Plasma display device and plasma display panel drive method

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plasma display panel having a plurality of discharge cells, each discharge cell having a display electrode pair including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode;
• and
• a sustain pulse generating circuit for generating a sustain discharge by applying a sustain pulse to the display electrode pairs,
• the sustain pulse generating circuit having:
• a power recovery section for raising or lowering the sustain pulse by allowing an inductor and an inter-electrode capacitor of the display electrode pair to resonate and
• a clamp section for clamping a voltage of the sustain pulse to a predetermined voltage,
• wherein the sustain pulse generating circuit sets length of time for raising the sustain pulse for generating a final sustain discharge in the sustain period so as to be shorter than length of time for raising at least one of the other sustain pulses.

A driving method of a plasma display panel in which one field is formed of a plurality of sub fields, each sub field having an address period in which an address discharge is selectively generated in discharge cells and a sustain period in which a sustain discharge is generated by applying a sustain pulse by the number of times corresponding to a brightness weight, the driving method comprising:

• raising or lowering the sustain pulse by allowing an inter-electrode capacitor of a display electrode pair including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode and an inductor to resonate;
• and
• clamping a voltage of the sustain pulse to a predetermined voltage,
• wherein the sustain pulse generating circuit sets length of time for raising the sustain pulse for generating a final sustain discharge in the sustain period so as to be shorter than length of time for raising at least one of the other sustain pulses.

A driving method of a plasma display panel in which one field is formed of a plurality of sub fields, each sub field having an address period in which an address discharge is selectively generated in discharge cells and a sustain period in which a sustain discharge is generated by applying a sustain pulse by the number of times corresponding to a brightness weight, the driving method comprising:

• raising or lowering the sustain pulse by allowing an inter-electrode capacitor of a display electrode pair including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode and an inductor to resonate;
• and
• clamping a voltage of the sustain pulse to a predetermined voltage,
• wherein the sustain pulse generating circuit sets length of time for raising the sustain pulse for generating a final sustain discharge in the sustain period and length of time for raising a sustain pulse for generating a sustain discharge just before the final sustain discharge in the sustain period so as to be shorter than the length of time for raising at least one of the other sustain pulses.