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Method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel

US7532177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 2004
Grant dateMay 12, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0238
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel, which improves contrast characteristics and preventing a low discharge making a cell non-luminous at a specific gray scale. The method for driving a plasma display panel includes the steps of initializing a cell by supplying a first write voltage and an erase voltage to a scanning electrode during a reset interval of the n-th sub-field; initializing the cell by supplying the erase voltage and a second write voltage which is higher than a sustaining voltage and lower than the first write voltage to the scanning electrode during a reset interval of the (n+1)-th sub-field; selecting the cell by supplying the scanning voltage to the scanning electrode and supplying a data voltage to an address electrode during an address interval of each of the n-th and (n+1)-th sub-fields; and alternatively supplying the sustaining voltage to the scanning and sustaining electrodes during a sustaining interval of each of the n-th and (n+1 )-th sub-fields.

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