Patent ID: 8305298

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: a plasma display panel including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode; a first driver configured to supply, to the first electrode, a first signal that decreases gradually from a first voltage to a second voltage during a setdown period of a reset period, and supply a scan signal and a scan bias signal to the first electrode during an address period that immediately follows the reset period; a second driver configured to supply a first sustain bias signal to the second electrode during the setdown period and the address period; and a third driver configured to supply, to the third electrode, a third signal that increases from a third voltage to a fourth voltage and then decreases from the fourth voltage to the third voltage, and supply, to the third electrode, a data signal during the address period, wherein an application time point of the third signal precedes an application time point of the first signal, and an end time point of the third signal follows an end time point of the first signal, wherein an application time point of the first sustain bias signal follows an application time point of the first signal, and the application time point of the first sustain bias signal precedes the end time point of the first signal, and wherein an application time point of the scan bias signal precedes the end time point of the third signal.