Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with discharge cells therebetween, first and second display electrodes formed to extend along a first direction and between the first and second substrates to correspond to the discharge cells, the first and second display electrodes facing each other with a space therebetween to expand in a third direction from the first substrate to the second substrate; and first and second address electrodes formed to extend along a second direction intersecting the first direction, between the first and second substrates, and separated from each other in the third direction.

Abstract: A method of making a plasma display panel, whereby an address electrode is formed on a front substrate, a green sheet is formed to cover the address electrode, a dielectric layer pattern is formed by exposing, developing, and firing the green sheet, a composition for a display electrode is filled in the dielectric layer pattern and then fired to form a patterned display electrode, and a dielectric layer is formed to cover the patterned display electrode, thereby fabricating a front substrate. The green sheet includes a first green sheet that is formed using a dielectric composition, and a second green sheet that is formed on the first green sheet and using a photosensitive dielectric composition.

Abstract: A plasma display device having an improved electrode structure that is capable of improving a contrast of the plasma display panel while decreasing a discharge firing voltage is provided. A plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the invention includes first and second substrates disposed opposite to each other, barrier ribs arranged in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate to define at least one discharge cell, address electrodes formed along a first direction, and display electrodes formed along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The display electrodes include bus electrodes formed extending in the second direction, expansion electrodes that extend toward the center of each discharge cell from the bus electrodes and face each other in the discharge cell with a discharge gap interposed therebetween, and auxiliary electrodes located at front ends of the expansion electrodes opposite to each other.

Abstract: A plasma display panel capable of increasing a luminous efficiency while decreasing discharge firing voltage while easily generating an address discharge by generating a sustain discharge as facing discharge. The discharge sustain electrodes are on barrier ribs between the two substrates. One of the sustain discharge electrodes extends between discharge cells and the other extends through discharge cells dividing discharge cells into two portions. Each discharge sustain electrode is surrounded by a dielectric material and also a non-transparent MgO protective layer. These electrodes are formed to be tall and narrow to allow for superior facing discharge potential.

Abstract: A plasma display panel comprises: first and second substrates facing each other; a plurality of barrier ribs partitioning a discharge space between the first and second substrates so as to define a plurality of discharge cells; address electrodes extending in parallel with each other and in a predetermined direction; first and second electrodes disposed on the second substrate in a direction intersecting the direction of the address electrodes, the first and second electrodes being separated from the address electrodes, the first and second electrodes being provided in correspondence with each of the discharge cells; and phosphor layers coated on the discharge cells. The first and second electrodes protrude in a direction from the second substrate to the first substrate, and face each other so as to provide a space therebetween.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including: a front panel including a front substrate, a sustain electrode on a surface of the front substrate extending in one direction and including an X electrode and a Y electrode, and a first dielectric layer including an anodized material of the sustain electrode on a surface of the sustain electrode not contacting the front substrate; a rear panel facing the front panel, and including a rear substrate, an address electrode on one surface of the rear substrate facing the front substrate, and a second dielectric layer covering the address electrode; and a barrier rib partitioning a plurality of discharge cells between the front panel and the rear panel in a pattern.

Abstract: A PDP having an opposing electrode structure including first and second substrates facing each other. A space between the first and second substrates is divided into discharge cells. Address electrodes extend in a first direction between the first and second substrates, and first and second electrodes extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction while being spaced apart from the address electrodes. At least one of the address electrodes or the first and second electrodes has a protruding portion that protrudes toward the center of each discharge cell. The protruding portions help reduce the discharge gap which in turn reduces the discharge firing voltage. Expansion portions formed as parts of the first and second electrodes increase the discharge gap used by the sustain discharge and lead to an improved luminescence efficiency.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes first and second substrates provided in opposition to one another, address electrodes formed on the first substrate, barrier ribs mounted between the first and second substrates so as to define a plurality of discharge cells, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, first and second electrodes formed on the second substrate, and third electrodes mounted between the first and second electrodes at positions corresponding to the discharge cells. The first and second electrodes are positioned further from the second substrate than the third electrodes, and a spacing is provided between the first and second electrodes. A method for driving the PDP includes (a) applying a reset waveform to the third electrodes during a reset interval, (b) applying a scan pulse to the third electrodes during an address interval, and (c) applying a sustain discharge voltage alternately to the first and second electrodes during a sustain discharge interval.

