Abstract:
A plasma display panel having an auxiliary electrode for lowering a discharge starting voltage between discharge sustain electrodes and a method for driving the same are provided. In the plasma display panel having the auxiliary electrode and the method for driving the same, a thin auxiliary electrode is arranged between an X electrode and a Y electrode arranged in each discharge cell of the plasma display panel and an electrode driving pulse is applied to the auxiliary electrode at the point in time which is not later than the point in time at which a discharge sustain pulse starts. Accordingly, the discharge starting voltage of the main discharge is reduced.
Abstract:
A plasma display device includes a front substrate, first and second electrodes in parallel on an inner surface of the front substrate, a first dielectric layer on the inner surface of the front substrate covering the first electrode, a rear substrate facing the front substrate, a third electrode on an inner surface of the rear substrate crossing the first and second electrodes perpendicularly, a second dielectric layer on the inner surface of the rear substrate covering the third electrode, partitions forming discharge spaces opposite the dielectric layer of the rear substrate, and a phosphor coating side surfaces of respective partitions and producing red, green, or blue light. In the plasma display device, the width of the first or second electrodes at the discharge space coated with the phosphor emitting blue light, extending toward a region where light is not emitted, is larger than the widths of each of the first and second electrodes at discharge spaces coated with the phosphors producing red and green light. Thus, white balance can be easily represented and the brightness of the device is improved.