Patent ID: 7109951

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: a scan electrode and a sustain electrode formed on a first substrate; an address electrode formed on a second substrate; a plurality of barrier ribs provided between the first and second substrate; and a cell being defined by the scan, sustain and address electrodes, and the plurality of barrier ribs, wherein the plasma display apparatus is configured to provide at least one signal to at least one of the scan electrode, the sustain electrode or the address electrode, and the at least one signal includes an initialing pulse, which is provided to said scan electrode during an initialization period, a scanning pulse, which is provided to said scan electrode during an address period, a first sustaining pulse, which is provided to said scan electrode during a sustain period, and a second sustaining pulse, which is provided to said sustain electrode during the sustain period, wherein at least one prescribed pulse of a prescribed waveform shape, provided to said scan electrode after said initialing pulse and before said scanning pulse.