Plasma display device and method for driving the same

摘要

A plasma display device and a method for driving the plasma display device. Only some row electrodes are addressed in a sub-field having the smallest weight to reduce the luminance of the sub-field having the smallest weight. Only odd-numbered row electrodes are addressed in an odd-numbered frame and only even-numbered row electrodes are addressed in an even-numbered frame in the address period of the sub-field with the smallest weight. The length of the sustain period of a sub-field having the second smallest weight is identical to the length of the sustain period of the sub-field having the smallest weight. Then, the ratio of the luminances of the two sub-fields is increased by twice to improve representation of lower gray scale.