Lg Electronics Inc.

Seong Hwan Ryu

Jong Woon Bae

Ki Rack Park

Yu Ri Park

Hun Gun Park

Jun Hwan Ju

There is provided a plasma display device. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a driving unit for generating driving signals for driving the PDP. A period in which sustain signals are supplied to the PDP includes a first period in which sustain signals supplied to the PDP gradually increase from a reference voltage to a first voltage, a second period for sustaining a second voltage higher than the first voltage, a third period gradually falling from the second voltage to a third voltage higher than the reference voltage, and a fourth period for sustaining the reference voltage. The length of the first period is shorter than the length of the third period. The first switch is turned on at a point of time before the magnitude of current that flows through the inductor reaches a maximum value and then, becomes 0 in the first period. In supplying the sustain signals to the PDP, the point of time where the sustain voltage sustain period or the reference voltage sustain period starts is controlled so that the driving margin of the PDP can be secured enough without remarkably increasing the power consumption for the PDP and that the high resolution PDP can be driven at high speed.

Plasma display device

The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus includes a PDP, and a filter formed at the front of the panel. The filter includes an external light shielding sheet including a first base unit, and first pattern units formed in the first base unit, and an EMI shielding sheet including second pattern units. A thickness of the external light shielding sheet is 1.01 to 2.25 times greater than a height of each of the first pattern units, and an angle formed by the first pattern units and the second pattern units is set in the range of 20 to 65 degrees. Thereby, external light can be shielded and an EMI shielding effect can be improved.

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