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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Seung-hun Chae, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-joon Chung, Asan-si, KR;
Jin-sung Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Kyoung-ho Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-Hun Chae, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-Joon Chung, Asan-si, KR;
Jin-Sung Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Kyoung-Ho Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for a plasma display panel (PDP) for controlling power on external video data and generating power control data into N subfields to represent grays is provided having a plasma panel including a plurality of address electrodes, scan electrodes and sustain electrodes arranged in pairs with the address electrodes, a controller for performing power control on the video data to generate N subfields, generating subfield data and sustain pulse information corresponding to the respective subfields, and outputting a floating control signal for controlling a floating time according to the sustain pulse information, an address data driver for applying a voltage that corresponds to the subfield data to the address electrode, a sustain electrode driver for applying a voltage to the sustain electrode according to the sustain pulse information output by the controller, and a scan electrode driver for controlling the floating time according to the floating control signal, and applying a voltage to the scan electrode according to the sustain pulse information.