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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Nobuaki Nagao, Kyoto, JP;
Hidetaka Higashino, Kyoto, JP;
Junichi Hibino, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Set-up, write, sustain and erase pulses are variously applied to a plasma display panel using a staircase waveform in which the rising or falling portion is in at least two steps. These staircase waveforms can be realized by adding at least two pulses. Use of such waveforms for the set-up, write and erase pulses improves contrast, and use for the sustain pulses reduces screen flicker and improves luminous efficiency. This is of particular use in driving high definition plasma display panels to achieve high image quality and high luminance.