Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof to reduce after-images

A plasma display apparatus, comprising:

• a plasma display panel comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the plasma display panel being configured to measure a first time interval during which a substantially same image is displayed by the plasma display panel for a plurality of frames;
• and
• a driver configured to apply two or more sustain signals to the second electrode in a period during which two consecutive sustain signals are applied to the first electrode in a sustain period included in a frame disposed subsequently to the plurality of frames when the first time interval exceeds a critical time interval, and apply a single sustain signal to the second electrode in a period during which the two consecutive sustain signals to the first electrode in the sustain period included in the frame disposed subsequently to the plurality of frames when the first time interval does not exceed the critical time interval,
• wherein a waveform of each sustain signal applied to the first electrode in the sustain period is substantially identical to a waveform of each sustain signal applied to the second electrode in the sustain period,
• wherein a number of the sustain signals applied to the first electrode in the sustain period is less than a number of the sustain signals applied to the second electrode in the sustain period when the first time interval exceeds the critical time interval,
• wherein the number of the sustain signals applied to the first electrode and the number of the sustain signals applied to the second electrode, in the sustain period, are equal to each other when the first time interval does not exceed the critical time interval, and
• wherein the critical time interval comprises a first critical time interval, a second critical time interval, and a third critical time interval,
• a duration of the first critical time interval is shorter than a duration of the second critical time interval, and the duration of the second critical time interval is shorter than a duration of the third critical time interval, and
• a number of sustain signals applied to the first electrode and the second electrode during the first critical time interval is less than a number of sustain signals applied to the first electrode and the second electrode during the second critical time interval, and the number of sustain signals applied to the first electrode and the second electrode during the second critical time interval is less than a number of sustain signals applied to the first electrode and the second electrode during the third critical time interval.