Data control method and apparatus thereof

A plasma display apparatus, comprising:

• scan electrodes;
• data electrodes intersecting the scan electrodes;
• a scan driving unit that scans the scan electrodes in a scan sequence depending upon a data load associated with a pattern over a portion of at least two scan electrodes;
• and
• a data driving unit that supplies a data signal corresponding to the scan to the data electrodes.

A plasma display apparatus, comprising:

• scan electrodes;
• data electrodes intersecting the scan electrodes;
• discharge cells at the intersections of the scan electrodes and the data electrodes;
• a scan driving unit that scans the scan electrodes in at least two scan sequences according to the ratio in which at least one predetermined data pattern is included in data patterns of data that are input to the discharge cells;
• and
• a data driving unit that supplies a data signal corresponding to the at least two scan sequences to the data electrodes.

A plasma display apparatus including scan electrodes, data electrodes intersecting the scan electrodes, and discharge cells at the intersections of the scan electrodes and the data electrodes, the apparatus comprising:

• means for scanning the scan electrodes in a scan sequence;
• means for supplying a data signal to the data electrodes;
• and
• means for controlling the scanning means and the supplying means, wherein the controlling means includes means for detecting at least one predetermined data pattern of input data and determining a data load associated with the data pattern, and said controlling means controlling the scanning means according to the data load.