Plasma display device and method of driving the same

A method of driving a plasma display device which comprises a plurality of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, the method comprising:

• increasing a voltage level of a first electrode, the first electrode being selected among the plurality of the scan electrodes and sustain electrodes;
• and
• placing the first electrode in a floating state.

A method of manufacturing a plasma display device, comprising:

• providing a plasma display panel which comprises a plurality of sustain electrodes and a plurality of scan electrodes;
• and
• mounting a sustain discharge circuit on the plasma display panel which applies a sustain to a first electrode which is selected among the plurality of the sustain and scan electrodes, wherein the sustain discharge circuit places the first electrode in a floating state.

A plasma display device, the plasma display device including a plurality of sustain electrodes and scan electrodes, formed in parallel with each other and provided with respective Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) electrodes, and a plurality of barrier ribs, wherein:

• the plasma display device is constructed to apply a sustain pulse for a sustain discharge to the sustain electrodes or the scan electrodes during a sustain period, and
• the sustain pulse comprises a pulse waveform that is floated for a second time period after a first time period has elapsed from a time point at which a voltage of the sustain pulse increases from a first voltage to a second voltage.

A method of driving a plasma display device, the plasma display device including a plurality of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, formed in parallel with each other and provided with respective Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) electrodes, and a plurality of barrier ribs, the plasma display device being separately driven in a reset period, an address period, and a sustain period, a sustain pulse for a sustain discharge being applied to the sustain electrodes or the scan electrodes during the sustain period, the method comprising, using the sustain pulse, the steps of:

• increasing a voltage of the sustain electrodes or the scan electrodes from a first voltage to a second voltage;
• and
• processing a predetermined region, which occurs after a main sustain discharge region, to be floated in order to eliminate an oscillation discharge caused by oscillation occurring after the voltage increases to the second voltage.