Patent ID: 6278420
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
An m.times.n matrix plasma display panel having m pairs of scan electrodes having m sustaining electrodes Y1, Y2, . . . , Ym and m common electrodes X1, X2, . . . , Xm which are arranged alternately and in parallel, and n data electrodes arranged to be orthogonal with respect to the m pairs of scan electrodes, whereinwhile the sustaining electrodes Y1, Y2, . . . , Ym are divided into i groups of electrodes and electrodes in each group are connected to a common line to form i groups of commonly connected Y electrodes, YY1, YY2, . . . , YYi, and the common electrodes X1, X2, . . . , Xm are divided into j groups of electrodes and electrodes in each group are connected to a common line to form j groups of commonly connected X electrodes, XX1, XX2, . . . , XXj, the scan electrodes are connected so that when two groups are selected respectively from the i groups of commonly connected Y electrodes, YY1, YY2, . . . , YYi, and the j groups of commonly connected X electrodes, XX1, XX2, . . . , XXj, only one pair of an X electrode and an Y electrode, which is adjacent to the X electrode, is selected, wherein when k is an integer, the m x n matrix plasma display panel consists of km'.times.n matrix having k display units of m'.times.n matrix arranged;when k=2, and the sustaining electrodes of the first display unit and the sustaining electrodes of the second display unit are respectively identified and represented by Y1, Y2, Y3, . . . , Ym' and Ym'+1, Ym'+2, Ym'+3, . . . , Y2m', the first group of the commonly connected Y electrodes, YY1 consists of electrodes Y1 and Ym'+1 commonly connected thereto, the second group of the commonly connected Y electrodes, YY2 consists of electrodes Y2 and Ym'+2 commonly connected thereto, the third group of the commonly connected Y electrodes, YY3 consists of electrodes Y3 and Ym'+3 commonly connected thereto, and similarly, the ith group of the commonly connected Y electrodes YYi consists of electrodes Ym' and Y2m' commonly connected thereto; andwhile the number of groups of commonly connected X electrodes, j must be an even number, the first group of the commonly connected X electrodes, XX1 consists of electrodes X1, X1+r, X2m'-1-r+1, and X2m' commonly connected thereto, the second group of the commonly connected X electrodes, XX2 consists of electrodes X2, X2+r, X2m'-2-r+1, and X2m'-2+1 commonly connected thereto, the third group of the commonly connected X electrodes, XX3 consists of electrodes X3, X3+r, X2m'-3-r+1, and X2m'-3+1 commonly connected thereto, and similarly, jth group of the commonly connected X electrodes, XXj consists of electrodes Xr, Xr+r, X2m'-r-r+1, and X2m'r+1 commonly connected thereto where r is a quotient obtained by dividing m by 4.