Patent ID: 7714805

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel, the method comprising: supplying a first waveform to the plasma display panel during a preliminary period, the preliminary period comprising at least one sub-field, each sub-field including a first reset period, a first address period, and a first sustain period, wherein a data pulse is not supplied during the first address period of the preliminary period; and supplying a second waveform to the plasma display panel during a data driving period, the data driving period comprising a plurality of sub-fields including a second reset period, a second address period and a second sustain period, wherein the data driving period begins after the first waveform is supplied during the preliminary period and the second waveform supplied to electrodes of the plasma display panel during the second sustain period of the data driving period is different from the first waveform supplied to the electrodes during the first sustain period of the preliminary period.