Lg Electronics Inc.

Jung Gwan Han

Bong Koo Kang

Sang Jin Yoon

Eung Chul Park

Seong Ho Kang

Hyun Lark Do

Seongho Kang

Chi Yun Ok

Katsuo Isono

Seonghwan Ryu

Kirack Park

Sam Je Cho

Soo Seok Sim

Kyoung Jin Jung

Jongwoon Bae

Jaeyoung Oh

Sonic Kim

Dong Kwon Choi

Yoonchang Choi

Yang Woog Ryu

Bong Sup Jung

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that can be driven at a low voltage and prevent undesired discharge from being generated under high temperature environment.

Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel

An improved structure of a plasma display apparatus is provided. At least one of an integrated circuit and a driving board is formed over an edge potion of a frame for supporting a plasma display panel. Thus, the plasma display apparatus is manufactured to be thin and light, and also its manufacturing cost decreases.

Plasma display apparatus

A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. In the plasma display apparatus, a data signal includes a voltage rising period during which the data signal gradually rises to a first voltage using an inductor, a voltage maintaining period during which the data signal is maintained at a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and a voltage falling period during which the data signal gradually falls to a voltage equal to or less than the second voltage. A magnitude of the first voltage is equal to or more than one half of a magnitude of the second voltage, and is less than the magnitude of the second voltage. A current flowing in the inductor ranges from zero ampere to a maximum current value of the inductor at a time when a voltage of the data signal is equal to the first voltage.

A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including an address electrode, a control board, and a data driver. The control board converts a video signal input from the outside into a differential signal, and transmits the differential signal, wherein the differential signal includes a first signal and a second signal being an inverted signal of the first signal and has a frequency of 200 MHz or more. The data driver receives the differential signal, restores the video signal from the differential signal, and supplies the restored video signal to the address electrode of the plasma display panel.

Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same

A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: an electrode pair having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a third electrode intersecting with the electrode pair; and a first electrode driver, a second electrode driver, and a third electrode driver for applying a driving signal to the respective electrodes, wherein the first electrode driver applies a waveform ramping-up up to a reset voltage during a reset period and falling down to a base voltage substantially without a ramp down.

Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof

Disclosed are a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel having a plurality of address electrodes, a data driver, and a timing controller. The data driver supplies a plurality of data pulses to the plurality of the address electrodes and the timing controller controls a width of a first data pulse of the plurality of data pulses to be different from a width of a second data pulse of the plurality of data pulse.

Plasma display apparatus and method of driving thereof

The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same. The plasma display apparatus according to the present invention includes a plasma display panel in which data electrodes are formed; and a data voltage controller for applying a data voltage as a floating state or a first state voltage to the data electrodes. The method of driving a plasma display apparatus according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) applying a first voltage to the data electrodes; and (b) applying a voltage as a ground level or a floating state to the data electrodes.

Plasma display and method for floating address electrodes in an address period

A plasma display apparatus includes an image data transmitter to convert an externally input image signal into image data and to transmit the converted image data, an image data receiver to receive the image data and to restore an image signal from the image data, and a data driver to supply the restored image signal to an address electrode of the plasma display panel through a switching operation. The image data may be transmitted as a differential signal.

A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. A plasma display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a plasma display panel comprising an address electrode, a data drive integrated circuit (IC), connected to the address electrode, for supplying a voltage of a data signal supplied from a data voltage source and a bias voltage supplied from a bias voltage source to the address electrode, a bias voltage supply control switch for controlling the bias voltage supplied by the data drive IC, and a data voltage supply control switch for controlling the voltage of the data signal supplied by the data drive IC.

Plasma display apparatus and method for driving the same

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a plasma display apparatus in which an arrangement of use channels of data drive ICs is improved. The plasma display apparatus may include a plasma display panel including first and second address electrode groups that correspond to first and second screen regions, respectively, and that match each other. First data drive ICs may include channels connected to the first address electrode group. Second data drive ICs may include channels connected to the second address electrode group. An nth channel of the first data drive ICs from one side of the first screen region may be a dummy channel, an nth channel from the other side of the first screen region may be a dummy channel, and an nth channel of the second data drive ICs from one side of the second screen region, which matches the one side of the first screen region, may also be a dummy channel.

Embodiments of the present invention may relate to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof, to reduce the magnitude of noise. The driving method may include applying a ramp-down waveform decreasing to a first voltage to a plurality of scan electrodes, applying a ramp-up waveform increasing from the first voltage to a second voltage gradually with a gradient to the scan electrodes, and applying a scan pulse decreasing from the second voltage to a third voltage to the scan electrodes.

A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a data driver for applying a data voltage to a plurality of address electrodes; and a connection unit connected between the address electrode and the data driver, and having a different resistance from the address electrode.

The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof, wherein rising and/or falling times of data pulses applied to address electrodes in an address period are controlled to reduce noise generation. Thus, address discharge is stabilized, discharge efficiency of plasma display panel is enhanced, and electrical damage to data drive ICs is prevented. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including a plurality of address electrodes, a data driving unit including a plurality of data drive ICs that has a plurality of channels, wherein the data drive ICs are electrically connected to the address electrodes through the channels and drive the address electrodes, and a data pulse controller that controls the voltage-rising time and/or the voltage-falling time of the data pulses applied to the plurality of the address electrodes in an address period to be a sufficient duration, e.g. 100 ns or longer, by controlling the data driving unit.

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Gumi-si, South Korea

Jung Gwan Han