Patent ID: 7924240

Claim:
An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel, comprising: a signal processor to convert an image signal into image data for driving the plasma display panel; a data arranger coupled to receive output of the signal processor, and to serially transmit control data of more than two bits through two pins of the data arranger; and a first driver having a plurality of data integrated circuits (ICs), each IC coupled to the two pins of the data arranger, wherein the data arranger includes or is coupled to a temporary storage circuit having a capacity to store control data of a predetermined number of bits corresponding to at least one scan line, said predetermined number of bits equaling a number of inputs each IC uses to receive control data, and wherein the temporary storage circuit serially outputs the control data to each IC through a first pin of said two pins of the data arranger and outputs an IC select signal through a second pin of said two pins of the data arranger.