A plasma display device for efficiently dissipating heat from a driver IC
packaged in a form of a tape carrier package. The device includes a
plasma display panel, a printed circuit board assembly, a chassis base
having one surface attached to the plasma display panel and another
surface adapted to mount the printed circuit board assembly thereon, a
TCP (tape carrier package) adapted to electrically connect the printed
circuit board assembly to an electrode leading out from the plasma
display panel, a driver IC (integrated circuit) arranged on the TCP, the
driver IC being adapted to generate and selectively apply a pulse to the
electrode leading out from the plasma display panel, a chassis bed
arranged at an edge of the chassis base, the chassis bed being adapted to
support one side of the driver IC on the TCP, a cover plate adapted to
cover another side of the driver IC on the TCP, the cover plate being
further adapted to be opposingly arranged at the chassis bed and a heat
sink arranged at an outer surface of the cover plate and arranged
lengthwise with the cover plate, the heat sink comprising vertical and
horizontal air passages.