Surface discharge plasma display apparatus with light blocking means between adjacent sustain electrodes of subsequent scan lines and method of driving the same

摘要

A colour plasma display panel and a method of driving a plasma display panel are disclosed. The colour plasma display panel comprises a front substrate (11), a back substrate (16), three kinds of phosphor (181, 182, 183) for displaying colours, a plurality of X-electrodes, a plurality of Y-electrodes and a plurality of address electrodes (A1-A3). The front substrate (11) is equipped with the X-electrodes and the Y-electrodes arranged one by one in alternate order and in parallel, each of the X-electrodes and an adjacent one of the Y-electrodes forming either a display line or a non-display line. The back substrate (16) is equipped with the address electrodes which are arranged to intersect the X-electrodes and the Y-electrodes at a distance thereto, together with the three kinds of phosphor. The colour plasma display comprises a light blocking member (41, 42, 43) formed between adjacent electrodes of a non-display line, and partitioning walls (171, 172, 173) arranged alongside respective address electrodes, for partitioning a discharge space into individual line spaces. Each of the X-electrodes and the Y-electrodes has a transparent electrode (121, 122) and a metal electrode (131, 132). The three kinds of phosphor are arranged successively with one kind thereof disposed between adjacent partitioning walls. A colour pixel corresponds to a portion formed by a display line crossing three adjacent line spaces.