Patent ID: 6400344
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
An apparatus for driving an address electrode for a surface discharge type plasma display panel having a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of address electrodes which are orthogonal to the scan electrodes, and a display cell formed on each of intersecting points of the scan electrodes and the address electrodes, comprising:a plurality of drive circuits including a first number of output stages, each output stage having an output terminal provided corresponding to each of the address electrodes and connected thereto, and a first input terminal and a second input terminal, one of which is selectively connected to the output terminal; a first power control circuit for supplying, to the second input terminal, one of a reference potential and a first electric potential which is higher than the reference potential; and a second power control circuit for supplying, to the first input terminal, a second electric potential which is lower than the first electric potential and is higher than the reference potential or connecting the first input terminal to the second input terminal.