Method for driving a plasma display device

摘要

A method for driving an AC type surface-discharge display device having a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix, each cell having at least three electrodes including a pair of a first main electrode and a second main electrode disposed on every line of the matrix and an address electrode disposed of every column of the matrix, the method comprising: providing an address preparation comprising: applying a charge producing pulse, applying a charge adjusting pulse, wherein the charge producing pulse in the applying a charge producing pulse has a positive polarity and is applied to the second main electrode used as a scan electrode to generate electric discharges between the first and second main electrode, the electric discharges accompanied by an accumulation of a wall voltage, and said charge adjusting pulse in the applying a charge adjusting pulse has a waveform monotonously falling from a reference potential and a negative polarity and is applied to the second main electrode used as a scan electrode, thereby to generate feeble electric discharges between the first and second main electrodes, the feeble electric discharges accompanied by a decrease of the wall voltage formed by the charge producing pulse; and providing an address period sequentially applying a negative scan pulse, whose potential is lower than the voltage of completion of the charge adjusting pulse, to the second main electrodes, thereby to scan each of the lines of the matrix.