Patent ID: 7499004

Claim:
A method for driving a plasma display panel having a plurality of first display electrodes sorted by the order into a even group and an odd group of the first display electrodes, a plurality of second display electrodes interleaved with the first display electrodes, a plurality of address electrodes crossing over the first display electrodes and the second display electrodes, and a plurality of display cells between the first display electrodes and the second display electrode, the method comprising the steps of: applying a first sustain pulse pair formed by the sustain pulses respectively applied to the even group of the first display electrodes and the second display electrode; and applying a second sustain pulse pair formed by the sustain pulses respectively applied to the odd group of the first display electrodes and the second display electrode, wherein there is a phase difference between the sustain pulse applied to the even group of the first display electrodes and the sustain pulse applied to the odd group of the first display electrodes, and the display cell disposed on one of the address electrodes and across one of the second display electrode and one of the odd group first display electrodes, and the display cell disposed on the same address electrode and across the same second display electrode and one of the even group first display electrodes are both illuminated within a predetermined time interval by discharging in a sustain period.