Plasma display panel and method of driving the same

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention generally relates to a plasma display panel (hereinafter referred to as PDP) and a method of driving the PDP. More specifically, the method and apparatus of the present invention can reduce the back-glow phenomena caused by the discharge operation during the reset period for a PDP, therefore, enhancing the contrast of the plasma display panel

#The present invention generally relates to a plasma display panel (hereinafter referred to as PDP). More specifically, it relates to a plasma panel can reduce the back-glow phenomena caused by the discharge operation during the reset period, therefore, enhancing the contrast of the plasma display panel.

#The drawings referred to herein will be understood as not being drawn to scale except if specially noted, the emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:

#FIG. 1 represents the side view of the dissection graph of the cells in a conventional PDP;

#FIG. 2 represents the block diagram of the PDP device comprised of the PDP in FIG. 1;

#Reference is now made in detail to an embodiment of the present invention that illustrates the best mode presently contemplated by the inventor(s) for practicing the present invention. Other embodiments are also described herein.

#FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the PDP according to the present invention. The PDP 500 comprises a first substrate 501 and a second substrate 502 supported in spaced relationship to define a discharge space 503 therebetween, the first and second substrates (501, 502) having opposed surfaces facing each other across the discharge space 503; a plurality of scanning electrodes (Y1˜Yn) and a plurality of sustaining electrodes (X1˜Xm) formed on the first substrate 501, wherein every two of the scanning electrodes (for example, Y1-Y2, Y3-Y4, . . . ) and every two of the sustaining electrodes (for example X1-X2, X3-X4, . . . ) are alternately arranged on the first substrate, as depicted in FIG. 5; a plurality of address electrodes Aj formed on the second substrate 502, perpendicularly crossing the scanning and sustaining electrodes; and a stripe rib structure, not shown in FIG. 5, separating the discharge space 503 into a plurality of stripe discharge regions, substantially parallel to the address electrodes Aj. For the purpose of illustration and brevity, the PDP in FIG. 5 has adopted the configuration of 4 sustaining electrodes (X1˜X4) and 4 scanning electrodes (Y1˜Y4) as the example.

#It is noted that one of the scanning electrodes and adjacent one of the sustaining electrodes define a display discharge cell, every two of the scanning electrodes and every two of the sustaining electrodes respectively define a priming discharge cell. For example, X2-Y1, Y2-X3 and X4-Y3 define 3 display discharge cells, and X1-X2, Y1-Y2, X3-X4 and Y3-Y4 define 4 priming discharge cells.