Patent ID: 6816136
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method for driving a plasma display panel for causing said plasma display panel, in which a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in said first direction are placed in such a manner that each of said first electrodes is adjacent to each of said second electrodes and a plurality of third electrodes extending in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction is placed and in which a discharging cell is placed at each point of intersection of each of said first and second electrodes and each of said third electrodes, to perform a display in response to video signals, said method comprising:a process of causing a discharge to occur between said first electrodes and second electrodes being adjacent to each other in an initializing period; and a process of causing a discharge of one polarity to occur between said first electrodes and said third electrodes intersecting each other in said initializing period after said discharge between said first electrode and said second electrode starts in said initializing period.