Abstract: During each set-up period, wall charges of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, between which sustain discharges were generated in the previous subfield, are adjusted, and parts toward the sustain electrodes of positive charges in the scan electrodes are replaced by negative charges and parts toward the scan electrodes of negative charges in the sustain electrodes are replaced by positive charges. During each address period, write pulses are applied to the scan electrodes to generate write discharges utilizing priming discharges between the scan electrodes and priming electrodes. During each sustain period, positive charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the scan electrodes and negative charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the sustain electrodes.

Abstract: One field period includes at least one subfield (SF) group made of at least two successive SFs. In the SF group, in the SF subsequent to a SF in which no sustaining discharge is caused, writing discharge is controlled to cause no sustaining discharge. One of all-cell initializing operation and selective initializing operation to be performed in the initializing period in the top SF of the SF group is determined depending on a signal of an image to be displayed. In the top SF of the SF group, the period allocated to the writing discharge in the case of the selective initializing operation is set longer than the period allocated to the writing discharge in the case of the all-cell initializing operation. This structure provides a plasma display panel and a driving method thereof capable of inhibiting increases in black picture level and displaying images at excellent quality.

Abstract: One field period is structured of a plurality of subfields (SF), each including an initializing period, writing period, and sustaining period. Performed in the initializing period of each SF is all-cell initializing operation for generating initializing discharge in all the discharge cells to be used for image display, or selective initializing operation for generating initializing discharge in the discharge cells having generated sustaining discharge in the preceding SF. The period allocated to the writing discharge in a SF for the all-cell initializing operation is set shorter than the period allocated to the writing discharge in a SF for the selective initializing operation. This structure provides a plasma display panel driving method and a plasma display device capable of inhibiting increases in black picture level and displaying images at excellent quality.

Abstract: During each set-up period, wall charges of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, between which sustain discharges were generated in the previous subfield, are adjusted, and parts toward the sustain electrodes of positive charges in the scan electrodes are replaced by negative charges and parts toward the scan electrodes of negative charges in the sustain electrodes are replaced by positive charges. During each address period, write pulses are applied to the scan electrodes to generate write discharges utilizing priming discharges between the scan electrodes and priming electrodes. During each sustain period, positive charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the scan electrodes and negative charges are accumulated in the entire surfaces of the sustain electrodes.