Plasma display panel with simultaneous address drive operation and sustain drive operation

摘要

A circuit for driving a plasma display panel which includes first electrodes, second electrodes, and third electrodes extending substantially perpendicular to the first and second electrodes includes a first driver circuit configured to drive the first electrodes, a second driver circuit configured to drive the second electrodes, a third driver circuit configured to drive the third electrodes, and a control circuit configured to control the first through third driver circuits such as to perform an address drive operation and a sustain drive operation simultaneously in parallel by performing the sustain drive operation to apply a sustain voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode adjacent to each other so as to sustain electric discharge at display cells while performing the address drive operation to successively apply a scan voltage to the first electrodes and apply an address voltage to the third electrodes so as to select the display cells.