Patent ID: 6384802
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A driving apparatus for a plasma display panel, comprising:a display panel arranged in such a manner that scanning/sustaining electrodes formed at each of adjacent scanning lines is adjacent to each other and in such a manner that common sustaining electrodes formed at each of the adjacent scanning lines is adjacent to each other; and driving means for generating a sustaining discharge between the scanning/sustaining electrode and the common sustaining electrode formed at each of the adjacent scanning lines, wherein said driving means comprises: a first scanning/sustaining driver for driving each of odd-numbered scanning/sustaining electrodes; a second scanning/sustaining driver for driving each of even-numbered scanning/sustaining electrodes; a first common sustaining driver for commonly driving odd-numbered common sustaining electrodes; and a second common sustaining driver for commonly driving even-numbered common sustaining electrodes.