Method for driving a plasma display panel with a priming electrode and structure therefor
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorJih-Fon Huang
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Abstract
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a priming electrode is disclosed. The PDP has a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The space between the first substrate and the second substrate is defined as a discharge space and is filled with a discharge gas. A sustaining electrode, a scanning electrode and a priming electrode are all positioned on the first substrate along a first direction. An address electrode is positioned on the second substrate perpendicularly with the first direction. The priming electrode outputs a first priming pulse so as to excite the discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions.
Claims13
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein said second substrate is opposite to said first substrate, and a discharge space is defined as the space between said first substrate and said second substrate and is filled with a discharge gas, said PDP being divided into a pixel unit and a dark area and comprising:
- a sustaining electrode and a scanning electrode positioned in said pixel unit on said first substrate along a first direction;
- a priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction;
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- an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction;
- wherein said priming electrode outputs a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions;
- wherein one of said sustaining electrode and said scanning electrode outputs a first erase pulse so as to remove a plurality of wall charges in said pixel unit during a first step;
- said priming electrode outputs said first priming electrode so as to excite said discharge gas in said discharge space and to produce said plurality of discharge ions during a second step;
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- one of said sustaining electrode and said scanning electrode outputs a second erase pulse so as to remove the remaining discharge ions in said pixel unit during a third step.
A plasma display panel (PDP) having a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein said second substrate is opposite to said first substrate, and a discharge space is defined as the space between said first substrate and said second substrate and is filled with a discharge gas, said PDP are divided into a first pixel unit, a second pixel unit, and a dark area, and said dark area is positioned between said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit, said PDP comprising:
- a first sustaining electrode and a first scanning electrode positioned on said first substrate along a first direction;
- a second sustaining electrode and a second scanning electrode positioned on said first substrate along said first direction;
- a common priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction, said common pruning electrode outputting a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions in said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit;
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- an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction;
- wherein said address electrode, said first scanning electrode, and said first sustaining electrode defines said first pixel unit;
- said address electrode, said second scanning electrode, and said second sustaining electrode defines said second pixel unit.
A PDP comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate opposite to said first substrate;
- a discharge space, between said first substrate and said second substrate, defining a first pixel unit, a second unit and a dark area positioned between said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit;
- a discharge gas filled in said discharge space;
- a first pair of electrodes including a first sustaining electrode and a first scanning electrode, positioned on said first substrate along a first direction;
- a second pair of electrodes including a second sustaining electrode and a second scanning electrode, positioned on said first substrate along said first direction;
- a priming electrode positioned in said dark area on said first substrate along said first direction and positioned between the first pair of electrodes and the second pair of electrodes, said priming electrode outputting a first priming pulse so as to excite said discharge gas and to produce a plurality of discharge ions in one of said first pixel unit and said second pixel unit;
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- an address electrode positioned on said second substrate perpendicularly with said first direction;
- wherein said address electrode, said first scanning electrode, and said first sustaining electrode defines said first pixel unit;
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- said address electrode, said second scanning electrode, and said second sustaining electrode defines said second pixel unit.
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