Patent ID: 7084839

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of X electrodes, a plurality of Y electrodes arranged adjacently to the plurality of X electrodes by turns and each causing a discharge to occur between the neighboring X and Y electrodes, an X electrode drive circuit for applying a discharge voltage to the plurality of X electrodes, and a Y electrode drive circuit for applying a discharge voltage to the plurality of Y electrodes; a pre-drive circuit comprising first, second, third and fourth drive systems, each having an input amplifier circuit amplifying an input voltage, input to an input voltage terminal, a high level shift circuit shifting a level of a signal output from the input amplifier circuit and an output amplifier circuit amplifying a shift signal output from the high level shift circuit, wherein each drive system has a common constitution and the plurality of drive systems are provided within an IC formed on a common semiconductor chip; at least one of the X electrode drive circuit and the Y electrode drive circuit comprising: a first switch supplying a high level voltage to the plurality of X electrodes or the plurality of Y electrodes, a second switch supplying a low level voltage to the plurality of X electrodes or the plurality of Y electrodes, a third switch supplying a high level voltage to the plurality of X electrodes or the plurality of Y electrodes via a first coil, and a fourth switch supplying a low level voltage to the plurality of X electrodes or the plurality of Y electrodes via a second coil; the first drive system of the pre-drive circuit driving the first switch; the second drive system of the pre-drive circuit driving the second switch; the third drive system of the pre-drive circuit driving the third switch; and the fourth drive system of the pre-drive circuit driving the fourth switch.