KR20060045253A - Driving method for plasma display panel - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of driving a plasma display panel for improving a reset waveform applied in a setup section of a reset section, and has an effect of reducing dark afterimages and improving jitter characteristics.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a method of driving a plasma display panel for displaying an image by a combination of at least one subfield in which a voltage is applied to the address electrode, the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the reset period, the address period and the sustain period. In the reset section, the driving section is divided into a setup section and a set-down section. In the setup section, the surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode and the opposite discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode are generated at least once.

Plasma Display Panel, Dark Image, Border Image, Reset Section, Setup Section, Rise Ramp

Description

Driving method for plasma display panel {Driving Method for Plasma Display Panel}

1 is a diagram showing the structure of a typical plasma display panel.

2 is a diagram illustrating a method of expressing image gradation of a conventional plasma display panel.

3 is a view illustrating a driving waveform according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel.

4 is a view for explaining a form of discharge according to a conventional method for driving a plasma display panel.

5A to 5B are diagrams for describing a boundary afterimage phenomenon caused by a method of driving a plasma display panel.

6A to 6B are diagrams for explaining a form of discharge by a reset waveform of a driving waveform according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel.

7A to 7B are diagrams for explaining the distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells by the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel.

8 is a view showing a driving waveform in accordance with the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention.

9A to 9B are diagrams for explaining the mode of discharge by the reset waveform of the drive waveform in the method of driving the plasma display panel of the present invention;

10A to 10B are diagrams for explaining the distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells due to the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a reset waveform for preventing a reset shortage in a driving waveform according to the method of driving a plasma display panel of the present invention. FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: front substrate 11: rear substrate

100: front glass 101: scan electrode

102 sustain electrode 103 dielectric layer

104: protective layer 110: rear glass

111: partition 112: address electrode

113 phosphor layer 114 white dielectric

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plasma display panel, and more particularly, to a method of driving a plasma display panel which reduces an afterimage by improving a reset waveform applied to a reset section.

In general, a plasma display panel is a partition wall formed between a front substrate and a rear substrate to form a unit cell, and each cell includes neon (Ne), helium (He), or a mixture of neon and helium (Ne + He) and The same main discharge gas and an inert gas containing a small amount of xenon (Xe) are filled. When discharged by a high frequency voltage, the inert gas generates vacuum ultraviolet rays and emits phosphors formed between the partition walls to realize an image. Such a plasma display panel has a spotlight as a next generation display device because of its thin and light configuration.

1 illustrates a structure of a general plasma display panel. As shown, the plasma display panel includes a front substrate 10 in which a plurality of sustain electrode pairs formed by pairing a scan electrode 101 and a sustain electrode 102 on a front glass 100 that is a display surface on which an image is displayed. And a rear substrate 11 having a plurality of address electrodes 112 arranged on the rear glass 110 forming the rear surface so as to intersect with the plurality of sustain electrode pairs described above.

The front substrate 10 is made of a scan electrode 101 and a sustain electrode 102, that is, a transparent electrode (a) formed of a transparent ITO material and a metal material to mutually discharge and maintain light emission of the cells in one discharge cell. The scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 provided as the bus electrode b are included in pairs. The scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 are covered by one or more dielectric layers 103 which limit the discharge current and insulate the electrode pairs, and the magnesium oxide top surface of the dielectric layer 103 to facilitate the discharge conditions. A protective layer 104 on which (MgO) is deposited is formed.

The rear substrate 11 is arranged in such a manner that a plurality of discharge spaces, that is, strips 111 of a stripe type (or well type) for forming discharge cells are maintained in parallel. In addition, a plurality of address electrodes 112 which perform address discharge to generate vacuum ultraviolet rays are arranged in parallel with the partition wall 111. On the upper side of the rear substrate 11, R, G, and B phosphor layers 113 emitting visible light for image display during address discharge are formed. A white dielectric 114 is formed between the address electrode 112 and the phosphor layer 113 to protect the address electrode 112 and reflect visible light emitted from the phosphor layer 113 to the front substrate 10.

A method of expressing an image gray level of a plasma display panel having such a structure will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram illustrating a method of implementing image grayscale of a conventional plasma display panel.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the conventional method of expressing a gray level in a plasma display panel, a frame is divided into several subfields having different number of emission times, and each subfield is again configured as a reset period (RPD) for initializing all cells. ) Is divided into an address period APD for selecting a cell to be discharged and a sustain period SPD for implementing gradation according to the number of discharges. For example, when displaying an image with 256 gray levels, a frame period (16.67 ms) corresponding to 1/60 second is divided into eight subfields SF1 to SF8 as shown in FIG. 2, and eight subfields. Each of the SFs SF1 to SF8 is divided into a reset period, an address period, and a sustain period.

