Patent ID: 8228265

Claim:
A plasma display device comprising: a plasma display panel including a plurality of discharge cells at intersections of respective pluralities of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes; and a driver that drives said plasma display panel by a sub-field method in which one field period includes a plurality of sub-fields, wherein said driver includes a scan electrode driving circuit that drives said plurality of scan electrodes, and a sustain electrode driving circuit that drives said plurality of sustain electrodes, said scan electrode driving circuit applies a first ramp waveform rising from a first potential to a second potential to said plurality of scan electrodes in a first period within a setup period of at least one sub-field of said plurality of sub-fields, and applies a second ramp waveform dropping from a third potential to a fourth potential to said plurality of scan electrodes in a second period following the first period, and said sustain electrode driving circuit applies a third ramp waveform rising from a fifth potential to a sixth potential to said plurality of sustain electrodes in a third period, which is shorter than said first period, and is within the first period, applies a fourth ramp waveform dropping from a seventh potential to an eighth potential to said plurality of sustain electrodes in a fourth period, which is shorter than the second period, and is within the second period, said plasma display device further comprising a detector that detects a cumulative lighting time of said plasma display panel as a state of said plasma display panel, wherein said sustain electrode driving circuit decreases a peak value of the third ramp waveform and a peak value of the fourth ramp waveform when the cumulative lighting time detected by said detector is longer than a predetermined threshold value so as to be lower than the peak value of the third ramp waveform and the peak value of the fourth ramp waveform when the cumulative lighting time detected by said detector is not longer than the predetermined threshold value.