Structure and driving method of a plasma display panel

Claim 1

A plasma display panel comprising: front and backing plates; a plurality of barriers spaced from one another and arranged in a striped form on said front plate; a sustaining electrode entirely covering a surface of said backing plate; a plurality of first insulating layers disposed on said sustaining electrode in a matrix form; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on said first insulating layers in a striped form, parallel to said plurality of barriers, and contacting said first insulating layers; a plurality of second insulating layers spaced apart at a certain interval and disposed on said first electrodes in a striped form, perpendicular to said plurality of barriers; and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on and contacting said second insulating layers.

Claim 3

A method of driving a plasma display panel comprising front and backing plates, a plurality of barriers spaced with one another and arranged in a striped form on said front plate, a sustaining electrode entirely covering a surface of said backing plate, a plurality of first insulating layers disposed on said sustaining electrode in a matrix form, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on said first insulating layers in a striped form parallel to said plurality of barriers and contacting said first insulating layers, a plurality of second insulating layers spaced apart at a certain interval and disposed on said first electrodes in a striped form and perpendicular to said plurality of barriers, and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on and contacting said second insulating layers including: applying a pulse train including pulses with a predetermined period to said sustaining electrode, each pulse having an amplitude equal to a second voltage subtracted from a first voltage, said pulse train being superimposed on the second voltage; applying a first pulse having an amplitude equal to a fourth voltage subtracted from a third voltage to said first electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage, the first pulse being superimposed on the fourth voltage; applying sequential pulses having an amplitude equal to a sixth voltage subtracted from a fifth voltage to said second electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage; creating a discharge using a voltage equal to the sixth voltage subtracted from the third voltage and greater than a discharge firing voltage; and maintaining a discharge using a voltage equal to the fifth voltage subtracted from the first voltage and greater than a minimum discharge sustaining voltage but smaller than the discharge firing voltage.

Claim 4

A method of driving a plasma display panel comprising front and backing plates, a plurality of barriers spaced with one another and arranged in a striped form on said front plate, a sustaining electrode entirely covering a surface of said backing plate, a plurality of first insulating layers disposed on said sustaining electrode in a matrix form, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on said first insulating layers in a striped form parallel to said plurality of barriers and contacting said first insulating layers, a plurality of second insulating layers spaced apart at a certain interval and disposed on said first electrodes in a striped form and perpendicular to said plurality of barriers, and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on and contacting said second insulating layers including: applying a pulse train including pulses with a predetermined period to said sustaining electrode, each pulse having an amplitude equal to a second voltage subtracted from a first voltage, said pulse train being superimposed on the second voltage; applying a first pulse having an amplitude equal to a fourth voltage subtracted from a third voltage to said first electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage, the first pulse being superimposed on the fourth voltage; applying sequential pulses having an amplitude equal to a sixth voltage subtracted from a fifth voltage to said second electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage; creating a discharge using a voltage equal to the sixth voltage subtracted from the third voltage and greater than a discharge firing voltage; and maintaining a discharge using a voltage equal to the fifth voltage subtracted from the first voltage and greater than a minimum discharge sustaining voltage but smaller than the discharge firing voltage.

Claim 13

A method of driving a plasma display panel comprising front and backing plates, a sustaining electrode formed over the entire surface of said backing plate, a plurality of first insulating layers disposed on said sustaining electrode, a plurality of barriers spaced with one another and arranged in a striped form on said sustaining electrode, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on said plurality of first insulating layers in a striped form alternating with and parallel to said barriers, a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a striped form perpendicular to said plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second insulating layers disposed between the overlapping portions of said plurality of first electrodes and said plurality of second electrodes including: applying a pulse train including pulses with a predetermined period to said sustaining electrode, each pulse having an amplitude equivalent to a second voltage subtracted from a first voltage, the pulse train being superimposed on the second voltage; applying a first pulse having an amplitude equal to a fourth voltage subtracted from a third voltage to said first electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage, the first pulse being superimposed on the fourth voltage; applying sequential pulses having an amplitude equal to a sixth voltage subtracted from a fifth voltage to said second electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage; creating a discharge using a voltage equal to the sixth voltage subtracted from the third voltage and greater than a discharge firing voltage; and maintaining a discharge using a voltage equal to the fifth voltage subtracted from the first voltage and greater than a minimum discharge sustaining voltage but smaller than the discharge firing voltage.

Claim 14

A method of driving a plasma display panel comprising front and backing plates, a sustaining electrode formed over the entire surface of said backing plate, a plurality of first insulating layers disposed on said sustaining electrode, a plurality of barriers spaced with one another and arranged in a striped form on said sustaining electrode, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on said plurality of first insulating layers in a striped form alternating with and parallel to said barriers, a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a striped form perpendicular to said plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second insulating layers disposed between the overlapping portions of said plurality of first electrodes and said plurality of second electrodes including: applying a pulse train including pulses with a predetermined period to said sustaining electrode, each pulse having an amplitude equivalent to a second voltage subtracted from a first voltage, the pulse train being superimposed on the second voltage; applying a first pulse having an amplitude equal to a fourth voltage subtracted from a third voltage to said first electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage, the first pulse being superimposed on the fourth voltage; applying sequential pulses having an amplitude equal to a sixth voltage subtracted from a fifth voltage to said second electrodes when the pulses of the pulse train have an amplitude equal to the second voltage; creating a discharge using a voltage equal to the sixth voltage subtracted from the third voltage and greater than a discharge firing voltage; and maintaining a discharge using a voltage equal to the fifth voltage subtracted from the first voltage and greater than a minimum discharge sustaining voltage but smaller than the discharge firing voltage.