Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: The plasma display apparatus, in which the light emission efficiency is improved, has been disclosed. The fourth electrodes, which extend in the same direction of the first electrodes (X electrode) and the second electrodes (Y electrodes) and are exposed into the discharge space, are provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustaining discharge is carried out, and when the sustain action is carried out, the fixed voltage between the voltage applied to the first electrode and that applied to the second electrode is applied to the fourth electrode provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustain action is carried out in order to make the electric field between the first and the second electrodes uniform.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes first and second substrates opposed to each other for defining a space filled with discharge gas, a screen made up of cells arranged in the row and column directions, display electrodes arranged on the first substrate, the display electrodes extending in the row direction, band-like partitions arranged in parallel on the second substrate for dividing the gas filled space into columns, and fluorescent material layers sticking to side faces of the partitions and inner surfaces between the partitions on the columns, each of the fluorescent material layers extending across cells. The thickness of the fluorescent material layer at a part sticking to the side face of the partition and overlapping with the display electrodes is designed to be smaller than the thickness at a part sticking to the side face of the partition in the vicinity of the surface discharge gap.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided which achieves the reduction in discharge current and the improvement in luminance. The plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates opposite to each other, a discharge gas sealed between the substrates, and a plurality of first display electrodes and a plurality of second display electrodes disposed on one of the substrates to generate surface discharge. Each of the first and second display electrodes has a shape including an elongated strip portion extending over plural cells and a plurality of projections protruding from the strip portion in each of the cells. The projection of the first display electrode and the projection of the second display electrode define a surface discharge gap in each of the cells, and each of the projections of the first and second display electrodes is formed to have a serpentine strip shape having at least two bending portions.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a plasma display panel is provided in which a display cell including a first electrode and a second electrode is selected to light up, for applying a first voltage Vs1 to the first electrode and a second voltage Vs2 to the second electrode adjacent to the first electrode to cause a sustain discharge between the first and second electrodes. The driving circuit generates a sustain discharge voltage such that, during the sustain discharge between the first and second electrodes, an applied voltage Vc to a third electrode adjacent to the first electrode opposite to the second electrode falls within a range Vs2?Vc<Vs1, and, in this case, when a display cell including the third electrode is selected to light up, the polarity of a wall charge formed on the third electrode becomes positive.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a plasma display panel is provided in which a display cell including a first electrode and a second electrode is selected to light up, for applying a first voltage Vs1 to the first electrode and a second voltage Vs2 to the second electrode adjacent to the first electrode to cause a sustain discharge between the first and second electrodes. The driving circuit generates a sustain discharge voltage such that, during the sustain discharge between the first and second electrodes, an applied voltage Vc to a third electrode adjacent to the first electrode opposite to the second electrode falls within a range Vs2?Vc<Vs1, and, in this case, when a display cell including the third electrode is selected to light up, the polarity of a wall charge formed on the third electrode becomes positive.

Abstract: A plasma display includes address electrodes for scanning and addressing display cells, and scan electrodes for establishing an address discharge between the address electrodes and the scan electrodes by addressing. The display also includes common electrodes for establishing a sustain discharge between the scan electrodes and the common electrodes to display an image at the display cells, and a scan driver for supplying a voltage to the scan electrodes so as to scan display cells upon addressing during divided periods. Upon addressing, the scan driver varies the potential of a scan electrode adjacent to the scan electrode that corresponds to the addressed address electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: A plasma display includes address electrodes for scanning and addressing display cells, and scan electrodes for establishing an address discharge between the address electrodes and the scan electrodes by addressing. The display also includes common electrodes for establishing a sustain discharge between the scan electrodes and the common electrodes to display an image at the display cells, and a scan driver for supplying a voltage to the scan electrodes so as to scan display cells upon addressing during divided periods. Upon addressing, the scan driver varies the potential of a scan electrode adjacent to the scan electrode that corresponds to the addressed address electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a first substrate carrying thereon a plurality of strip-shaped ribs arranged parallel to each other, a fluorescent material applied between adjacent ribs and a plurality of address electrodes arranged parallel to the ribs and a second substrate being arranged to oppose to the first substrate and carrying thereon a plurality of sustain electrodes arranged in a direction crossing the address electrodes, wherein each of the address electrodes between adjacent ribs includes a plurality of branch electrodes which are diverged through almost the whole length of the ribs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix. According to the driving method, a reset period is a period during which the distribution of wall charges in the plurality of discharge cells is uniformed. An addressing period is a period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data. A sustain discharge period is a period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period.

Abstract: After a sustain discharge period, a voltage twice a sustain pulse is applied to one of sustain discharge electrodes to form, on an address electrode, wall charges capable of self-erase discharge between an address electrode and the sustain discharge electrode by an address pulse, and the address pulse is applied to the address electrode to perform self-erase discharge between the address electrode and the sustain discharge electrode, thereby removing the wall charges formed on the address electrode. With this arrangement, a cell to be turned on in accordance with display data can be accurately selected in an address period without forming any wall charges on the address electrode, and any degradation in drive margin or display quality of a plasma display device can be suppressed.

Abstract: The plasma display apparatus, in which the light emission efficiency is improved, has been disclosed. The fourth electrodes, which extend in the same direction of the first electrodes (X electrode) and the second electrodes (Y electrodes) and are exposed into the discharge space, are provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustaining discharge is carried out, and when the sustain action is carried out, the fixed voltage between the voltage applied to the first electrode and that applied to the second electrode is applied to the fourth electrode provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustain action is carried out in order to make the electric field between the first and the second electrodes uniform.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, a plurality of sustain electrodes arranged parallel to each other on an inside surface of the first substrate, a plurality of ribs arranged orthogonally to the sustain electrodes on an inside surface of the second substrate, and elongated address electrodes each arranged between adjacent ribs, wherein adjacent sustain electrodes have a pair of protrusions projected in a direction approaching each other and one of the pairs of protrusions of two adjacent sustain electrode pairs is displaced from the other pair of protrusions along the sustain electrodes between the ribs.

Abstract: The plasma display apparatus, in which the light emission efficiency is improved, has been disclosed. The fourth electrodes, which extend in the same direction of the first electrodes (X electrode) and the second electrodes (Y electrodes) and are exposed into the discharge space, are provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustaining discharge is carried out, and when the sustain action is carried out, the fixed voltage between the voltage applied to the first electrode and that applied to the second electrode is applied to the fourth electrode provided between the first and the second electrodes where the sustain action is carried out in order to make the electric field between the first and the second electrodes uniform.

Abstract: In a plasma display, a plurality of first display electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes are arranged in parallel with one another and in which a plurality of addressing electrodes are arranged to intersect the first and the second display electrodes. When a sustaining discharge is generated between the first and the second display electrode by applying an anode potential to one of the first and the second display electrode and a cathode potential to the other thereof, a potential lower than the anode potential and higher than the cathode potential is applied to the first and the second display electrode adjacent to the first and the second display electrode between which the sustaining discharge is generated.

Abstract: A plasma display drive method, in which the address action is carried out in a short time without fail, has been disclosed. In the reset action, wall charges are left uniformly in the display cell, and the following address action comprises the selective action to select the OFF cell, the eliminative action to eliminate the wall charges in the OFF cell selected in the selective action, and the write action to form wall charges needed for the sustain action in the ON cell.