Patent ID: 8044890

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display device during a reset period, an address period and a sustain period, the plasma display device comprising a plurality of first electrodes including a first group of the first electrodes and a second group of the first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes, the method comprising: during a first period of the sustain period, applying a second voltage to the first group of the first electrodes and the second group of the first electrodes while a first voltage is applied to the second electrodes, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage; and during a second period of the sustain period, while the second voltage is applied to the second electrodes, applying the first voltage to the first group of the first electrodes, and applying the first voltage to the second group of the first electrodes a period of time after when the first voltage is initially applied to the first group of the first electrodes in the second period, wherein the first period is longer than the second period, and a third voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage is applied to the second group of the first electrodes during the period of time.