Patent ID: 6867754

Claim:
A method for resetting a plasma display panel including a front substrate and a rear substrate separated from each other and facing each other, in which first display electrode lines and second display electrode lines are formed parallel to each other on the front substrate and address electrode lines are formed perpendicular to the first display electrode lines and the second display electrode lines, said method comprising steps of: gradually increasing a voltage applied to the first display electrode lines up to a first voltage (a first reset step); gradually increasing a voltage applied to the second display electrode lines up to a second voltage and gradually increasing the voltage applied to the first display electrode lines up to a third voltage (a second reset step); and maintaining the voltage applied to the first display electrode lines at the first voltage and gradually decreasing the voltage applied to the second display electrode lines down to a fourth voltage (a third reset step), wherein the second voltage is higher than the first voltage, the third voltage is lower than the first voltage, and the fourth voltage is lower than the third voltage.