Plasma display device and method for setting drive operation

摘要

A plasma display device having improved luminance and light emission efficiency in display discharge without a shortening of its life is provided. The plasma display panel(1) has a structure including a discharge gas space and fluorescent materials (28R,G,B) between the display electrodes (X,Y) and the address electrodes (A). After the addressing process for forming wall charge in cells to be lit, a drive operation is performed for changing a potential of at least one display electrode (X) so as to be different between the start time point and the end time point of the display discharge for generating display discharge and the following reformation of the wall charge in the cell, and the cell voltage between the display electrode(X) and the address electrode(A) at the start time point of the display discharge is set to a value lower than a microdischarge start voltage that is measured in advance.