Patent ID: 8232983

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel having a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of sustain electrodes, and a plurality of data electrodes, wherein the plurality of scan electrodes are divided into a first scan electrode group and a second scan electrode group, one field period is composed of a plurality of subfields having a first address period for applying scan pulses sequentially to the scan electrodes belonging to the first scan electrode group, and a second address period for applying scan pulses sequentially to the scan electrodes belonging to the second scan electrode group, and at least in one of the first address period and the second address period: applying to the scan electrodes belonging to the first scan electrode group pulses shifting between being held at a first voltage and being held at a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and applying to the scan electrodes belonging to the second scan electrode group pulses shifting between being held at a third voltage higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage, and being held at a fourth voltage higher than the second voltage, and wherein the third voltage is applied to the scan electrodes belonging to the second scan electrode group: while the scan pulses are applied to the scan electrodes belonging to the first scan electrode group, and for a longer period of time than the scan pulses are applied to the scan electrodes belonging to the first scan electrode group.