Patent ID: 7598929
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A plasma display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of electrodes; and a drive circuit driving the plurality of electrodes, wherein the drive circuit has at least one driver IC having a plurality of outputs capable of outputting a plurality of drive signals independently and drives one of the electrodes by combining the plurality of outputs of the driver IC, wherein the plurality of drive signals for driving the one of the electrodes are output from the same driver IC, wherein the driver IC comprises a shift register for shifting input data sequentially in accordance with a clock, a latch circuit for latching and outputting the output of the shift register in accordance with a latch signal, and a plurality of drivers for outputting a drive signal in accordance with each output of the latch circuit, and wherein the input data is inputted successively for a length of the clocks corresponding to the number of the drive signals to be combined and the latch signal is issued at every clocks corresponding to the number of the drive signals to be combined.