Patent ID: 7920106

Claim:
A method of driving a plasma display apparatus that includes a plurality of first and second electrodes in a first direction, and a plurality of third electrodes in a second direction and displays an image based on a frame, each frame including a plurality of subfields, the method comprising: applying a reset signal to at least one first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes during at least one subfield of the plurality of subfields; applying a first signal having a falling slope to the at least one first electrode during the at least one subfield; applying a first scan signal to the at least one first electrode during a first prescribed period of an address period of the at least one subfield; and applying a second scan signal to the at least one first electrode during a second period of the address period of the at least one subfield, the first signal being applied between the first prescribed period and the second prescribed period of time, a lowest potential level of at least one of the first scan signal or the second scan signal is lower than a lowest potential level of the reset signal, wherein the first scan signal, the first signal having the falling slope and the second scan signal are sequentially applied to the first electrode in the address period of each subfield, a highest level of voltage applied to the first signal having the falling slope is less than a highest level of voltage applied to the reset signal, and a lowest level of voltage applied to the first signal having the falling slope is substantially equal to a lowest level of voltage applied to the reset signal.