The reset period and the address period of each subfield are the same for each subfield. The address discharge for selecting the cell to be discharged is caused by the voltage difference between the address electrode and the transparent electrode which is the scan electrode. The sustain period is increased at a rate of 2 ⁿ ( ^where n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) in each subfield. In this way, since the sustain period is different in each subfield, the gray scale of the image is expressed by adjusting the sustain period of each subfield, that is, the number of sustain discharges. The driving waveforms according to the driving method of the plasma display panel are shown in FIG. 3.

3 is a view illustrating a driving waveform according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel.

As shown in FIG. 3, the plasma display panel erases a reset period for initializing all cells, an address period for selecting a cell to be discharged, a sustain period for maintaining the discharge of the selected cell, and a wall charge in the discharged cell. It is divided into an erase section for driving.

In the reset period, a rising ramp waveform Ramp-up is simultaneously applied to all scan electrodes in the setup period. This rising ramp waveform causes weak dark discharge within the full discharge cells. By this setup discharge, positive wall charges are accumulated on the address electrode and the sustain electrode, and negative wall charges are accumulated on the scan electrode.

In the set-down period, after the rising ramp waveform is supplied, the ramp ramp starts to fall from the positive voltage lower than the peak voltage of the rising ramp waveform and falls to a specific voltage level below the ground (GND) level voltage. By generating a weak erase discharge in the cells, the wall charges excessively formed in the scan electrode are sufficiently erased. By this set-down discharge, wall charges such that the address discharge can stably occur remain uniformly in the cells.

In the address period, the negative scan signal Scan is sequentially applied to the scan electrodes, and the positive data signal is applied to the address electrodes in synchronization with the scan signal. As the voltage difference between the scan signal and the data signal and the wall voltage generated in the reset period are added, an address discharge is generated in the discharge cell to which the data signal is applied. In the cells selected by the address discharge, wall charges are formed such that a discharge can occur when the sustain voltage Vs is applied. The sustain electrode is supplied with a positive voltage Vz so as to reduce the voltage difference between the scan electrodes during the set-down period and the address period so as to prevent mis-discharge with the scan electrodes.

In the sustain period, a sustain signal Su is alternately applied to the scan electrode and the sustain electrodes. In the cell selected by the address discharge, as the wall voltage and the sustain signal in the cell are added, a sustain discharge, that is, a display discharge, occurs between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode every time the sustain signal is applied.

After the sustain discharge is completed, a voltage of an erase ramp waveform (Ramp-ers) having a small pulse width and a low voltage level is supplied to the sustain electrode in the erase period to erase the wall charge remaining in the cells of the full screen.

The discharge form according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel is described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a view illustrating a discharge form according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel. As shown in the drawing, the type of discharge according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel is transferred from the cell in which the discharge is generated to the charges 40 generated by the discharge beyond the partition wall to other adjacent cells. The phenomenon in which the charges 40 generated in the discharged cell are transferred to adjacent cells is caused by convection and diffusion caused by temperature rise and density increase in the discharged cell.

Here, due to the structural limitation that the partition wall of the general plasma display panel does not completely isolate the discharge cells, the charges 40 generated by the discharge in the cell in which the discharge is generated by changing the shape or structure of the partition wall only cross the partition wall. It is virtually impossible to completely prevent the transition to other adjacent cells. Due to the phenomenon in which the charges 40 generated by the discharge are transferred to other adjacent cells in the cell in which such a discharge is generated, an afterimage occurs between the discharging portion and the non-discharging portion on the plasma display panel, that is, at the boundary portion. . This afterimage is called a dark afterimage or a boundary afterimage.

The boundary afterimage phenomenon caused by the driving method of the plasma display panel is described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5B.

5A to 5B are diagrams for describing a boundary afterimage phenomenon caused by a method of driving a plasma display panel. First, referring to FIG. 5A, in FIG. 5A, a portion of the screen of the plasma display panel is set as the test area 50, only the test area 50 is turned on, and the remaining test area 50 is excluded. All parts are off. The luminance in this case is relatively high only in the test area 50. Here, the state of the discharge cells in the area between the test area 50 and the other parts except the test area 50, that is, the boundary part, is shown in more detail as the area A in the arrow direction. Looking at the area A, it can be seen that the state between the on-cell and off-cell is distinctly different at the boundary between the test area 50 on the screen of the plasma display panel and the other part.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the test area 50 in the on state of FIG. 5A is turned off in FIG. 5B. In this case, due to the phenomenon in which the charges generated in the above-mentioned discharge cell are transferred to other adjacent cells, the boundary between the test area 50 and the other parts except the test area 50 is relatively higher than the other parts. Luminance light is generated. That is, even in the off state, the luminance is relatively high at the boundary between the test area 50 and other parts except for the test area 50. Here, the state of the discharge cells at the boundary between the test area 50 and the other part is shown in more detail as the area B in the direction of the arrow. Referring to the area B, a dark afterimage area, that is, a boundary afterimage area, is generated at the boundary between the test area 50 and the other part of the screen of the plasma display panel.

