Plasma display device and method of driving the same

A method of driving a plasma display panel including a sustain electrode and a scan electrode, the method comprising:

• supplying a sustain voltage to the sustain electrode by transferring a voltage of the scan electrode to the sustain electrode;
• maintaining the scan electrode at a ground potential while maintaining the sustain electrode at the sustain voltage;
• supplying the sustain voltage to the scan electrode by transferring a voltage of the sustain electrode to the scan electrode;
• maintaining the sustain electrode at the ground potential while maintaining the scan electrode at the sustain voltage.

A method of driving a plasma display device comprising a plasma display panel and a control circuit, the plasma display panel comprising a scan electrode and a sustain electrode that form a panel capacitor, wherein the control circuit comprises a first inductor for forming a first resonant circuit with the panel capacitor and a second inductor for forming a second resonant circuit with the panel capacitor, the method comprising:

• shorting out the first inductor to suppress the first resonant circuit;
• transferring energy stored as a first voltage across the panel capacitor to energy stored as a first current in the second inductor;
• using the energy stored as the first current in the second inductor to charge the panel capacitor with a second voltage of an opposite polarity from the first voltage;
• and
• clamping the panel capacitor at the second voltage.