Patent ID: 7852294

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: an electrode pair having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a third electrode intersecting with the electrode pair; and a first electrode driver, a second electrode driver, and a third electrode driver for applying driving signals to the respective electrodes, wherein: the first electrode driver applies a waveform ramping-up to a reset voltage during a reset period and falling down to a base voltage without a ramp down, scan pulses are applied during an address period, a first scan pulse is applied 3 μs to 10 μs after a time point of termination of the ramping-up waveform, the second electrode driver substantially applies a first reference voltage throughout substantially all of the reset period, the waveform falls down from the reset voltage to substantially a sustain voltage and then falls down from substantially the sustain voltage to the base voltage after the sustain voltage is sustained for a predetermined time, and the waveform falls down from the reset voltage to substantially the sustain voltage at a first rate and falls down from substantially the sustain voltage to the base voltage at a second rate, with the first and second rates corresponding to substantially a same rate.