Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.

Liang-Che Cho

Yi-Min Huang

Bi-Hsien Chen

Shin-Chang Lin

A driver circuit for plasma display panels is provided. The claimed driver circuit includes four switches and an energy recovery circuit coupled to an equivalent capacitor of a plasma display panel. The present energy recovery circuit includes a first unit, coupled to ground and the X side of the equivalent capacitor, for passing current of charging/discharging the equivalent capacitor from the X side and/or Y side; and a second unit, coupled to the first unit and the Y side of the equivalent capacitor, for passing current of charging/discharging the equivalent capacitor from the Y side. With the aid of four voltage sources, it is not necessary for the present energy recovery circuit of the driver circuit to adopt capacitors for charging/discharging the equivalent capacitor of the plasma display panel.

Driver circuit for plasma display panels

A driver circuit for plasma display panels is provided. The claimed driver circuit includes three switches and an energy recovery circuit coupled to an equivalent capacitor of a plasma display panel. The present energy recovery circuit includes a first unit coupled to the X side of an equivalent capacitor and to a first switch, for passing current of charging and/or discharging the equivalent capacitor from the X side; a second unit coupled to the Y side of the equivalent capacitor and to the first switch, for passing current of charging and/or discharging the equivalent capacitor from the Y side; and a third unit coupled to the first switch and ground. The third unit includes a capacitor for charging and/or discharging the equivalent capacitor from the X side and/or the Y side, and a fourth switch coupled to the capacitor in series.

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Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan

Liang-Che Cho