Patent ID: 7872616

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: a plasma display panel including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode; and a driver applying a reset signal to the scan electrode at a reset period; wherein the reset signal substantially perpendicularly rises from a ground level voltage to a first voltage and gradually rises from the first voltage to a second voltage with a predetermined constant slope and then substantially perpendicularly falls from the second voltage to a third voltage at a setup period of the reset period, and the reset signal gradually falls from a third voltage to a fourth voltage at a setdown period that follows the setup period, wherein the third voltage is less than the first voltage and the third voltage is greater than the ground level voltage, the third voltage is a sustain voltage for sustaining sustain discharge, the first voltage is a sum voltage of the sustain voltage and a scan voltage, and the scan voltage is applied to the scan electrodes at an address period following the reset period.