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Plasma display device and a method of driving the same

US6714176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 2002
Grant dateMar 30, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G3/296
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plasma display device includes plural discharge cells each defined by a pair of first and second discharge-sustaining electrodes and an address electrode intersecting therewith. A driving method thereof includes period for addressing the discharge cells and thereby inducing address-discharge therein, and light-emission period for applying repetitive pulse voltages to at least one of the first and second discharge-sustaining electrodes such that the addressed ones of the discharge cells start and sustain main discharge depending upon the presence of the address-discharge to generate light. Second repetitive pulse voltages are applied to the address electrodes to generate pre-discharge, and rise in portions of the light-emission period during which an absolute value of a voltage difference between the first and second discharge-sustaining electrodes does not exceed 0.9×a maximum of an absolute value of a voltage difference between the first and second discharge-sustaining electrodes during the light-emission period.

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