Plasma display panel sustain driver having decreased flywheel current

Abstract

A plasma display panel sustain driver that has a decreased flywheel current. The plasma display panel sustain driver includes a power recovery capacitor that provides a predetermined voltage to the plasma display panel; a sustain switching unit connected to the plasma display panel and that sustains or discharges the voltage charged in the plasma display panel; a first power recovery unit connected between the power recovery capacitor and sustain switching unit, the first power recovery unit forming a resonant circuit together with the plasma display panel to provide a voltage charged in the power recovery capacitor to the plasma display panel through the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is inactivated, the first power recovery unit blocking the output current of the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is activated; and a second power recovery unit connected between the power recovery capacitor and sustain switching unit, the second power recovery unit forming a resonant circuit together with the plasma display panel to discharge the voltage charged in the plasma display panel to the power recovery capacitor when the sustain switching unit is inactivated, the second power recovery unit blocking a current path to the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is activated.