Patent ID: 7629947

Claim:
A method of aging a plasma display panel having scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes, in which voltage is applied to at least the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes, said method comprising: a first aging period in which aging is carried out by applying voltages alternately and continuously to the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes, and in which at least any one of the scan electrodes, the sustain electrodes, and the address electrodes undergo an application of voltage for suppressing a first self-erase discharge, which is a self-erase discharge that follows an aging discharge, only when the scan electrodes carry a voltage level higher than the sustain electrodes; and a second aging period in which aging is carried out by applying voltages alternately and continuously to the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes, and in which at least any one of the scan electrodes, the sustain electrodes, and the address electrodes undergo an application of voltage for suppressing a second self-erase discharge, which is a self-erase discharge that follows an aging discharge, only when the sustain electrodes carry a voltage level higher than the scan electrodes.