As a result, the charges generated by the area discharged between the discharging portion and the non-discharging portion of the plasma display panel, that is, the cell discharging at the boundary portion, are transferred to other adjacent cells, thereby changing the amount of wall charges of the other adjacent cells. It produces a difference in the amount of wall charge. Since the difference in the amount of wall charge between the cells affects the discharge between the cells, the above-described dark afterimage, that is, boundary afterimage occurs.

The difference in the wall charges between the cells is difficult to be overcome by the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the conventional driving method of the plasma display panel. The reason is that in the reset section for evenly distributing the distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells, the conventional reset waveform uses the surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode as the main discharge. Looking at the form of the discharge by the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel as shown in Figure 6a to 6b.

6A to 6B are diagrams for describing a form of discharge by a reset waveform of a driving waveform according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel. First, referring to FIG. 6A, a ramp-up waveform is divided into a plurality of steps, for example, eight steps, in a direction in which the ramp rises in a setup period of a reset section of a driving waveform according to a conventional method of driving a plasma display panel. It was. Looking at the discharge of each of these steps, as shown in Figure 6b, at the start of the ramp-up in the set-up period of the reset period, the point where the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 face, that is, the scan electrode The discharge starts at the point where 101 and the sustain electrode 102 are closest to each other, and then, as the rising ramp progresses, the discharge diffuses into the entire discharge cell. However, the reset waveform including the rising ramp is a discharge depending on the surface discharge between the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102, and the distribution of wall charges in each discharge cell can be stably It is difficult to distribute the wall charges evenly throughout. That is, the reset waveform of the conventional reset section can stably distribute the wall charges within each discharge cell, but it is difficult to equalize, ie, evenly distribute the wall charges within the discharge cells within an error range. Looking at the distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells by the reset waveform in the conventional reset section as shown in Figure 7a to 7b.

7A to 7B are diagrams for explaining distribution of wall charges in a discharge cell by a reset waveform of a driving waveform according to a driving method of a conventional plasma display panel. First, referring to FIG. 7A, the wall charges in the discharge cells due to the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel are stably distributed in the wall charges in each discharge cell below the wall charge threshold for discharge. do. However, the amount of wall charges in the discharge cell located at the boundary between the test area and the other area except the test area and the discharge cell in the other area is different. In other words, the amount of wall charges distributed in each discharge cell is different. As a result, the boundary afterimage phenomenon is further intensified.

In addition, referring to FIG. 7B, the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the conventional plasma display panel distracts the distribution of wall charges in each discharge cell. That is, the distribution of wall charges positioned in each of the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 is uneven, and the wall charges are uniformly distributed near the point where the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 face each other. As a result, the boundary afterimage phenomenon is further exacerbated, and the jitter characteristic of the discharge during the opposite discharge in the address period after the reset period is deteriorated.

As a result, the driving waveform according to the conventional plasma display panel driving method disperses the distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells in the region between the discharging portion and the non-discharging portion of the plasma display panel, that is, the boundary portion. In addition, there is a problem of worsening the boundary afterimage phenomenon by varying the wall charge distribution between the discharge cells, that is, the amount of wall charges between the discharge cells.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention improves the reset waveform applied to the reset section so as to evenly distribute the wall charges in each discharge cell and also to distribute the wall charges between the discharge cells. The purpose is to provide.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a method of driving a plasma display panel for displaying an image by a combination of at least one subfield in which a voltage is applied to the address electrode, the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the reset period, the address period and the sustain period. The reset period is driven by being divided into a setup period and a setdown period, and in the setup period, surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode and opposite discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode are generated at least once. .

The surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode may be generated by applying a rising ramp to the scan electrode and applying a voltage of ground (GND) level to the sustain electrode.

In the opposite discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode, a predetermined voltage is constantly applied to the scan electrode, a positive voltage Vz is applied to the sustain electrode, and a ground (GND) level voltage is applied to the address electrode. It is characterized in that it is generated.

