PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ITS DRIVING METHOD

摘要

At an instant (t1) immediately before a first SF (subfield), the voltage of maintain electrodes (SU1 to SUn) is dropped from Ve1 to the earth potential. At a starting instant (t2) of the first initialization period of the first SF, a pulsating positive voltage (Vd) is applied to data electrodes (D1 to Dm). Immediately before this, positive wall charges are stored on the data electrodes (D1 to Dm). By applying the pulsating positive voltage (Vd) to the data electrodes, therefore, an intense discharge occurs between the maintain electrodes (SU1 to SUn) and the data electrodes (D1 to Dm). At a subsequent instant (t3), the application of a lamp voltage to scanning electrodes (SC1 to SCn) is started to generate an initializing discharge between the scanning electrodes (SC1 to SCn) and the maintain electrodes (SU1 to SUn).