Plasma display panel and method of driving the same capable of increasing gradation display performance

Abstract

A plasma display panel has a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes adjacently disposed alternately with the first electrodes, first display lines formed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes adjacent to one side of the first electrodes, second display lines formed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes adjacent to the other side of the first electrodes, and a control circuit for alternately lighting the first and second display lines or lighting only one of the first and second display lines, and for displaying an image on the plasma display panel by dividing a frame or a field into a plurality of sub-fields for a gradation display. When cells are lighted on the adjacent first display lines or on the adjacent second display lines in a direction crossing the first and second electrodes, a compensation sustain discharge is carried out a plurality of times on the second display lines or on the first display lines positioned between the adjacent first display lines or between the adjacent second display lines, after a sustain discharge period on the first or second display lines ends.

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