Patent ID: 7023404
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G09G,H01J

Abstract:
1. A plasma display panel (PDP) having a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein said second substrate is opposite to said first substrate, and a discharge space is defined as the space between said first substrate and said second substrate and is filled with a discharge gas, said PDP being divided into a pixel unit and a dark area and comprising: a sustaining electrode and a scanning electrode positioned in said pixel unit on said first substrate along a first direction; a priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction; and an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction; wherein said priming electrode outputs a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions; wherein one of said sustaining electrode and said scanning electrode outputs a first erase pulse so as to remove a plurality of wall charges in said pixel unit during a first step; said priming electrode outputs said first priming electrode so as to excite said discharge gas in said discharge space and to produce said plurality of discharge ions during a second step; and one of said sustaining electrode and said scanning electrode outputs a second erase pulse so as to remove the remaining discharge ions in said pixel unit during a third step.