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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonius Hendricus Maria Holtslag, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhard Spekowius, Roetgen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an AC plasma display panel ( ) of the surface discharge type, and more specifically to the structure of the address electrodes ( ) of said panel, and to a method of driving said panel. According to the invention, only one address electrode ( ) is used for one out of every two columns. Scan ( ) and common ( ) electrodes may comprise transparent parts ( ). These parts ( ) may extend over one out every two cells, in a checkerboard fashion. In a preferred embodiment as shown in FIG. the columns may have alternating wide ( ) and narrow ( ) cells ( ). In the driving method according to the invention, all rows are addressed during an addressing phase, and subsequently all rows are simultaneously sustained during a sustain phase.