The predetermined voltage applied to the scan electrode is larger than the maximum voltage value of the rising ramp.

The predetermined voltage applied to the scan electrode may be applied for a time of 1 microsecond or more and 10 microseconds or less.

The voltage difference between the voltage applied to the scan electrode and the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the address period is less than 1/2 times the sustain voltage Vs.

Hereinafter, a driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

8 is a view showing a driving waveform in accordance with the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention. As shown, in the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel according to the present invention, the reset section includes a setup section to which a ramp-up waveform is applied and a set-down section to which a ramp-down waveform is applied. In this case, the surface discharge between one scan electrode and the sustain electrode and the opposite discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode are generated in the setup section to evenly distribute the wall charge in the discharge cell. The distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells is not only distributed evenly in each discharge cell, but also evenly distributes the wall charges between the discharge cells.

Looking at the driving waveform according to the driving method of the present invention in more detail, the rising ramp waveform is simultaneously applied to all the scan electrodes (Y1 to Yn) in the setup period of the reset period, the voltage of the ground (GND) level to the sustain electrode This is applied and maintained while the aforementioned ramp ramp waveform is applied. In addition, a voltage of the ground GND level is applied to the address electrode. At this time, a weak dark discharge is generated between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the cells of the full screen by the rising ramp waveform. The weak dark discharge minimizes the amount of light generated in the reset section for initializing the full screen of the plasma display panel, thereby suppressing the reduction of contrast.

In addition, at the end of the above-described rising ramp waveform, the voltage applied to the scan electrode rapidly rises to a predetermined voltage value and is maintained until the falling ramp lamp is applied. At this time, the positive voltage Vz is supplied to the sustain electrode so as to reduce the voltage difference between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode during the set-down period and the address period so that erroneous discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode does not occur. In addition, at this time, the voltage of the ground (GND) level applied to the address electrode during the period in which the rising ramp waveform is applied is maintained. As a result, the voltage difference between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode decreases while the voltage difference between the scan electrode and the address electrode increases. That is, the voltage difference between the scan electrode and the address electrode is relatively larger than the voltage difference between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode described above. The voltage difference between the scan electrode and the address electrode is large enough to generate a discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode. Therefore, counter discharge occurs between the scan electrode and the address electrode. Thus, the voltage applied to the scan electrode is preferably greater than the maximum value of the above-mentioned rising ramp waveform so that counter discharge occurs between the scan electrode and the address electrode at the end of the rising ramp waveform.

Looking at the form of the discharge by the reset waveform of the drive waveform in accordance with the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention as shown in Figure 9a to 9b.

9A to 9B are diagrams for describing a form of discharge by a reset waveform of a driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention. First, referring to FIG. 9A, the setup section of the reset section of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention is divided into a plurality of steps, for example, eight steps in a direction in which the rising ramp travels. Looking at the discharge of each of these steps, as shown in Figure 9b, at the start of the ramp-up in the set-up period of the reset period, the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 facing each other, that is, the scan electrode The discharge starts at the point where 101 and the sustain electrode 102 are closest to each other, and the discharge spreads to the entire discharge cell as the rising ramp proceeds. Thereafter, as the discharge spreads to the entire discharge cell, a discharge occurs between the scan electrode 101 and the address electrode 112. That is, counter discharge between the scan electrode 101 and the address electrode 112 occurs at the end of the rising ramp described above.

The shape of the discharge in the discharge cells by the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention stably reduces the distribution of wall charges in each discharge cell, and at the same time, evenly distributes the distribution of wall charges in each discharge cell as a whole. Distribution. That is, the reset waveform of the reset section according to the present invention makes the distribution of the wall charges in each discharge cell individually stable, and also makes the distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells the same, that is, even within the error range.

For example, a test area that has been turned on after setting a portion of the screen of the plasma display panel as a test area, turning on only the test area set as described above, and turning off all other portions except the test area. In the case of turning off, the wall charges in the cells at the boundary between the test area and the other part except the test area due to the phenomenon that the charges generated in the cell of the test area, that is, the discharge area are turned on, are transferred to other adjacent cells. The distribution of is different. For example, the amount of wall charges distributed in the cells is different at the boundary between the test area and other parts except the test area. Here, the wall charges in the discharge cells having different distributions of the wall charges are uniformly erased by the reset waveform according to the present invention, thereby making the distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells uniform. That is, the discharge cells positioned at the boundary between the test area and other parts except the test area realize the same luminance within the error range as the other discharge cells in the surroundings, thereby reducing the generation of dark afterimages, that is, boundary afterimages.

