Address-While-Display technique combined with gas-discharge AND logic for driving AC-PDPs

摘要

A hybrid AWD/AND drive technique has been developed in which an Address-While-Display(AWD) scheme is combined with an AND logic characteristic that gas discharges demonstrate. The AWD technique enables AC-PDPs to be driven at high luminance, while the AND logic reduces the number of scan drivers by an order of magnitude. A detailed analysis of the addressing operation has been made. The hybrid drive utilizes th AND logic in two ways: (1) a combination of two voltage pulses and (2) a combination of a voltage pulse and discharge-priming particles. It was found that the addressing operation requires the establishment of a discharge between the scan and data electrodes, and also between the scan and display electrodes.