AC plasma display with precise relationships in regards to order and value of the weighted luminance of sub-fields with in the sub-groups and erase addressing in all address periods

A method for driving an AC-driven PDP having a screen provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, the pixels having a memory function by use of wall charge, the method comprising the steps of:

• dividing a field to be displayed on the screen into a plurality of sub-fields in time sequence, each of the sub-fields being further divided into an address period for selecting a pixel to emit light for display and a display period for sustaining a light-emitting state;
• carrying out a charge forming operation for forming wall charge necessary for sustaining the light-emitting state in all the pixels on the entire screen immediately before a set of sequential sub-fields;
• carrying out an erase addressing for selectively erasing the wall charge in a pixel which need not emit light, in the address period of a sub-field selected from said set of sequential sub-fields;
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• controlling the number of sub-fields between the charge forming operation carried out immediately before said set of sequential sub-fields and the erase addressing in the selected sub-field in accordance with luminance of each of the pixels to be displayed.