PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND ITS DRIVING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the screen luminance and to simultaneously improve the light emitting efficiency of sustain discharge. SOLUTION: The sustain discharge is generated between a sustain electrode of a front surface glass substrate 1 and a scan electrode and the electrode 3. Against this sustain discharge, sustain pulses Psus are also applied to an address electrode 7 on a back surface glass substrate 9 and the discharge in the vicinity of the substrate 1 and the discharge between the substrates 1 and 9 are simultaneously generated. Moreover, a sustain auxiliary electrode is provided in parallel with the electrode 7 so that surface discharge on the substrate 1 and opposing discharge between the substrates 1 and 9 are simultaneously generated. Thus, the area of fluorescent body being excited is increased and the light emitting efficiency is improved.