Patent ID: 6091380
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A plasma display comprising:a display unit which has a first substrate composed of a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes which are so arranged that they are parallel to each other and paired and which are covered with a dielectric, and a second substrate which has a third electrode, the first substrate and the second substrate being disposed in such a manner that they are parted by an insulator partitioner and that the first and second electrodes are orthogonalized with the third electrode, a discharge gas is sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a cell is formed at an intersectional portion of the first and second electrodes and the third electrode;a first scanning circuit for supplying a scanning voltage to the first electrodes;a first electrode driver circuit for applying a voltage to the first electrodes which are connected via the first scanning circuit;a second electrode driver circuit for applying a voltage to the second electrodes; and a third electrode driver circuit for applying a voltage to the third electrode;wherein a voltage applying direction is reversed alternately for each adjoining pair of electrodes andwherein each cycle of operation of the display is divided into a single resetting period, a single addressing period and a single sustained discharge period, the first electrode of each pair of electrodes is alternately reversed such that it is connected to the first scanning circuit on alternate ends of the display unit for each pair of electrodes, and the second electrode of each pair of electrodes is alternately reversed such that it is connected to the second electrode driver on alternate ends of the display unit for each pair of electrodes.