Patent ID: 7999761

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus, comprising: a plasma display panel comprising a plurality of first address electrodes disposed on an effective surface of the plasma display panel and a plurality of second address electrodes disposed on a non-effective surface of the plasma display panel and electrically disconnected from the plurality of first address electrodes; and a data driver supplying a voltage of a substantially equal magnitude to an outermost one of the plurality of first address electrodes and to at least one of the plurality of second address electrodes, wherein the at least one of the plurality of second address electrodes is adjacent to the outermost first address electrode, wherein a voltage supplied to the outermost first address electrode and the at least one of the plurality of second address electrodes equals a logical value of “Low” or “High”, wherein a voltage of other second address electrodes than the at least one of the plurality of second address electrodes is maintained at the logical value of “Low” when the voltage supplied to the outermost first address electrode and the at least one of the plurality of second address electrodes equals the logical value of “High”, and wherein the voltage of the logical value “Low” equals a ground level voltage, and the voltage of the logical value “High” equals a voltage higher than the ground level voltage.