IP Library Granted Patent US 7,545,344
Granted Patent B2
US 7,545,344 · App. 10/557,100 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Plasma display device

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Patent No.
US 7,545,344
App. No.
10/557,100
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The plasma display device comprises a plasma display panel forming discharge cells at intersections between data electrodes (D 1 -Dm) and both of scanning electrodes (SCN 1 -SCNn) and sustain electrodes (SUS 1 -SUSn), and a scanning electrode drive circuit for applying a specified voltage to the scanning electrodes (SCN 1 -SCNn), in which the scanning electrode drive circuit includes a scanning circuit connected to the scanning electrodes (SCN 1 -SCNn), an initializing circuit connected to the scanning circuit for generating an initializing waveform, and a sustain circuit connected to the scanning circuit for generating a sustain pulse, and is characterized by issuing a drive waveform in a lapse of specified time after turning on the power.

Claims (6)

1. A plasma display device comprising:

a plasma display panel forming discharge cells at intersections between data electrodes and both of scanning electrodes and sustain electrodes; and

a scanning electrode drive circuit for applying an initializing waveform to the scanning electrodes to begin an initialization period for the plasma display device, said initializing waveform being applied to the scanning electrodes after a lapse of a specified period of time, said specified period time occurring after supplying power to the plasma display panel,

wherein the scanning electrode drive circuit includes a floating circuit, and the specified time period includes a first time period until supplying power to the floating circuit after supplying power to the plasma display panel and a second time period after supplying the power to the floating circuit.

2. The plasma display device of claim 1 , wherein the scanning electrode drive circuit includes a scanning circuit connected to the scanning electrodes, an initializing circuit connected to the scanning circuit for generating the initializing waveform, and a sustain circuit connected to the scanning circuit for generating a sustain pulse.

3. The plasma display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving waveform issued by the scanning electrode drive circuit includes an initializing waveform to be applied to the scanning electrodes.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2006
From: ITO, YUKIHARU
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017933/0483 →