Plasma display device and method for driving plasma display panel

A plasma display apparatus comprising:

• a plasma display panel having a plurality of discharge cells, each of the discharge cells having a display electrode pair and a data electrode, the display electrode pair including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode;
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• a driver circuit for driving the plasma display panel in a manner such that one field is formed of a plurality of subfields and each of the subfields includes an address period, the driver circuit including:
• an image signal processing circuit for generating image data that represents light emission and no light emission in each discharge cell in each subfield, based on an image signal;
• a data electrode driver circuit for generating an address pulse based on the image data, and for generating the address pulse at a timing in synchronization with an address timing signal and applying the address pulse to the data electrodes, in the address period;
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• a timing generation circuit for generating the address timing signal and supplying the address timing signal to the data electrode driver circuit,
• wherein, the data electrode driver circuit includes a delay part for delaying the address timing signal by a predetermined time,
• the data electrode driver circuit calculates a load capacitance of each of the data electrodes based on the image data, and
• based on the load capacitance of each data electrode, the data electrode driver circuit generates the address pulse at a timing in synchronization with either the address timing signal or an address timing signal delayed by the delay part.