| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof, which stably discharges in a high temperature environment and scans according to one or more scan types to prevent electrical damages to a driver integrated circuit. <P>SOLUTION: The plasma display apparatus comprises: a PDP (plasma display panel) having a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of sustain electrodes, and a plurality of data electrodes crossing the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes; and a controller for scanning the scan electrodes using one of a plurality of scan types in which the order of scanning the scan electrodes is different in an address period, for applying a data pulse to the data electrodes corresponding to one scan type, and for controlling a difference between an application time point of a last sustain pulse of sustain pulses, which are applied to the scan electrodes or the sustain electrode in a sustain period subsequent to the address period, and an application time point of a reset pulse, which is applied to the scan electrodes in a reset period of a next sub-field, to be greater than a difference between application time points of the two sustain pulses, in one sub-field. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
