Method for driving plasma display panel

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes are in parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes cross the first and second electrodes at crossing areas and define corresponding discharge cells;

• wherein a first field, during which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining first sides of said second electrodes for display purposes, and a second field, during which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining second opposite sides of the second electrodes for display purposes, are temporally separated from each other;
• each of said first and second fields includes a reset period during which each of the discharge cells is initialized, an addressing period during which wall charges are provided in the discharge cells according to display data, and a sustain discharge period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are provided during said addressing period;
• wherein during said addressing period within said first field, a pulse of a first polarity is applied to said first electrodes adjoining first sides of said second electrodes, a pulse of a second polarity is applied to said first electrodes adjoining second opposite sides of said second electrodes, and then a scanning pulse of the second polarity is applied successively to said second electrodes;
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• during said addressing period within said second field, a pulse of the first polarity is applied to said first electrodes adjoining second opposite sides of said second electrodes, a pulse of the second polarity is applied to said first electrodes adjoining first sides of said second electrodes, and then a scanning pulse of the second polarity is applied successively to said second electrodes.

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes at crossing areas and define corresponding discharge cells;

• wherein a first field within which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining first sides of said second electrodes for a purpose of display, and a second field, within which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining second, opposite sides of said second electrodes, for a purpose of display, are temporally separated from each other;
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• each of said first and second fields includes a field reset period during which a discharge is induced for erasing wall charges remaining at an end of a previous field and a plurality of sub-fields each consisting of a reset period during which each of the discharge cells is initialized, an addressing period during which wall charges are provided in the discharge cells according to display data, and a sustain discharge period during which a sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are provided during said addressing period wherein said field reset period consists of a period during which a discharge is induced in the lines defined by first even-numbered electrodes and second odd-numbered electrodes, a period during which a discharge is induced in the lines defined by first odd-numbered electrodes and second even-numbered electrodes, a period during which a discharge is induced in the lines defined by the first odd-numbered electrodes and second odd-numbered electrodes, and a period during which a discharge is induced in the lines defined by the first even-numbered electrodes and second even-numbered electrodes.

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes at crossing areas and define corresponding discharge cells;

• wherein a first field within which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining first sides of said second electrodes for a purpose of display, and a second field, within which a discharge is induced in lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining second, opposite sides of said second electrodes, for a purpose of display, are temporally separated from each other;
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• each of said first and second fields includes a field reset period during which a discharge is induced for erasing wall charges remaining at an end of a previous field and a plurality of sub-fields each consisting of a reset period during which each of the discharge cells is initialized, an addressing period during which wall charges are provided in the discharge cells according to display data, and a sustain discharge period during which a sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are provided during said addressing period wherein each of said first and second fields includes a field reset charge adjustment period which precedes said field reset period and during which wall charges are produced to be superimposed on charges released during said field reset period.

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged in parallel to each other and adjacently, a plurality of third electrodes is arranged to cross the pairs of first and second electrodes at electrode crossing areas and to define corresponding discharge cells at the electrode crossing areas and wherein, during a reset period, each of the discharge cells is initialized during an addressing period, wall charges are provided in the discharge cells according to display data and, during a sustain discharge period, sustain discharges are induced in discharge cells in which wall charges are provided during the addressing period, said method for driving a plasma display panel comprising, during said reset period:

• applying a first pulse in which an applied voltage varies with time until reaching a first potential so as to induce a first discharge in the discharge cells of respective display lines defined by said first and second electrodes, said first pulse having a predetermined polarity with respect to the second potential that is the potential attained before the application of said first pulse;
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• applying a second pulse, in which an applied voltage varies with time so as to induce a second discharge, as an erase discharge, in the discharge cells of the respective display lines defined by said first and second electrodes, said second pulse having a polarity opposite to the predetermined polarity of said first pulse with respect to said second potential.

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which plural pairs of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged in parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes is arranged to cross the pairs of first and second electrodes at crossing areas and define corresponding discharge cells at the electrode crossing areas and wherein, during a reset period, each of the discharge cells is initialized, during an addressing period, wall charges are provided in the discharge cells according to display data and, during a sustain discharge period, sustain discharges are induced in discharge cells in which wall charges are provided during the addressing period, said method for driving a plasma display panel comprising, during said reset period:

• applying a first pulse in which an applied voltage increases with time so as to induce a first discharge in the discharge cells of respective display lines defined by said first and second electrodes;
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• thereafter applying a second pulse, in which an applied voltage decreases with time so as to induce a second discharge, as an erase discharge, in the discharge cells of the respective display lines defined by said first and second electrodes, wherein said second pulse is applied after having reached a first potential with application of said first pulse and having lowered to a second potential that is equal to the potential attained before the application of said first pulse.