Patent ID: 7030839

Claim:
A plasma display panel drive method using a field timesharing display method, the plasma display panel including a first panel member and a second panel member, a plurality of first and second electrodes being provided on the first panel member so as to extend parallel to each other, and a plurality of third electrodes being provided on the second panel member so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes, comprising: an address step of writing data by applying an address pulse to a third electrode and a first scan pulse sequentially to the first electrodes; and a sustain step of sustaining an illumination by applying a sustain pulse between the first and second electrodes after completion of the address step, wherein display of an image in a subfield of a field is achieved by conducting the address step and the sustain step, and in the address step, a second scan pulse of opposite polarity to the first scan pulse is applied to a second electrode in a pair with a first electrode to which the first scan pulse is being applied, but is not applied to a second electrode in a pair with a first electrode to which the first scan pulse is not being applied.