Patent ID: 7561148

Claim:
A driving method of a plasma display panel having a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes which lie in a direction perpendicular to the first electrodes and the second electrodes, the plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of third electrodes being responsive to waveforms having subfields which have a reset period, an address period, and a sustain period, the method comprising: biasing the second electrodes at a first voltage during the reset period, the address period, and the sustain period; increasing a voltage of the first electrodes from a second voltage to a third voltage; and decreasing the voltage of the first electrodes from a fourth voltage to a fifth voltage during the reset period, wherein the fifth voltage is lower than the lower voltage among voltages that are applied for a sustain discharge in the sustain period.