Patent ID: 8362978

Claim:
A method of driving a plasma display where each frame includes a plurality of subfields having luminance weight values, the plasma display including a first electrode and a second electrode extending in one direction, the method comprising: decreasing a voltage at the second electrode from a second voltage to a third voltage while a first voltage is applied to the first electrode during a first portion of a first subfield, the first subfield having a minimum weight value as compared to the weight values of the other subfields; applying a first scan pulse to the second electrode while the first voltage is applied to the first electrode during a first address period of the first subfield; changing the voltage at the first electrode from the first voltage to a fourth voltage, the fourth voltage being less than the first voltage, and increasing the voltage at the second electrode from a fifth voltage to a sixth voltage while the fourth voltage is applied to the first electrode during a first sustain period of the first subfield; increasing the voltage at the second electrode from an eighth voltage to a ninth voltage, the ninth voltage being greater than the sixth voltage while a seventh voltage is applied to the first electrode during a reset period of a second subfield; and decreasing the voltage at the second electrode from an eleventh voltage to a twelfth voltage while a tenth voltage is applied to the first electrode during the reset period, wherein a difference between the first voltage and the third voltage is greater than a difference between the tenth voltage and the twelfth voltage.