Address Driving Circuit and Plasma Display Device Having the Same

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plasma display panel having a discharge space;
• a scan driving unit having scan electrodes that cross the plasma display panel;
• a sustain driving unit having sustain electrodes that cross the plasma display panel, each sustain electrode being paired with a scan electrode;
• and
• an address driving unit having address electrodes that cross the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes;
• wherein discharges occur in the discharge space and images are displayed on the plasma display panel in response to respective driving voltages applied to the address electrodes, to the scan electrodes and to the sustain electrodes during subfields of a frame, the subfields each having at least a reset period and an address period,
• wherein, during the address period an address discharge for selecting a discharge cell to be discharged is generated by a voltage difference between an address voltage of the address electrodes and a scan voltage of the scan electrodes,
• wherein during the address period, a scan pulse is applied to the scan electrodes while an address signal is applied to the address electrode, the address signal going through at least two intermediate voltages during a transition time period to reach the address voltage such that when a voltage difference between the scan pulse and the address signal is added to a wall voltage generated during the reset period preceding the address period, the address discharge is generated within the discharge space to which the address signal is applied.