A plasma display apparatus includes a panel assembly, the panel assembly including a plurality of discharge electrodes and a plurality of discharge cells between two substrates, a circuit board having a plurality of circuit terminals and a photoresist layer, the circuit terminals being arranged into a plurality of terminal groups, each terminal group including a plurality of circuit terminals, and the photoresist layer being between the circuit terminals and including at least one dummy groove, a connection member on the circuit terminals and on the photoresist layer, and at least one signal transmitting unit connecting the circuit board to the panel assembly, the signal transmitting unit being attached to the circuit terminals via the connection member.