Plasma display panel and method for driving same

摘要

Provided are a plasma display panel (PDP) and a driving method thereof. The PDP includes a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (11) disposed in parallel and spaced apart from one another. Address electrodes (3, X)are provided on the first substrate with a first dielectric layer (5) over the address electrodes and the first substrate. Barrier ribs (7) are provided on the dielectric forming a plurality of discharge spaces in which phosphor layers (9) are provided. Sustain electrodes (13, X) are formed on the second substrate facing the first substrate and are arranged crossing the address electrodes. A second dielectric layer (15) is formed over the address electrodes and on the second substrate, and a protective layer (17) including MgO of at least 99.6% purity by weight is formed over the second dielectric layer by a sintering process. The discharge can be stabilized by varying a Vset applying time or a Vnf voltage applying time according to the temperature of the plasma display panel, so that wall charges can be sufficiently accumulated in the reset period.