Method for driving a plasma display panel with a priming electrode and structure therefor
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorJih-Fon Huang
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Abstract
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a priming electrode is disclosed. The PDP has a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The space between the first substrate and the second substrate is defined as a discharge space and is filled with a discharge gas. A sustaining electrode, a scanning electrode and a priming electrode are all positioned on the first substrate along a first direction. An address electrode is positioned on the second substrate perpendicularly with the first direction. The priming electrode outputs a first priming pulse so as to excite the discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions.
Claims11
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein said second substrate is opposite to said first substrate, and a discharge space is defined as the space between said first substrate and said second substrate and is filled with a discharge gas, said PDP being divided into a pixel unit and a dark area and comprising:
- a sustaining electrode and a scanning electrode positioned in said pixel unit on said first substrate along a first direction;
- a priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction;
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- an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction;
- wherein said priming electrode outputs a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions.
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein said second substrate is opposite to said first substrate, and a discharge space is defined as the space between said first substrate and said second substrate and is filled with a discharge gas, said PDP are divided into a first pixel unit, a second pixel unit, and a dark area, and said dark area is positioned between said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit, said PDP comprising:
- a first sustaining electrode and a first scanning electrode positioned on said first substrate along a first direction;
- a second sustaining electrode and a second scanning electrode positioned on said first substrate along said first direction;
- a common priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction, said common priming electrode outputting a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions in said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit;
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- an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction;
- wherein said address electrode, said first scanning electrode, and said first sustaining electrode defines said first pixel unit;
- said address electrode, said second scanning electrode, and said second sustaining electrode defines said second pixel unit.
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