Patent ID: 8125477

Claim:
A plasma display comprising: a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) including an electrode; a first transistor connected between the electrode and a power source for supplying a first voltage; a first driver for changing a voltage of the electrode by controlling driving of the first transistor; first and second resistors connected in series between the electrode and the power source; and a second transistor turned on in response to a voltage of a junction of the first and second resistors, and the first transistor turned off in response to the voltage of the electrode becoming a second voltage different from the first voltage during a first time period; wherein at least one of the first and the second resistors is a variable resistor having a resistance that varies in accordance with a temperature of the PDP, wherein, upon the first resistor being the variable resistor, the resistance of the first resistor increases as the temperature of the PDP becomes higher; and wherein, upon the second resistor being the variable resistor, the resistance of the second resistor decreases as the temperature of the PDP becomes higher.