Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, and a second substrate opposing the first substrate. A plurality of address electrodes are formed on the first substrate along a first direction, and a plurality of barrier ribs are mounted between the first and second substrates and defining a plurality of discharge cells that are formed into a plurality of rows along a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Non-discharge regions are formed between the respective rows of the discharge cells, and a plurality of transverse barrier ribs are formed along the second direction respectively within the non-discharge regions. Each of a plurality of phosphor layers is formed in a respective one of the discharge cells. Display electrodes are formed on the second substrate. At least one end of each of the transverse barrier ribs includes an annular branched segment.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes first and second substrates provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the first substrate. Barrier ribs defining discharge cells are mounted in a display region between the substrates. Further, discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the second substrate substantially perpendicular to the address electrodes. The electrodes are formed into groups of a predetermined number, and the electrodes include effective segments positioned in the display region, terminal segments positioned in a terminal region outside the display region and having a smaller pitch than that of the effective segments, and intermediate segments interconnecting these segments. In at least one group, lengths of elements of the terminal segments increasingly decrease as a distance from a center of the group is increased.