Plasma display panel with a structure capable of reducing various noises

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• ground potential application means for applying a ground potential to all of said scanning electrodes;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing, when said surface discharge electrodes of a predetermined number of one or more rows arranged successively in the column direction are defined as a set, said sustain pulse feeding means to apply voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes, as the sustain pulses to said sustain electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• ground potential application means for applying a ground potential to all of said sustain electrodes;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing, when said surface discharge electrodes of a predetermined number of one or more rows arranged successively in the column direction are defined as a set, said sustain pulse feeding means to apply voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes, as the sustain pulses to said scanning electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• ground potential application means for applying, when said surface discharge electrodes of a predetermined number of one or more rows arranged successively in the column direction are defined as a set, a ground potential alternately to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes in odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing said sustain pulse feeding means to apply voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes, as the sustain pulses to those of said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to which the ground potential is not applied.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes,
• wherein said sustain pulse feeding means is connected to the opposite ends of said scanning electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes,
• wherein said sustain pulse feeding means is connected to the opposite ends of said sustain electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes,
• wherein, when a pair of adjacent electrodes of said surface discharge electrodes of comprise odd-numbered set and an even-numbered set are defined as a group, wiring line structures for said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes are symmetrical in the row direction between odd-numbered groups and even-numbered groups of said surface discharge electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
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• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes,
• wherein, when said surface discharge electrodes of a predetermined number of one or more rows arranged successively in the column direction are defined as a set, orders of said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes are alternately opposite to each other between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes;
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• means for making, when said surface discharge electrodes of a predetermined number of one or more rows arranged successively in the column direction are defined as a set, feeding directions of the sustain pulses opposite to each other between said surface discharge electrodes of odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes;
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• means for making the polarities of voltages applied as the sustain pulses to adjacent electrodes of the scanning electrodes and the sustain electrodes on boundaries between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes of the same polarity.

A plasma display panel comprising

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes;
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• means for making the polarities of voltages applied as the sustain pulses to adjacent electrodes of said scanning electrodes on boundaries between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes of the same polarity.

A plasma display panel comprising:

• a plurality of surface discharge electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode, and successively arranged in the column direction parallel to the row direction;
• a plurality of data electrodes successively arranged in the row direction parallel to the column direction and forming pixels at positions at which said data electrodes intersect with said surface discharge electrodes;
• a discharge space located in a gap between the plane on which said plurality of data electrodes are arranged and the plane on which said plurality of surface discharge electrodes are arranged;
• wall charge writing means for successively applying scanning pulses to said plurality of scanning electrodes and successively applying data pulses corresponding to an image to said plurality of data electrodes to write wall charge into the pixels corresponding to the image;
• sustain pulse feeding means for feeding alternating sustain pulses, whose feeding directions are reversed between a first condition and a second condition, between said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes to cause discharge to occur at the positions of the pixels in which the wall charge is written;
• pulse feeding control means for causing voltages, whose positive and negative polarities are opposite to each other, to be applied to said scanning electrodes and said sustain electrodes as the sustain pulses to be fed to said surface discharge electrodes;
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• means for malting the polarities of voltages applied as the sustain pulses to adjacent electrodes of said sustain electrodes on boundaries between odd-numbered sets and even-numbered sets of said surface discharge electrodes of the same polarity.