Patent ID: 6816133
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method of driving a plasma display panel (PDP), said PDP comprising a first sustaining electrode, a second sustaining electrode, a scanning electrode, and a data electrode, said scanning electrode being parallel to said first sustaining electrode and said second sustaining electrode, said data electrode being perpendicular to said scanning electrode, the driving method comprising the steps of:providing an address period; applying a scanning pulse to said scanning electrode during said address period and selectively applying a data pulse to said data electrode for writing in image data; providing a sustain period; and applying a first pulse and a second pulse with different phases to said first sustaining electrode and said second sustaining electrode during the sustain period, and applying a third pulse between the applications of the first pulse and the second pulse during the sustain period to said scanning electrode for maintaining said image data, wherein said first pulse and said second pulse produce a first discharge current and a second discharge current on said first sustaining electrode and said second sustaining electrode, and a time interval is formed between the production of said second discharge current and the production of said first discharge current, to reduce an instant power consumption of said PDP.