Driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus

A plasma display apparatus comprising:

• a plasma display panel including:
• a group of display electrodes arranged in parallel so as to extend in a first direction over a first plate and having discharge gaps formed between the electrodes adjacent at both sides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction respectively;
• and
• a dielectric layer and a protective layer covering the group of display electrodes,
• wherein the plasma display panel includes:
• a group of address electrodes arranged over a second plate opposing the first plate so as to intersect with the group of display electrodes;
• a dielectric layer covering the group of address electrodes;
• second barrier ribs arranged at both sides of the group of address electrodes and extending in the second direction;
• first barrier ribs extending in the first direction so as to overlap with the display electrodes;
• and phosphor applied to a region between the first and the second barrier ribs, and
• wherein the plasma display panel is configured by sticking the first plate and the second plate together, display lines are formed by pairs of the display electrodes adjacent to each other and a display cell is formed in a region of intersection of the pair of the display electrodes and the address electrodes surrounded by the first and the second barrier ribs in a lattice shape;
• a first drive circuit applying a voltage to the group of display electrodes;
• a second drive circuit applying a voltage to the group of address electrodes;
• and
• a control circuit controlling the first and the second drive circuits,
• wherein an interlace driving method lighting and displaying one of the odd-numbered and even-numbered display lines alternately by a field of the plasma display panel is used, and
• wherein the pair of the display electrodes of only one of the odd-numbered and even-numbered display lines to be an objective of the lighting and displaying is taken as an objective, reset operation to be preparation operation for addressing is performed by driving the group of display electrodes by a driving waveform from a side of the first drive circuit.