| 摘要 |
In an arc tube array having a driver of an ADS subfield method, a phosphor layer is provided on the inner walls of arc tubes sandwiched between a front substrate and a rear substrate and a discharge gas is sealed in the arc tubes, and electrodes for causing discharge in the arc tubes are formed on the front and rear substrates. In such an arc tube array, there has been a problem that cells provided to emit light do not emit light because of discharge failure attributed to the discharge space which is considerably larger than that of a plasma display panel and divided by the arc tubes. According to the present invention to provide a method of driving an arc tube array having the above configuration and driven by an ADS subfield method, discharge failure is prevented by adjusting the potential and width, i.e., energizing time, of the first pulse in a sustaining period.
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