Patent ID: 8471784

Claim:
A driving apparatus of a plasma display panel having first and second electrodes for receiving a number of sustaining pulses in a sustaining period, comprising: a pulse number controller to change the number of sustaining pulses to be received by the first and second electrodes when the panel is driven at different temperature ranges, and a pulse width controller to change a width of a scanning pulse to be applied to the panel when the panel is driven at different temperature ranges, wherein: the pulse number controller sets the number of sustaining pulses to a first number when the panel is driven within a first temperature range and a third temperature range, and sets the number of sustaining pulses to a second number when the panel is driven within a second temperature range, the first temperature range includes temperatures over 40° C., the second temperature range includes temperatures over 0° C. and below 40° C., and the third temperature range includes temperatures below 0° C., the first number is less than the second number, and the width of the scanning pulse is set to be wider in the third temperature range than in the second temperature range.