Face-discharge AC driving plasma display panel

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a front glass base-plate provided on the front side of the plasma display panel;
• a rear glass base-plate provided on the rear side of the plasma display panel;
• a plurality of row electrode pairs provided on an internal surface of the front glass base-plate, said row electrode pairs being arranged in a horizontal direction;
• a dielectric layer covering the row electrode pairs;
• a plurality of column electrodes provided on an internal surface of the rear glass base-plate, said column electrodes being arranged in a direction orthogonal to the above horizontal direction to form a plurality of intersections with the row electrode pairs, with each intersection serving as a unit luminous area;
• wherein at least one electrode of each row electrode pair has a main body portion extending in the above horizontal direction, and a protruding portion in each unit luminous area, said protruding portion being protruded from the main body portion in the same direction in which column electrodes are arranged;
• wherein each protruding portion consists of a transparent electrically conductive film and is formed into an isolated island in a unit luminous area, said protruding portion being electrically connected to said main body portion;
• wherein the main body portion contains a metal film, the metal film is electrically connected with an edge portion of the transparent electrically conductive film opposite to and away from a discharge gap formed between two protruding portions in a unit luminous area.