Patent ID: 6900797
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of display electrodes constitutes an electrode pair for a surface discharge of each row and is arranged so that one electrode is shared by two neighboring rows for display, and a plurality of address electrodes is arranged so as to cross the electrode pair in each column, the method comprising: performing addressing by controlling a potential of the address electrode in accordance with display data in parallel with row selection for biasing one display electrode of the electrode pair corresponding to a selected row to a selecting potential temporarily; making a cell-selecting voltage applied to interelectrode AY between the display electrode and the address electrode for the addressing lower than a discharge starting voltage of the interelectrode AY; and applying a row selection voltage that is lower than a discharge starting voltage of interelectrode XY between the display electrodes of the electrode pair corresponding to the selected row to interelectrode XY so as to generate an address discharge.