Plasma display device

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plasma display panel, comprising:
• a front substrate,
• a rear substrate,
• a plurality of electrodes between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and
• signal lines formed on the rear substrate apart from the plurality of electrodes and applying a voltage, a data signal, and a control signal to the electrodes;
• a chassis base adjacent to the rear substrate;
• a plurality of printed circuit board assemblies mounted on the chassis base;
• and
• an interface flexible printed circuit connecting the signal lines to corresponding ones of the plurality of printed circuit board assemblies,
• wherein at least one of the signal lines has a line width at a portion further from the interface flexible printed circuit that is larger than a line width at a portion closer to the interface flexible printed circuit.

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plasma display panel including a plurality of electrodes;
• a printed circuit board assembly activating the plasma display panel, comprising:
• a sustain board assembly,
• a scan board assembly,
• a logic board assembly,
• a miniboard assembly, and
• a power supply board assembly;
• a chassis base supporting the plasma display panel at a first surface and having the printed circuit board assembly at a second surface;
• signal lines applying a voltage, a data signal, and a control signal to an address electrode and formed at the end of the plasma display panel;
• an interface flexible printed circuit connecting the signal lines to the miniboard assembly;
• and
• a flexible printed circuit having a driver IC mounted thereon, the flexible printed circuit connecting the signal lines to the address electrode,
• wherein the miniboard assembly is connected to the logic board assembly and controls an address electrode in the electrodes, and
• wherein at least one of the signal lines has a line width at a portion further from the interface flexible printed circuit that is larger than a line width at a portion closer to the interface flexible printed circuit.

A plasma display panel of a plasma display device having a chassis base and printed circuit board assemblies disposed on the chassis base, the plasma display panel comprising:

• a front substrate;
• a rear substrate opposing the front substrate;
• address electrodes disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate;
• address electrode terminals connected to the address electrodes;
• signal lines applying a voltage, a data signal, and a control signal to the address electrodes and formed at the end of the rear substrate;
• an interface flexible printed circuit (FPC) connecting the signal lines to the printed circuit board assemblies;
• and
• tape carrier packages having a driver integrated circuit and connecting the address electrodes to the signal lines through the address electrode terminals,
• wherein at least one of the signal lines has a line width at a portion further from the interface flexible printed circuit that is larger than a line width at a portion closer to the interface flexible printed circuit.