Patent ID: 8497818

Claim:
A method of driving a plasma display including first and second electrodes, the method comprising the steps in the order of: decreasing, in a sustain period, a voltage of the first electrodes from a first voltage; maintaining the voltage of the first electrodes at a second voltage smaller than the first voltage; increasing a magnitude of a current flowing through a first inductor connected to the second electrodes while simultaneously changing the voltage of the first electrodes from the second voltage to a third voltage smaller than the second voltage; increasing a voltage of the second electrodes through the first inductor while supplying the third voltage to the first electrodes; decreasing the voltage of the second electrodes from a fourth voltage; maintaining the voltage of the second electrodes at a fifth voltage smaller than the fourth voltage; increasing a magnitude of a current flowing through a second inductor connected to the first electrodes while decreasing the voltage of the second electrodes from the fifth voltage to a sixth voltage; and increasing the voltage of the first electrodes through the second inductor while supplying the sixth voltage to the second electrodes.