Abstract: A display panel including a first substrate; a second substrate separated from the first substrate; a barrier rib structure disposed between the first and second substrates defining a plurality of discharge cells; a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction, the first electrodes in the barrier rib structure; a plurality of second electrodes separated from the first electrodes in a second direction from the first substrate towards the second substrate, the second electrodes in the barrier rib structure; a plurality of third electrodes extending in a third direction crossing the first direction, the third electrodes on a surface of the first substrate facing the discharge cells; and a plurality of phosphor layers on surfaces of the third electrodes facing the discharge cells.

Abstract: A plasma display panel, and a method for manufacturing the same. The plasma display panel includes a first electrode sheet between a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a second electrode sheet between the second substrate and the first electrode sheet. The first electrode sheet includes a plurality of first inner lines, each of the first inner lines including a first discharge electrode and a first dielectric layer enclosing the first discharge electrode and composed of an anodized material of the first discharge electrode, the second electrode sheet includes a plurality of second inner lines, each of the second inner lines including a second discharge electrode and a second dielectric layer enclosing the second discharge electrode and composed of an anodized material of the second discharge electrode.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet. Each sheet includes inside lines extending in one direction, each inside line having a discharge electrode forming a closed curve discharge unit and being separated from and electrically connected to an adjacent closed curve discharge unit by a first connection unit. The discharge electrode is of a material subject to an anodization such that anodization forms a dielectric layer having an anodization thickness to an outside of the closed curve discharge unit larger than an anodization thickness to an inside of the closed curve discharge unit, the inside of the closed curve discharge unit forming a sheet discharge hole.

Abstract: An electrode sheet for a plasma display panel including a conductive discharge unit and a dielectric layer, the conductive discharge unit being covered (or encapsulated or buried) by the dielectric layer, and a plasma display panel using the same. The electrode sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may be economically and easily manufactured using a metal anodizing process.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided in discharge spaces in which phosphor layers are disposed between first and second electrodes which are spaced apart from each other. The cross-sectional area of each discharge space in two regions where the first and second electrodes are respectively arranged has a different structure.

Abstract: A PDP with improved durability is provided. The PDP includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. An electrode sheet is between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electrode sheet includes barrier ribs, a plurality of discharge cells, discharge electrodes for generating discharge in the discharge cells, and one or more through-holes. A sealant is disposed in the one or more through-holes for sealing the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An alternating current type plasma display panel with electrodes of asymmetrical construction and a method for driving the same. A first pulse is applied to the first electrode. A second pulse is applied to the second electrode, the second pulse having a width and a phase different from those of the first pulse. The pulse widths are adjusted according to a size of the electrodes to make an amount of a wall charge in two electrodes substantially uniform, thereby making the intensity and an amount of the light uniform.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including: a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, the first and second electrodes being disposed in parallel on the first substrate; a first dielectric surrounding the first electrodes and the second electrodes and connecting the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a passivation layer on the first dielectric and on the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of third electrodes on the second substrate and crossing the first electrodes and the second electrodes; and a second dielectric on the third electrodes.

Abstract: An improved plasma display panel is provided that may reduce a discharge firing voltage while simultaneously improving discharge efficiency. The plasma display panel may include a first substrate substantially paralleling an opposite second substrate across a predetermined gap, wherein the gap is divided into a discharge cell. A phosphor layer may be formed in the discharge cell. An address electrode may be formed on the first substrate to extend along a first direction. A first electrode and second electrode may be formed on the first substrate, and a degree that a portion of at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode proximate the second substrate protrudes toward a center of the discharge cell may differ from a degree that another portion of the at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode proximate the first substrate protrudes toward the center of the discharge cell.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates having a first substrate where an image is displayed and a second substrate. A barrier rib structure separates the substrates and has discharge cells within the barrier rib structure. Discharge electrode pairs are in the barrier rib structure, at least one of the discharge electrode pairs surrounding a discharge cell. A ferroelectric layer is on surfaces of the barrier rib structure forming the discharge cells. A phosphor layer is in each of the discharge cells.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, two or more electrode sheets having apertures or openings arranged in a uniform pattern for forming discharge spaces between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and including discharge electrodes surrounding at least a part of each of the discharge spaces and extending in one direction. Phosphor layers are located on the front substrate or the rear substrate to correspond to the discharge spaces. and a discharge gas filled in the discharge spaces, wherein projection portions are formed on side surfaces of the discharge electrodes and project into the discharge spaces.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate spaced apart from each other. A plurality of electrode sheets are stacked between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and have apertures for forming a plurality of discharge spaces. The electrode sheets include a plurality of metal discharge electrodes extending so as to surround at least a part of each of the discharge spaces arranged in a column, and are separated from each other. Insulation members are located between the metal discharge electrodes, are formed of a oxide material of the metal of the metal discharge electrodes and insulate the metal discharge electrodes.