Patent ID: 7123218

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel having cells for a matrix display made of n rows and m columns, scan electrodes for selecting a row and data electrodes for selecting a column, the method comprising: selecting a row by biasing a scan electrode corresponding to a selected row to a selecting potential for a constant period sequentially; controlling potentials of the data electrodes in accordance with display data of the corresponding row in synchronization with the row selection of each row, starting j-th (2≦j≦n) row selection prior to at least 230 nanoseconds to an end point during a (j- 1 )th row selection period; and changing the data electrodes potential from a control state corresponding to display data of the (j- 1 )th row to a control state corresponding to display data of the j-th row during a period in which the (j- 1 )th row selection and the j-th row selection period are overlapped with each other, wherein: a display data period for a row is shorter than a selection period for the row, and the time, from the start time point of the period in which the (j- 1 )th row selection and the j-th row selection are overlapped with each other until the control state of the data electrodes potential is changed, is set to a value shorter than 150 nanoseconds.