Patent ID: 7564429

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: a plasma display panel comprising a plurality of scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes intersecting with the scan electrodes; a scan driver for applying waveforms to at least one scan electrode, the waveforms including a reset waveform and a scan waveform applied subsequent to the reset waveform; a sustain driver for applying waveforms to at least one sustain electrode, the waveforms including a waveform corresponding to the scan waveform; and a data driver for applying address waveforms to the address electrodes, wherein the data driver applies the address waveforms at different time points to the address electrodes relative to a time point at which the scan waveform is applied to the scan electrode, and wherein the scan driver changes a duration of an idle period when a temperature of the plasma display panel exceeds a threshold temperature, the idle period occurring between a time point when a last sustain waveform is applied to the scan electrode or the sustain electrode and a time point when a predetermined waveform is applied during a subsequent subfield.