Plasma display panel including sustain electrodes having double gap and method of manufacturing the panel

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a front panel adapted to display an image, the front panel comprising a plurality of sustain electrodes, a plurality of bus electrodes, a first dielectric layer covering both the plurality of sustain electrodes and the bus electrodes, and a protective layer;
• a rear panel separated from the front panel and hermetically sealed to the front panel, the rear panel comprising a plurality of data lines, a second dielectric layer covering the plurality of data lines, a plurality of barrier ribs, and a fluorescent layer;
• and
• a plasma forming gas arranged between the front and rear panels,
• wherein a first sustain electrode selected from the plurality of sustain electrodes and
• a second sustain electrode facing the first sustain electrode have a double gap to allow a discharge voltage to be decreased without reducing a discharge efficiency, to allow a discharge to be started at a low voltage, and to allow the low voltage discharge to stop after the start of a sustaining discharge;
• wherein the second sustain electrode comprises:
• a second main electrode adapted to sustain the sustaining discharge after the discharge is started at the low voltage;
• and
• a second auxiliary electrode connected to the second main electrode and adapted to start the low voltage discharge, the second auxiliary electrode being a resistance element.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a front panel adapted to display an image, the front panel comprising a plurality of sustain electrodes, a plurality of bus electrodes, a first dielectric layer covering both the plurality of sustain electrodes and the bus electrodes, and a protective layer;
• a rear panel separated from the front panel and hermetically sealed to the front panel, the rear panel comprising a plurality of data lines, a second dielectric layer covering the plurality of data lines, a plurality of barrier ribs, and a fluorescent layer;
• and
• a plasma forming gas arranged between the front and rear panels,
• wherein at least one of the plurality of sustain electrodes comprises a main electrode adapted to sustain a discharge and an auxiliary electrode having a high resistance and adapted to start the discharge, and
• the auxiliary electrode being connected to the main electrode such that at least part of the auxiliary electrode is arranged between two facing sustain electrodes.

A method of manufacturing a plasma display panel including a front panel having a front glass substrate, a plurality of sustain electrodes, a plurality of bus electrodes, and a first dielectric layer covering both the plurality of sustain electrodes and the bus electrodes, and a protective layer;

• a rear panel separated from the front panel and hermetically sealed to the front panel, the rear panel having a rear glass substrate, a plurality of data lines, a second dielectric layer covering the plurality of data lines, a plurality of barrier ribs, and a fluorescent layer;
• and a plasma forming gas arranged between the front and rear panels, the method comprising:
• forming the sustain electrodes such that each sustain electrode faces another sustain electrode with a double gap allowing a discharge to be started at a low voltage without decreasing discharge efficiency between the two facing sustain electrodes and allowing a low-voltage discharge to stop after the start of a sustaining discharge;
• and
• wherein at least one of the two facing sustain electrodes is formed to comprise:
• a main electrode adapted to sustain a discharge after the low voltage discharge is started;
• and
• an auxiliary electrode having a high resistance and adapted to start the low voltage discharge.