Surface discharge plasma display apparatus with multiple address lines per column and method of driving the same allowing simultaneous selection of several scan lines

摘要

A plasma display panel and a method of driving a plasma display panel are disclosed. The plasma display panel comprises a substrate, address electrode bundles formed next to one another on the substrate, and scanning electrodes intersecting the address electrode bundles at a distance thereto. Each of the address electrode bundles includes m (m‰¥2) address electrodes (A11 - A43) formed next to one another on the substrate, the m address electrodes corresponding to one monochromatic pixel column, pads (B11 - B13) arranged along a lengthwise direction of the m address electrodes, the pads corresponding to respective monochromatic pixels, the pads being above the m address electrodes relative to the substrate, and a plurality of contacts, each contact being for connecting one of the pads to one of the m address electrodes in a pattern along the lengthwise direction of the m address electrodes.