Patent ID: 8358076

Claim:
A driver for a plasma display panel having a separated board structure, the driver comprising: a first board having a predetermined mounting area, and mounted with a power supply section having a predetermined inductance and configured to convert a commercial alternate-current (AC) power into a predetermined driving power using the inductance, the power supply section comprising a power conversion section configured to receive and switch the commercial AC power to convert the commercial AC power into the driving power, and a first electrode switch section configured to switch the driving power from the power conversion section and to supply the switched driving power to a first electrode of the plasma display panel; and a second board having a predetermined mounting area, physically separated from the first board, and mounted with a second electrode switch section configured to receive the driving power from the power supply section through a cable and to switch the driving power to supply the switched driving power to a second electrode of the plasma display panel, wherein a remaining power remaining after driving the plasma display panel is transmitted to the power supply section by a resonance between the inductance of the power supply section and a capacitance of the plasma display panel, and the power conversion section is configured to perform a switching operation interlocked with a switching operation of the first and second electrode switch sections.