Patent ID: 7145525
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G09G,H01J

Abstract:
1. A driving method for a three-electrode AC plasma display panel in which a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes are alternately arranged parallel to each other on one of two, front and rear insulating substrates opposing each other, and a plurality of data electrodes are arranged on the other insulating substrate to cross the X and Y electrodes at right angles, comprising the steps of: causing the discharge ON of cells within a first set of cells and the discharge ON of cells within a second set of cells vertically adjacent to the first set of cells, wherein each set of cells comprises cells framed by an X electrode and an adjacent Y electrode and having one of the two electrodes in common with the other set of cells, an address pulse has been sequentially applied to the X electrode and the Y electrode, and said address pulse is applied in synchronization with an application of a data pulse to a data electrode, to generate writing discharge in the address period at the electrode to which the address pulse was applied; applying AC sustain pulses to the X and Y electrodes alternately in the sustain period; and performing progressive display in dependence on the occurrence of a discharge, caused between respective pairs of X and Y electrodes in said two vertically adjacent sets of cells.