Plasma display device

A plasma display device comprising:

• a plasma display panel including:
• a front plate having display electrode pairs on a first glass substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the display electrode pairs, and a protective layer on the dielectric layer;
• a back plate having data electrodes on a second glass substrate, the back plate being faced to the front plate;
• and
• discharge cells formed at positions where the display electrode pairs face the data electrodes;
• and
• a panel driving circuit for driving the plasma display panel while a plurality of subfields are temporally disposed to form one field period,
• wherein the protective layer has:
• a base protective layer formed of a thin film containing metal oxide;
• and
• a particle layer formed by sticking agglomerated particles to the base protective layer, each of the agglomerated particles being formed by agglomerating a plurality of single crystal particles of magnesium oxide, and
• wherein the panel driving circuit drives the plasma display panel by forming one field period, the one field period being formed by temporally arranging a second subfield group after a first subfield group,
• wherein the first subfield group has a plurality of subfields each of which has an initializing period for producing wall charge for causing an address discharge, an address period for producing wall charge for causing a sustain discharge, and a sustain period for causing a sustain discharge to emit light in the discharge cells, and
• wherein the second subfield group has a plurality of subfields each of which has an address period for erasing wall charge for causing a sustain discharge and a sustain period for causing a sustain discharge to emit light in the discharge cells.