Plasma display device and semiconductor device

A plasma display device comprising,

• a plurality of first electrodes,
• a plurality of second electrodes,
• the plurality of the first electrodes and the plurality of the second electrodes which are disposed substantially in parallel and alternate with each other, the adjacent first and second electrodes along which a display cell is formed and between which luminous discharge occurs in the display cell,
• a plurality of third electrodes which are formed across the display cells and substantially perpendicular to the first electrodes and the second electrodes, and are used to select the display cell in which the luminous discharge is to occur, and
• a first switch element and a second switch element, which keep the third electrode either at a low level voltage or a high level voltage, or in an open state, during an address period when the display cell in which the luminous discharge to occur is selected,
• wherein the first electrode is kept at a constant voltage while a positive voltage and a negative voltage with reference to the constant voltage are alternately applied to the second electrode with the first and the second switch elements both kept in the open state, during a sustain period when the luminous discharge is maintained, and
• wherein a withstand voltage of the second switch element to output the high level voltage is lower than a withstand voltage of the first switch element to output the low level voltage.