Abstract:
A plasma display device includes a front panel (54) having a glass body (38) secured to a surface of a substrate (32). The glass body has a plurality of channels (40) in its exposed surface with upstanding ribs (44) being between the channels. Conductive first electrodes (48) are on the body with each electrode extending along the bottom of a separate channel. The first electrodes are preferably embedded in the glass body. A transparent front panel is located over a back panel (31) and is seated on and secured to the glass body. A plurality of spaced, parallel second electrodes extend between the front panel and the back panel substantially orthogonally to the first electrodes. Phosphors which emit different colors are coated on the channels and the channels are filled with a plasma gas.