US 8,344,631 B2Granted

Method for driving plasma display panel

AssigneeHitachi Plasma Patent Licensing Co., Ltd.

InventorsNoriaki Setoguchi, Shigeharu Asao, Yoshikazu Kanazawa

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Abstract

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first and second electrodes are arranged adjacently each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, the plasma display panel having a reset period, an address period, and a sustain discharge period is provided. The method includes in the reset period, applying to the second electrodes a first waveform voltage, whose applied potential increases with time, then applying to the second electrodes a second waveform voltage, whose applied potential decreases with time. The method includes when applying the first waveform voltage, a first constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a second constant voltage higher than the first constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes and when applying the second waveform voltage, a third constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a fourth constant voltage lower than the third constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes.

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Dependent claims

in said reset period,
applying to the second electrodes a first waveform voltage, whose applied potential increases with time, then
applying to the second electrodes a second waveform voltage, whose applied potential decreases with time,
wherein when applying the first waveform voltage, a first constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a second constant voltage higher than the first constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes,
wherein when applying the second waveform voltage, a third constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a fourth constant voltage lower than the third constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes, wherein
a reaching potential to which the first waveform voltage reaches is a positive potential higher than a sustain pulse voltage applied in the sustain discharge period, and
a reaching potential to which the second waveform voltage reaches is a negative potential.

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Facts

Application: 13/137,354Filed 8 Aug 2011 · continuation
Priority: JP 10-17082518 Jun 1998
Published: US 2012/0032602 A19 Feb 2012
Granted: 1 Jan 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G09G 5/18
Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators: timing circuits for…
G09G 3/28
Using controlled light sources: using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels
G09G 3/2922
For reset discharge, priming discharge or erase discharge occurring in a phase other than addressing: details of erasing
G09G 3/2927
For reset discharge, priming discharge or erase discharge occurring in a phase other than addressing: details of initialising

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Application09/334,623Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Jun 1999
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Application11/224,999Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Sep 2005
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US 2012/0032602 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Feb 2012
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