The distribution of the wall charges in the discharge cells by the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel according to the present invention is as follows with reference to FIGS. 10A to 10B.

10A to 10B are diagrams for explaining the distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells by the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention. First, referring to FIG. 10A, the distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells due to the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention is stable to the wall charges in each discharge cell below the wall charge threshold for discharge. Distributed in a state. Also, the distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells is the same within the error range. That is, the amount of wall charges accumulated in each discharge cell is the same within the error range.

10B, the reset waveform of the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention makes the distribution of wall charges uniform in each discharge cell. That is, the distribution of wall charges positioned in each of the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102 is not biased at a predetermined position, and the wall charges are located at a position in the discharge cell corresponding to the scan electrode 101 and the sustain electrode 102. Evenly distributed. As a result, the generation of dark afterimages, that is, boundary afterimages, is further reduced, and the jitter characteristic of the opposite discharge in the address period after the reset period is improved.

Here, there is a possibility that the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention as described above may not be sufficiently secured because the length of the reset section is reduced. Looking at the shape of the reset waveform to prevent the lack of such reset as shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a reset waveform for preventing a reset shortage in a driving waveform according to the method of driving a plasma display panel of the present invention. As shown, the reset waveform for preventing the reset shortage in the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention is the scan electrode and the address at the end of the setup period to which the rising ramp waveform is applied, that is, the end of the rising ramp waveform. The voltage applied to the scan electrode is applied for a time within 10 kV (microseconds) so that the counter discharge occurs between the electrodes. For example, it is applied for a period of 1 ms or more and 10 ms or less. The reason for this is that, as described above, when the voltage applied to the scan electrode is applied for a period of 10 kV or more so that a counter discharge occurs between the scan electrode and the address electrode at the end of the rising ramp waveform, the reset period is shortened, that is, sufficient reset, that is, This is because initialization is difficult.

In addition, as described above, in the address section after the reset section that generates one surface discharge and one counter discharge in the setup section, the scan electrode is compensated for the reduction of the margin due to the counter discharge generated in the setup section. It is preferable to keep the voltage difference between the voltage applied to and the voltage applied to the sustain electrode to 1/2 or less, that is, Vs / 2 or less, of the sustain voltage Vs. This is because a sudden discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode in the setup period of the reset period may cause instability between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, which may cause the discharge margin to become unstable.

Thereafter, the falling ramp waveform is supplied to all the scan electrodes Y1 to Yn in the setdown period. During the set down period in which the falling ramp waveform is supplied, a weak surface discharge occurs between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, thereby partially erasing the excessively formed wall charge in the cell.

Through this process, the driving waveform according to the driving method of the plasma display panel of the present invention evenly distributes the wall charges in each discharge cell, and evenly distributes the wall charges between the discharge cells. For example, assuming that the plasma display panel includes a total of 26 discharge cells from the A discharge cell to the Z discharge cell, wall charges are evenly distributed in each of the A discharge cells to the Z discharge cells. The distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells to the distribution of wall charges in the Z discharge cells have the same distribution characteristics within an error range. That is, the amount of wall charges in the A discharge cell and the amount of wall charges in the B discharge cells to the Z discharge cells are the same within an error range.

As described above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the above-described technical configuration may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and All changes or modifications derived from the equivalent concept should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the present invention evens out the distribution of wall charges in each discharge cell, reduces the difference in wall charges between discharge cells, reduces the generation of boundary afterimages, and improves the jitter characteristic. .

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A method of driving a plasma display panel in which an image is represented by a combination of at least one subfield in which voltage is applied to an address electrode, a scan electrode, and a sustain electrode in a reset period, an address period, and a sustain period. The reset section is driven divided into a setup section and a set-down section, And a surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode and a counter discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode are generated at least once in each of the setup periods. The method of claim 1, The surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode And a rising lamp is applied to the scan electrode and a voltage of ground (GND) level is applied to the sustain electrode. The method of claim 1, The opposite discharge between the scan electrode and the address electrode A predetermined voltage is applied to the scan electrode, a positive voltage (Vz) is applied to the sustain electrode, and a ground (GND) level voltage is applied to the address electrode. Driving method. The method of claim 3, wherein The predetermined voltage applied to the scan electrode And a maximum voltage value of the rising lamp. The method of claim 3, wherein The predetermined voltage applied to the scan electrode A method of driving a plasma display panel, wherein the plasma display panel is applied for a period of 1 microsecond or more and 10 microseconds or less. The method of claim 1, And a voltage difference between the voltage applied to the scan electrode and the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the address period is less than 1/2 times the sustain voltage (Vs).

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