Method of driving plasma display panel including and-logic and line duplication methods, plasma display apparatus performing the driving method and method of wiring the plasma display panel

A method of driving a plasma display panel having front and rear substrates disposed opposite each other, X electrode lines and Y electrode lines arranged parallel to each other on the front substrate between the front and rear substrates, and address electrode lines arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the X and Y electrode lines to define discharge cells at intersections thereof, the discharge cells being further defined as being an odd discharge cell if between each Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode line above and an even discharge cell for each Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode below, the method comprising:

• wiring the electrode lines by dividing the X electrode lines into X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, dividing the Y electrode lines into Y groups, separately setting pairs of X and Y groups including pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, respectively to define the odd and even discharge cells, commonly connecting the X and Y electrode lines to one another in units of the odd X groups, the even X groups, and the Y groups;
• driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an odd field to drive the odd discharge cells in a vertical direction;
• and
• driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines in an even field to drive the even discharge cells in a vertical direction,
• wherein:
• two X electrode lines are formed between corresponding adjacent Y electrode lines so that a total number of the X electrode lines is “n” and a total number of the Y electrode lines is n/2,
• the adjacent two X electrode lines pair with different Y electrode lines, respectively, and
• said driving the odd discharge cells comprises:
• applying a first pulse to all the Y groups and then applying a second pulse to all the odd X groups to erase wall charges from the odd discharge cells in the vertical direction;
• forming the wall charges in all the odd discharge cells and then erasing the wall charges from ones of the odd discharge cells that will not be displayed in order of a horizontal line;
• alternately applying a third pulse to all of the Y groups and all of the odd X groups to provoke a display discharge in ones of the odd discharge cells from which the wall charges have not been erased;
• and
• repeating the forming and erasing the wall charges and provoking the display discharge in each sub-field.

A method of driving a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel comprising a front substrate, X electrode lines and Y electrode lines arranged on the front substrate in a first direction, a rear substrate, and address electrode lines arranged on the rear substrate opposite the X and Y electrode lines in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define discharge cells including even and odd discharge cells at intersections thereof, wherein, for each one of the Y electrode lines, the odd discharge cells are between the one Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode line above, and the even discharge cells are between the one Y electrode line and an adjacent X electrode below, and the X electrode lines are commonly connected in X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, and the Y electrode lines are commonly in Y groups such that pairs of X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, the method comprising:

• driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the odd discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an odd field;
• and
• driving the Y groups, the X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the even discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an even field,
• wherein said driving the odd discharge cells comprises:
• applying a pulse to the X groups to erase wall charges from the discharge cells;
• selectively forming the wall charges in ones of the odd discharge cells to be displayed without forming the wall charges in ones of the odd discharge cells not to be displayed;
• and
• alternately applying a second pulse to the Y groups and the X groups to provoke a display discharge in ones of the odd discharge cells to be displayed in the odd field.

A plasma display apparatus comprising:

• a front substrate;
• X and Y electrode lines arranged on said front substrate in a first direction, each of said Y electrode lines being disposed between adjacent pairs of said X electrode lines, said X electrode lines being organized into X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, and said Y electrode lines being organized into Y groups such that pairs of the X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent said X and Y electrode lines;
• a rear substrate,
• address electrode lines arranged on said rear substrate opposite said X and Y electrode lines in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define even and odd discharge cells at intersections thereof;
• an X driver to drive said X electrode lines commonly connected in the X groups;
• a Y driver to drive said Y electrode lines commonly connected in the Y groups;
• and
• an address driver to drive said address electrode lines,
• wherein
• for each one of said Y electrode lines, the odd discharge cells are defined between said one Y electrode line and an adjacent one of said X electrode lines to one side of said one Y electrode line, and the even discharge cells are defined between said one Y electrode line and an adjacent one of said X electrodes lines to another side of said one Y electrode line,
• said X, Y, and address drivers drive the Y groups, the odd X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the odd discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an odd field,
• said X, Y, and address drivers drive the Y groups, the even X groups, and the address electrode lines to drive the even discharge cells to perform a display discharge in an even fields,
• said Y driver comprises Y driver units that drive corresponding ones of the Y groups, and a number of the Y driver units is less than a number of said Y electrode lines, and
• a number of the Y driver units is less than both a number of said Y electrode lines and a number of the X driver units.

A method of wiring a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel including a front substrate, X electrode lines and Y electrode lines arranged on the front substrate in a first direction, each of the Y electrode lines having one of the X electrode lines on each adjacent side, a rear substrate, and address electrode lines arranged on the rear substrate opposite the X and Y electrode lines in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define even and odd discharge cells at intersections thereof, the method comprising:

• grouping the X electrode lines into X groups including odd X groups and even X groups, where each of the odd and even X groups are commonly driven by corresponding odd and even X drivers;
• and
• combining the Y electrode lines into Y groups such that pairs of the X and Y groups include pairs of adjacent X and Y electrode lines, where each of the Y groups are commonly driven by corresponding Y drivers,
• wherein
• a number of the odd and even X drivers is less than a number of the X electrode lines, and
• a number of the Y drivers is less than a number of the Y electrode lines and is less than a number of the X drivers.