Gas discharge display apparatus and method for driving the same

A method for driving a gas discharge display apparatus including a first substrate and a second substrate located opposed to each other with a discharge space interposed therebetween to form an outer casing;

• a first electrode group including a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of sustaining electrodes located parallel to each other on an inner face of the first substrate, each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and each of the plurality of sustaining electrodes forming a pair;
• a dielectric layer covering the first electrode group;
• a second electrode group including a plurality of data electrodes located parallel to one another on an inner face of the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode group, the method comprising:
• a writing step for applying a writing pulse;
• a sustaining step, following the writing step, for applying a sustaining pulse;
• and
• an erasing step following the sustaining step, the erasing step including the step of applying an erasing pulse having an instantaneous voltage which changes slowly in one of an increasing manner and a decreasing manner to at least one of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of sustaining electrodes thereby increasing a voltage between the scanning electrodes and the sustaining electrodes slowly to perform an erasing operation, wherein a time period required for the instantaneous voltage of the erasing pulse to change between 10% and 90% of an amplitude thereof is set to be between 10 .mu.s and 10 ms inclusive.

A method for driving a gas discharge display apparatus including a first substrate and a second substrate located opposed to each other with a discharge space interposed therebetween to form an outer casing;

• a first electrode group including a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of sustaining electrodes located parallel to each other on an inner face of the first substrate, each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and each of the plurality of sustaining electrodes forming a pair;
• a dielectric layer covering the first electrode group;
• and a second electrode group including a plurality of data electrodes located parallel to one another on an inner face of the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode group the method comprising:
• a writing step of applying a writing pulse to the plurality of data electrodes and applying a scanning pulse having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the writing pulse to the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• a sustaining step of applying a sustaining pulse to the plurality of sustaining electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• and
• an erasing step of applying an erasing pulse,
• wherein, prior to the writing step, an initiating step is performed, the initiating step including the step of applying an initiating pulse, having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the scanning pulse to be applied in the writing step, to at least one of the plurality of sustaining electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes.

A method for driving a gas discharge display apparatus including a first substrate and a second substrate located opposed to each other with a discharge space interposed therebetween to form an outer casing;

• a first electrode group including a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of sustaining electrodes located parallel to each other on an inner face of the first substrate, each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and each of the plurality of sustaining electrodes forming a pair;
• a dielectric layer covering the first electrode group;
• and a second electrode group including a plurality of data electrodes located parallel to one another on an inner face of the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode group, the method comprising:
• a writing step of applying a writing pulse to the plurality of data electrodes and applying a scanning pulse having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the writing pulse to the polarity of the scanning electrodes;
• and
• a sustaining step of a applying a sustaining pulse to the plurality of sustaining electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• and
• an erasing step of applying an erasing pulse,
• wherein, prior to the writing step, an initiating step is performed, the initiating step including the step of applying an initiating pulse, having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the writing pulse to be applied in the writing step, to the plurality of data electrodes.

A method for driving a gas discharge display apparatus including a first substrate and a second substrate located opposed to each other with a discharge space interposed therebetween to form an outer casing, a first electrode group including a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of sustaining electrodes located parallel to each other on an inner face of the first substrate, each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and each of the plurality of sustaining electrodes forming a pair;

• a dielectric layer covering the first electrode group;
• and a second electrode group including a plurality of data electrodes located parallel to one another on an inner face of the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode group, the method comprising:
• a writing step of applying a writing pulse to the plurality of data electrodes and applying a scanning pulse having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the writing pulse to the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• a sustaining step of applying a sustaining pulse to the plurality of sustaining electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• and
• an erasing step of applying an erasing pulse,
• wherein, prior to the writing step, an initiating step is performed, the initiating step including the steps of:
• applying an initiating pulse to the plurality of data electrodes;
• and
• applying an assisting pulse to the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of sustaining electrodes, the assisting pulse having an identical polarity and an identical amplitude with the polarity and the amplitude of the initiating pulse applied to the plurality of data electrodes.

A method for driving a gas discharge display apparatus including a first substrate and a second substrate located opposed to each other with a discharge space interposed therebetween to form an outer casing;

• a first electrode group including a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of sustaining electrodes located parallel to each other on an inner face of the first substrate, each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and each of the plurality of sustaining electrodes forming a pair;
• a dielectric layer covering the first electrode group;
• and a second electrode group including a plurality of data electrodes located parallel to one another on an inner face of the second substrate in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode group, the method comprising:
• a writing step of applying a writing pulse to the plurality of data electrodes and applying a scanning pulse having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the writing pulse to the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• a sustaining step of applying a sustaining pulse to the plurality of sustaining electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes;
• and
• an erasing step of applying an erasing pulse,
• wherein, prior to the writing step, an initiating step is performed, the initiating step including the steps of:
• applying an initiating pulse to at least one of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of sustaining electrodes;
• and
• applying an assisting pulse to the plurality of data electrodes, the assisting pulse having an identical polarity and an identical amplitude with the polarity and the amplitude of the initiating pulse applied to at least one of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of sustaining electrodes.