US 2002/0057230 A1 · Method of driving plasma display panel including and-logic and line duplication methods, plasma display apparatus performing the driving method and method of wiring the plasma display panel

Abstract

A method of driving a plasma display panel having a structure in which discharge cells are between a Y electrode line and adjacent X electrode lines thereabove and therebelow. The method includes dividing the X electrode lines into odd and even X groups, the Y electrode lines into Y groups such that pairs of X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, and the X and Y electrode lines are commonly connected to one another in units of the odd X groups, the even X groups, and the Y groups, driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an odd field to drive the odd discharge cells in a vertical direction, driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an even field to drive the even discharge cells in a vertical direction.

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Dependent claims

A method of driving a plasma display panel having front and rear substrates disposed opposite each other, X electrode lines and Y electrode lines arranged parallel to each other on the front substrate between the front and rear substrates, and address electrode lines arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the X and Y electrode lines to define discharge cells at intersections thereof, the discharge cells being further defined as being an odd discharge cell if between each Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode line above and an even discharge cell for each Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode below, the method comprising:

wiring the electrode lines by dividing the X electrode lines into X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, dividing the Y electrode lines into Y groups, separately setting pairs of X and Y groups including pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, respectively to define the odd and even discharge cells, commonly connecting the X and Y electrode lines to one another in units of the odd X groups, the even X groups, and the Y groups;
driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an odd field to drive the odd discharge cells in a vertical direction;
and
driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an even field to drive the even discharge cells in a vertical direction.

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A method of driving a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel comprising a front substrate, X electrode lines and Y electrode lines arranged on the front substrate in a first direction, a rear substrate, and address electrode lines arranged on the rear substrate opposite the X and Y electrode lines in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define discharge cells including even and odd discharge cells at intersections thereof, wherein, for each one of the Y electrode lines, the odd discharge cells are between the one Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode line above, and the even discharge cells are between the one Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode below, and the X electrode lines are commonly connected in X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, and the Y electrode lines are commonly in Y groups such that pairs of X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, the method comprising:

driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the odd discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an odd field;
and
driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the even discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an even field.

A plasma display apparatus comprising:

a front substrate;
X and Y electrode lines arranged on said front substrate in a first direction, each of said Y electrode lines being disposed between adjacent pairs of said X electrode lines, said X electrode lines being organized into X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, and said Y electrode lines being organized into Y groups such that pairs of the X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent said X and Y electrode lines;
a rear substrate,
address electrode lines arranged on said rear substrate opposite said X and Y electrode lines in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define even and odd discharge cells at intersections thereof;
an X driver to drive said X electrode lines commonly connected in the X groups;
a Y driver to drive said Y electrode lines commonly connected in the Y groups;
and
an address driver to drive said address electrode lines,
wherein
for each one of said Y electrode lines, the odd discharge cells are defined between said one Y electrode line and an adjacent one of said X electrode lines to one side of said one Y electrode line, and the even discharge cells are defined between said one Y electrode line and an adjacent one of said X electrodes lines to another side of said one Y electrode line,
said X, Y, and address drivers drive the Y groups, the odd X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the odd discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an odd field, and
said X, Y, and address drivers drive the Y groups, the even X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the even discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an even field.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of driving plasma display panel including and-logic and line duplication methods, plasma display apparatus performing the driving method and method of wiring the plasma display panel

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Method of driving plasma display panel including and-logic and line duplication methods, plasma display apparatus performing the driving method and method of wiring the plasma display panel

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