Patent ID: 6608611
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
An address driving method in a driving method of a plasma display panel comprising a plurality of discharge cells including an address electrode, a scanning/sustaining electrode arranged perpendicularly to the address electrode, and a sustain electrode arranged in parallel to the sustaining/scanning electrode, comprising:applying pulses to the address electrode and the scanning/sustaining electrode thereby generating an address discharging for selecting a discharge cell; and applying a sustain pulse to the scanning/sustaining electrode and the sustain electrode, to thereby generate a sustain discharging for sustaining the discharging in the selected discharge cell, wherein the generating the address discharging comprises, applying a data pulse to the address electrode and applying a scanning pulse having a polarity contrary to a polarity of the data pulse to the scanning/sustaining electrode thereby generating the address discharge in the selected discharge cell, and applying an auxiliary pulse having the same polarity as the data pulse to an auxiliary electrode parallel to the address electrode thereby generating an auxiliary discharge.