A gas
discharge device having a plurality of electrodes; and a
low voltage protective layer deposited onto the electrodes such that the plurality of electrodes and the
low voltage protective layer form a vessel containing a dischargeable gas so that at least the
low voltage protective layer is exposed to the dischargeable gas. Also provided is a
plasma display panel, including a front plate having scan electrodes and sustain electrodes for each row of pixel sites; a back plate having a plurality of column address electrodes disposed thereon; a
dielectric layer covering the column address electrodes; a plurality of barrier ribs disposed above the
dielectric layer separating the column address electrodes and being in spaced adjacency therewith; a red
phosphor layer, a green
phosphor layer and blue
phosphor layer sequentially disposed on top of the
dielectric layer between the barrier ribs; and a low
voltage protective layer deposited on top of
dielectric layer that covers the scan electrodes and sustain electrodes on the front plate such that the front plate and the back plate form a panel containing a dischargeable gas so that at least the low
voltage protective layer and the phosphor
layers are exposed to the dischargeable gas.