PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME

摘要

A PDP apparatus and a method for driving the PDP wherein sustain data pulses are applied to data electrodes during sustain intervals and wherein when a blackish image is to be displayed, a high contrast ratio rather than error diffusion can be used to display the image with a high quality. The method for driving the PDP is characterized in that during a sustain interval, the brightness average value of an image to be displayed is determined, and the voltage waveform of a sustain data pulse to be applied to a data electrode is established in accordance with the determined brightness average value, thereby modifying the brightness to be used for the displayed image.