Patent ID: 7705806

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel, in which a plurality of display electrode pairs, each pair of which having an X electrode and a Y electrode, and a plurality of address electrodes crossing to the display electrode pairs are disposed, and which includes at least an address period and a sustain discharge period, the method comprising: in the address period, address processing, between the address electrodes and a display electrode that configures either one set of display electrode pairs of odd numbered display electrodes or one set of display electrode pairs of even numbered display electrodes of the plurality of display electrode pairs, sequentially to all of the one set of display electrode pairs, and thereafter address processing, between the address electrodes and a display electrode that configures the other set of display electrode pairs of odd numbered display electrodes or even numbered display electrodes, sequentially to all of the other set of display electrode pairs, and in the sustain discharge period, supplying a least one first sustain discharge pulse to the one set of display electrode pairs, and supplying at least one second sustain discharge pulse to the other set of display electrode pairs, wherein said at least one first sustain discharge pulse and said at least one second sustain discharge pulse are applied so that a current at the one set of display electrode pairs flows in a reverse direction to a current at the other set of display electrode pairs.