Patent ID: 7372431

Claim:
A method for driving a three-electrode surface discharge display panel, comprising: grouping display electrode-line pairs into at least a first display electrode-line group and a second display electrode-line group; and performing gradation display through time-division driving, said performing comprising: addressing the first display electrode-line group as part of a first type of sub-field; performing a display-sustain operation on the first display electrode-line group as part of the first type of sub-field; addressing the second display electrode-line group as part of the first type of sub-field; performing a common display-sustain operation on the first display electrode line group and the second display electrode-line group as part of the first type of sub-field; addressing the second display electrode-line group as part of a second type of sub-field; performing a display-sustain operation on the second display electrode-line group as part of the second type of sub-field; addressing the first display electrode-line group as part of the second type of sub-field; and performing a common display-sustain operation on the first display electrode-line group and the second display electrode-line group as part of the second type of sub-field.