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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Each cell of a PDP is provided with a pair of narrow and substantially U-shaped plane electrodes, which are connected to a corresponding trace electrode at the open ends thereof (located at the respective non-discharging gap sides) to operate as scan electrode and common electrode. A plane discharging gap is defined between the closed front ends of the plane electrodes. The plane electrodes have a curved profile at the front ends thereof with the highest point located at the longitudinal central axis of the cell. With this arrangement, the effective length of the plane electrodes can be increased without increasing the surface area of the plane electrodes so that the plane electrodes overlap the data electrode at the front ends thereof over an expanded area.