Patent ID: 6608609
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method for driving an AC type plasma display panel comprising steps of:arranging first electrodes and second electrodes adjacent to one another for each display line; arranging third electrodes in such a manner as to cross said first and second electrodes; and repeating light emission display by utilizing a selective address discharge by either one of said first and second electrodes and by one of said third electrodes, and a sustain discharge executed repeatedly, wherein: each of a plurality of frames, constituting a display in said plasma display panel, comprises a plurality of subframes respectively having predetermined luminances and each of said subframes having a period in which said selective address discharge is executed and a period in which said sustain discharge is executed after said selective address discharge, and has, on the other hand, a period in which a priming discharge is executed at least once per frame, and said priming discharge is executed by applying a pulse, having a voltage higher than a priming pulse for executing said priming discharge to be made after the activation of said cells, between said first and second electrodes only when said cells are activated.