Method of driving plasma display panel

A method for driving a plasma display panel having first and second substrates being placed so as to face each other, a plurality of first electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said second substrate and each extending in a row direction on said first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes each pairing up with said first electrode and extending parallel to said first electrode and making up a display line by a space provided by said adjacent first electrode, and a plurality of third electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said first substrate and extending in a column direction orthogonal to a direction in which said first and second electrodes extend on said second substrate, and operating to have a matrix-type plasma display panel having one discharging cell at each of intersecting points of said first and second electrodes and said third electrode to perform a display in response to video signals, said method comprising:

• a process of setting, in a field period making up one screen, at least one initializing period during which a state of said discharging cell is reset, at least one selective operation period during which a selective discharge occurs to select an ON or OFF state for displaying and at least one discharge sustaining period during which a discharge for displaying is achieved, and of causing a discharge to occur, during said initializing period, between said first and second electrodes by applying a pulse whose electric potential changes with time to said first electrode;
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• a process of causing a discharge of one polarity to occur between said first electrode and said third electrode after said discharge between said first electrode and said second electrode starts in said initializing period.

A method for driving a plasma display panel having first and second substrates being placed so as to face each other, a plurality of first electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said second substrate and each extending in a row direction on said first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes each pairing up with said first electrode and extending parallel to said first electrode and making up a display line by a space provided by said adjacent first electrode, and a plurality of third electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said first substrate and extending in a column direction orthogonal to a direction in which said first and second electrodes extend on said second substrate and operating to have a matrix-type plasma display panel having one discharging cell at each of intersecting points of said first and second electrodes and said third electrode to perform a display in response to video signals, said method comprising:

• a process of setting, in a field period making up one screen, at least one initializing period during which a state of said discharging cell is reset, at least one selective operation period during which a selective discharge occurs to select an ON or OFF state for displaying and one discharge sustaining period during which a discharge for displaying is achieved, and of dividing said plurality of third electrodes into a plurality of electrode groups and holding each of said electrode groups at an individual electric potential, during said initializing period;
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• a process of causing a discharge between said first and third electrodes to occur.

A method for driving a plasma display panel having first and second substrates being placed so as to face each other, a plurality of first electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said second substrate and each extending in a row direction on said first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes each pairing up with said first electrode and extending parallel to said first electrode and making up a display line by a space provided by said adjacent first electrode, a plurality of third electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said first substrate and extending in a column direction orthogonal to a direction in which said first and second electrodes extend on said second substrate, and a plurality of phosphors formed on said third electrode, and operating to have a matrix-type plasma display panel having one discharging cell at each of intersecting points of said first and second electrodes and said third electrode to perform a display in response to video signals, said method comprising:

• a process of setting, in a field period making up one screen, at least one initializing period during which a state of said discharging cell is reset, at least one selective operation period during which a selective discharge occurs to select an ON or OFF state for displaying and at least one discharge sustaining period during which a discharge for displaying is achieved, and of causing a discharge to occur between said first and second electrodes by application of a pulse whose electric potential changes with time to said first electrode during said initializing period;
• a process of causing a discharge of one polarity between said first and third electrodes to occur;
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• a process of causing intensity of said discharge between said first and second electrodes to decrease before said discharge of one polarity stops.

A method for driving a plasma display panel having first and second substrates being placed so as to face each other, a plurality of first electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said second substrate and each extending in a row direction on said first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes each pairing up with said first electrode and extending parallel to said first electrode and making up a display line by a space provided by said adjacent first electrode, a plurality of third electrodes each being placed on a surface facing said first substrate and extending in a column direction orthogonal to a direction in which said first and second electrodes extend on said second substrate, and dielectric layer to cover said first and second electrodes, and operating to have a matrix-type plasma display panel having one discharging cell at each of intersecting points of said first and second electrodes and said third electrode to perform a display in response to video signals, said method comprising:

• a process of setting, in a field period making up one screen, at least one initializing period during which a state of said discharging cell is reset, at least one selective operation period during which a selective discharge occurs to select an ON or OFF state for displaying and at least one discharge sustaining period during which a discharge for displaying is achieved, and of causing a discharge to occur between said first and second electrodes by application of a pulse whose electric potential changes with time to said first electrode during said initializing period;
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• a process of causing said second electrode to be a floating electric potential and causing a electric potential of said second electrode to match a electric potential of said first electrode by capacitive coupling.