Patent ID: 6674417
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A driving method for driving a plasma display unit of a plasma display panel using a driving circuit, the plasma display unit comprising two electrodes with an ionized gas between the two electrodes, the driving circuit driving the ionized gas back and forth between the two electrodes to cause the plasma display panel to emit light, the driving circuit comprising a rating source receiver and an energy storing current source, the rating source receiver being capable of receiving and supplying a rating current, the driving method comprising:charging the energy storing current source with the rating source receiver to cause the energy storing current source to generate a compensation current, the compensation current being larger than the rating current; using the energy storing current source to generate a first electric potential difference between the two electrodes of the plasma display unit so that the ionized gas in the plasma display unit starts to discharge; and while the ionized gas of the plasma display unit is discharging, supplying the plasma display unit with the compensation current generated by the energy storing current source so as to prevent an electric potential difference drop caused by the rating current being insufficient to supply the discharging of the ionized gas.