Patent ID: 7719491

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel (PDP), the PDP comprising a display cell, a reset circuit and a sustaining circuit, the reset circuit comprising an inductor, a diode, a capacitor, a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, the diode electrically connected to a first voltage source, the first switch electrically connected to the diode, the inductor electrically connected between the first switch and the display cell, the capacitor electrically connected between the diode and the sustaining circuit, the second switch electrically connected to the capacitor, the third switch electrically connected between the second switch and the display cell, the sustaining circuit comprising a fourth switch and a fifth switch, the fourth switch electrically connected between a second voltage source and the capacitor, the fifth switch having an end electrically connected to the capacitor and another end grounded, the method comprising: turning off the first switch and the fourth switch and turning on the fifth switch during a first phase; turning on the fourth switch and turning off the fifth switch during a second phase after the first phase; turning on the first switch during a third phase after the second phase; and turning off the second switch and the third switch in the first phase, the second phase and the third phase.