Ac-type plasma display panel capable of high definition and high brightness image display, and a method of driving the same

A plasma display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with barrier ribs interposed therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the first substrate so as to extend parallel to each other and being covered with a dielectric layer, a third electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the second substrate so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes, and a discharge gas being enclosed within a discharge space defined between the interposed barrier ribs, wherein

• the discharge gas is a gas mixture containing xenon, the xenon having a partial pressure of at least 2 kPa, and
• a gap between the first and second electrodes is greater than a height of the discharge space.

A plasma display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with barrier ribs interposed therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the first substrate so as to extend parallel to each other and being covered with a dielectric layer, a third electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the second substrate so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes, and a discharge gas being enclosed within a discharge space defined between the interposed barrier ribs, wherein

• the discharge gas is a gas mixture containing xenon, the xenon having a partial pressure in a range from 6.7 kPa to 16 kPa inclusive, and
• a gap between the first and second electrodes is greater than a height of the discharge space.

A plasma display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with barrier ribs interposed therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the first substrate so as to extend parallel to each other and being covered with a dielectric layer, a third electrode being arranged on a facing surface of the second substrate so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes, and a discharge gas being enclosed within a discharge space defined between the interposed barrier ribs, wherein

• the discharge gas is a gas mixture containing xenon, the xenon having a partial pressure in a range from 10 kPa to 16 kPa inclusive, and
• a gap between the first and second electrodes is greater than a height of the discharge space.