Patent ID: 8344631

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first and second electrodes are arranged adjacently each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, the plasma display panel having a reset period, an address period, and a sustain discharge period, the method comprising: in said reset period, applying to the second electrodes a first waveform voltage, whose applied potential increases with time, then applying to the second electrodes a second waveform voltage, whose applied potential decreases with time, wherein when applying the first waveform voltage, a first constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a second constant voltage higher than the first constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes, wherein when applying the second waveform voltage, a third constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a fourth constant voltage lower than the third constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes, wherein a reaching potential to which the first waveform voltage reaches is a positive potential higher than a sustain pulse voltage applied in the sustain discharge period, and a reaching potential to which the second waveform voltage reaches is a negative potential.