Patent ID: 6054970
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method for driving an AC-driven plasma display panel having a three-electrode surface discharge structure constructed to have a first electrode and a second electrode both extending in a direction of a row line of elements arranged in matrix and a third electrode extending in a direction of a column line of the elements, the third electrode being opposed to the first electrode and second electrode with a discharge gas space therebetween, the second electrode and the third electrode being used for addressing, the first electrode and the second electrode being used for sustaining a light-emission discharge for display, the method comprising the step of:applying, upon displaying images in time sequence, erase voltage pulses of different polarities for erasure to the second electrode and the third electrode so that an effective voltage exceeds an opposition discharge start voltage only in the case where a wall voltage of a predetermined value or higher is superposed on the voltage pulses, during a period from the end of sustaining the light-emission discharge for display for an image to the beginning of addressing for a next image.