Patent ID: 7737916

Claim:
A plasma display apparatus comprising: a plasma display panel having a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of sustain electrodes and a plurality of address electrodes; a driving pulse controller for outputting a timing control signal; and a driver for supplying a first set-down pulse, which gradually falls from a first voltage to a second voltage during a first period, is maintained at the second voltage during a second period, and gradually falls from the second voltage to a third voltage during a third period, to a first scan electrode of the plurality of scan electrodes depending on the timing control signal, the driver supplying a second set-down pulse that gradually falls from the first voltage to the third voltage during the first period to a second scan electrode of the plurality of scan electrodes, supplying a first scan pulse to the second scan electrode during at least one of the second period and the third period, and supplying a second scan pulse to the first electrode after the third period.