Plasma display device and method of driving the same

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plurality of scan electrodes sequentially scanned to be impressed with a scan pulse;
• an address electrode that is impressed with an address pulse corresponding to the scan pulse, for selection of a display pixel;
• a scan driving circuit generating the scan pulse;
• and
• an address driving circuit generating the address pulse,
• wherein the address pulse falls in n stages (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) and a period in a period during which the address pulse falls from a highest voltage to a lowest voltage overlaps a scan pulse immediately subsequent to the scan pulse corresponding to the address pulse.

A method of driving a plasma display device comprising:

• a plurality of scan electrodes sequentially scanned to be impressed with a scan pulse;
• and an address electrode that is impressed with an address pulse corresponding to the scan pulse, for selection of a display pixel, the method comprising:
• a scan driving step of generating the scan pulse;
• and
• an address driving step of generating the address pulse,
• wherein the address pulse rises in n stages (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) and a period in a period during which the address pulse rises from a lowest voltage to a highest voltage overlaps a scan pulse immediately prior to the scan pulse corresponding to the address pulse.