Patent ID: 8203509

Claim:
A plasma display device, comprising: a first display electrode; a second display electrode adapted to cause a discharge to occur between the first display electrode and the second display electrode; a first display electrode drive circuit to apply a discharge voltage to the first display electrode; and a second display electrode drive circuit to apply a discharge voltage to the second display electrode, wherein the first display electrode drive circuit has a first output element, a second output element and a transformer, and with supplying a first signal from a first input terminal to one end of a primary winding of the transformer, the first display electrode drive circuit connects one end of a secondary winding of the transformer to a control terminal of the first output element, connects the other end of the secondary winding to the first display electrode, and applies a first electric potential to the first display electrode by turning on the first output element, and the first display electrode drive circuit supplies the first signal to a control terminal of the second output element not through the transformer, and applies the first electric potential to the first display electrode by turning on the second output element.