode (X, Y) of the row electrode pair (X, Y) makes up transparent electrodes (Xa, Ya) each formed opposing the corresponding transparent electrode (Xa, Ya) via a discharge gap (g) for each pair, and a bus electrode (Xb, Yb) connected to the transparent electrodes (Xa, Ya). In such plasma display panel, a light-shield layer 20A is formed at least on a portion between the two bus electrodes situated back to back and a required portion in proximal to sides of the bus electrodes (Xb, Yb)connected to the transparent electrodes (Xa, Ya) on the front glass substrate (10).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plasma display device that enables high-luminosity display while keeping consumption of power low. After causing reset discharge to form a wall charge in the dielectric layer of all discharge cells of a plasma display panel, pixel data are written by causing selective erasure discharge to erase, in accordance to pixel data corresponding to an input video signal, the wall charge formed in each discharge cell, and sustaining pulses, with a voltage value of at least 200 volts, are applied alternately to each row electrode of each row electrode pair of the plasma display panel to repeatedly cause sustained discharge to occur only in discharge cells having residual wall charge.

Abstract: In a plasma display panel, a floating electrode (F1) is provided each portion on at least one of the front glass substrate (10) and the back glass substrate (13) facing the vertical wall (15a) of the partition wall (15) defining partition between the discharge cells (C) adjacent to each other in the row direction, and formed with the same materials as the transparent electrode (Xa, Ya) or the bus electrode (Xb, Yb)

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a partition wall (35) arranged between a front substrate (10) and a back substrate (13), and having vertical walls (35a) extending in the column direction and transverse walls (35b) extending in the row direction to define a discharge space (S) into each discharge cell (C) in the row direction and the column direction. A clearance (SL) extending in parallel to the row direction divides the transverse wall (35b) situated between the adjacent discharge cells (C) respectively in the column direction to each other. A groove (11Aa) formed in the additional dielectric layer (11A) makes communication between the inside of the clearance (SL) and the inside of the adjacent discharge cells (C) in the column direction.

Abstract: A surface-discharge type plasma display panel, comprises: a plurality of displaying lines each including a first maintaining electrode and a second maintaining electrode, forming a discharging gap therebetween; and a dielectric layer coverring the first and second maintaining electrodes. A mutual positional relationship between a first maintaining electrode and a second maintaining electrode is alternatively changed from one displaying line to another. Each first maintaining electrode and/or each second maintaining electrode are constructed in a manner such that two adjacent maintaining electrodes are electrically connected to each other through at least one connecting means.

Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display device for producing a display by using an addressing period in which paired row electrodes are applied with a scan pulse, and column electrodes are simultaneously applied with pixel data pulses to select light emitting pixels and non-light emitting pixels, and a discharge sustaining period in which the paired row electrodes are applied with a sustain pulse to sustain discharges for light emitting pixels and non-light emitting pixels, wherein the sustain pulse has a waveform exhibiting a change in magnitude of a voltage value which gently increases from the vicinity of a minimal discharge sustaining voltage value in a unit light emitting region.

Abstract: A method of driving a surface-discharge type plasma display panel, comprises: providing an address period for selecting picture elements to be lighted and picture elements not to be lighted in accordance with displaying data; providing a discharge maintaining period for alternatively applying discharge maintaining pulses to first and second maintaining electrodes so as to maintain the lighted picture elements and the not-lighted picture elements; applying two discharge maintaining pulses having different phases to every two second maintaining electrodes between which there is a first maintaining electrode serving as a common electrode for the two second maintaining electrodes.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus which improves the contrast of images displayed thereon. A plurality of paired row electrodes Xi, Yi are formed in parallel with each other in a surface discharge AC plasma display apparatus. A plurality of column electrodes are formed facing to the paired row electrodes through a discharge space, and extend perpendicularly to the paired row electrodes so as to define a unit light emitting region including an intersection formed every time the column electrode cross with the paired row electrodes. A gas mixture including Ne.Xe is sealed in the discharge space at a pressure ranging from 400 torr to 600 torr. The row electrodes in the unit light emitting region are formed to have a width w of 300 .mu.m or more. The intensity of light emitted by discharge not related to display is suppressed.

Abstract: A driving method of a plasma display panel which has a plurality of row electrode pairs and a plurality of column electrode pairs arranged so as to intersect the row electrode pairs and form pixels at the respective intersecting sections, and which performs a display by using an address period in which a scanning pulse is applied to one of the pair of row electrodes and a pixel data pulse is applied to the column electrodes and a light-on/light-off pixel is selected in accordance with pixel data and a maintaining discharge period in which discharge maintaining pulses are alternately applied to the row electrode pair and the light-on/light-off pixel is maintained, wherein an electric potential of the column electrode is changed every pixel or every pixel group consisting of a plurality of pixels in the maintaining discharge period.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus which improves the contrast of images displayed thereon. A plurality of paired row electrodes Xi, Yi are formed in parallel with each other in a surface discharge AC plasma display apparatus. A plurality of column electrodes are formed facing to the paired row electrodes through a discharge space, and extend perpendicularly to the paired row electrodes so as to define a unit light emitting region including an intersection formed every time the column electrode cross with the paired row electrodes. A gas mixture including Ne.multidot.Xe is sealed in the discharge space at a pressure ranging from 400 torr to 600 torr. The row electrodes in the unit light emitting region are formed to have a width w of 300 .mu.m or more. The intensity of light emitted by discharge not related to display is suppressed.

Abstract: A surface discharge type plasma display panel has a dielectric layer facing to a discharge gas space and a pair of sustaining electrodes embedded in the dielectric layer and disposed apart from each other by a discharge gap on one of the substrates spaced parallel to each other at the discharge gas space. The dielectric layer includes a pair of first thickness portions formed on far ends of the electrodes from the discharge gap respectively which are larger than a second thickness portion on facing near ends of the facing electrodes. The dielectric layer is provided with a depth from its surface to the substrate larger than that on the second thickness portion between adjacent the electrodes. This plasma display panel prevents any useless expansion of the surface discharge over the sustaining electrodes.

Abstract: A planer discharge type plasma display panel has an internal configuration to suppress an increase in power consumption and also to provide high brightness in the sense of visual sensation. A pair of row electrodes X,Y parallel to each other are formed on a front glass substrate in the display section, and transparent electrodes with a discharging gap formed in a portion thereof and bus electrodes are formed on a portion of the substrate, and a dielectric layer is further formed to cover the electrodes. The dielectric layer is formed so that a film thickness of the bus electrode is made larger as compared to that of the dielectric layer in a light emitting region between the opposing bus electrodes, namely by providing a protruding section thereon. The area of the protruding section is made small in a central portion of the PDP, and is gradually made larger in a direction from the central portion to the peripheral section thereof.

Abstract: A surface discharge plasma display apparatus comprising a plurality of pairs of column electrodes extending horizontally in parallel, and a plurality of row electrodes facing the column electrodes at a distance, said row electrodes extending perpendicularly to the column electrodes to define an emitting pixel region with the facing one pair of column electrodes, wherein at least one of the column electrodes in the pair comprises a base portion extending horizontally and a projecting portion extending perpendicularly from the base portion every emitting pixel region, wherein the length of the projecting portion is within the range from 400 .mu.m to 1000 .mu.m. In the surface discharge plasma display apparatus according to the present invention, the emitting efficiency is improved to increase the level thereof, the amount of the current which passes through each of the electrodes may be decreased, thereby the consumption power per emitting pixel region being decreased.