AC plasma display panel, plasma display device and method of driving AC plasma display panel

Abstract

Column electrodes W1 to Wm are arranged on the side of a rear glass substrate along a first direction D1 at regular intervals. Row electrodes X1 to Xn and Y1 to Yn include (a) strip bus electrodes Xb1 to Xbn and Yb1 to Ybn alternately arranged on a surface of a front glass substrate closer to discharge spaces at regular pitches to extend in a second direction D2 and (b) square transparent electrodes Xt and Yt having ends connected to the bus electrodes Xb1 to Xbn and Yb1 to Ybn respectively. The transparent electrodes Xt and Yt alternately extend into single ones of unit areas AR adjacent to each other in the first direction D1 through the bus electrodes Xbi and Ybi connected with the ends thereof. The unit areas AR are separated into discharge cells C having discharge gaps defined by opposite edges of the transparent electrodes Xt and Yt and non-discharge cells NC having no discharge gaps. The discharge gaps C are not adjacent to each other in the first and second directions D1 and D2. Thus provided is an AC-PDP capable of suppressing/avoiding false discharge.

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