Patent ID: 8558761

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first and second electrodes are arranged adjacently each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, the plasma display panel having a reset period, an address period, and a sustain discharge period, the method comprising: in said reset period, applying to the second electrodes a first ramp waveform voltage, whose applied potential gradually increases with time to a first predetermined potential, and applying to the first electrodes a first direct current voltage; in said reset period, decreasing the potential of the second electrodes from the first predetermined potential to a second predetermined potential; and thereafter, in said reset period, applying to the second electrodes a second ramp waveform voltage, whose applied potential gradually decreases with time to a third predetermined potential having a negative potential, and applying to the first electrodes a second direct current voltage which is higher than the first direct current voltage.