Plasma display panel electrode and phosphor structure

摘要

The invention relates to an AC plasma display panel ( 12 ) of the surface discharge type, and more specifically to the structure of the address electrodes ( 5 ) of the panel and of the phosphor elements, and to a plasma display panel device comprising such a panel. According to the invention, only one address electrode ( 5 ) is used for one out of every two columns. Scan electrodes ( 8 ) and common electrodes ( 7 ) may comprise transparent parts ( 11 ). These parts ( 11 ) may extend over one out every two cells in a checkerboard fashion. In a preferred embodiment, the columns may have alternating wide ( 15 ) and narrow ( 16 ) cells ( 2 ). Furthermore, each cell has a neighbor-cell of the same color on the same address electrode but in a neighboring column and in a neighboring row. The display panel device comprises a driving circuit ( 22 ) arranged such that in at least one of the sub-fields the neighboring cells are addressed simultaneously.