Patent ID: 6900780

Claim:
In a method of driving a plasma display discharge tube, which causes a plasma display discharge tube having a DC type address electrode constituted by an X-Y matrix electrode and an AC type memory electrode arranged opposite to said DC type address electrode and common to all pixels to perform a memory discharge display, the method of driving the plasma display discharge tube being characterized in that, in an address operation period by said DC type address electrode, after a distribution of wall charges having a positive or negative polarity according to an image is formed on an insulating layer of said AC type memory electrode, an AC sustain pulse voltage which becomes alternately positive or negative with respect to a potential of said AC type memory electrode is applied to a Y electrode serving as a scanning electrode of said DC type electrode in a memory display period, thereby performing a continuous memory discharge display on the basis of wall charges formed on the insulating layer of said AC type address electrode in said address operation period.