Abstract:
The plasma display device has a sustain pulse generating circuit for generating sustain pulses in a sustain period. The sustain pulse generating circuit generates at least two kinds of sustain pulses of different rising gradients in the sustain period, generates a predetermined number of sustain pulse whose rising gradient becomes steeper to the latter half in at least one-side electrode in the sustain period after first two sustain pulses and except an erasing pulse, and continuously generates the sustain pulses while the rising gradient of the sustain pulses is varied in response to the light emitting rate of the plasma display panel in the sustain period.
Abstract:
One field is formed of a plurality of sub-fields, and each one of the sub-fields includes an initializing period, addressing period, and sustained period. The sub-field is one of an entire-cell initialization sub-field or a selective-cell initialization sub-field. When the entire initialization sub-field is switched to the selective one or vice versa, an initializing voltage which generates initializing discharge in the entire initialization sub-field is controlled. This control allows varying the number of the entire initializations and stabilizing address discharge in a plasma display panel, and at the same time, making the black luminance inconspicuous for improving the picture quality.
Abstract:
In a driving method of a panel, one field period is formed by arranging a plurality of subfields that have an initializing period for causing initializing discharge in a discharge cell, an address period for selectively causing address discharge in the discharge cell, and a sustain period for causing as many sustain discharges as the number corresponding to luminance weight in the discharge cell. One field period is formed by arranging a plurality of subfield groups having a plurality of subfields whose luminance weights monotonically increase. A holding period when discharge is not caused is disposed before the head subfield belonging to at least one subfield group of the plurality of subfield groups. In the initializing period of the head subfield belonging to at least one subfield group, an initializing operation of causing initializing discharge is performed in the discharge cell where the sustain discharge has been performed in the sustain period of the immediately preceding subfield.