Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and a method for driving a surface discharge PDP in which a driving voltage supply frame for displaying an image is constructed of N sub-fields, and each sub-field is composed of an erasing period, an addressing period and a sustaining period, the sustaining period alternately providing a predetermined sustaining pulse to first and second electrodes constructing the display panel.

Abstract: There is provided a method for driving an AC surface discharge PDP which includes a plurality of scan electrodes driven, being divided into upper and lower groups, a plurality of sustain electrodes respectively corresponding to the scan electrodes and being arranged on the same plane in parallel with the scan electrodes and a plurality of first and second address electrodes being divided into upper and lower parts and intersecting the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes having predetermined spaces therebetween, the PDP having a discharge cell formed at an intersection where the scan electrodes and sustain electrodes intersect the first and second address electrodes.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and a method for driving a surface discharge PDP in which a driving voltage supply frame for displaying an image is constructed of N sub-fields, and each sub-field is composed of an erasing period, an addressing period and a sustaining period, the sustaining period alternately providing a predetermined sustaining pulse to first and second electrodes constructing the display panel.