Auxiliary Address Pulse Driving Scheme for Improving Luminance and Luminous Efficiency in 42-inch WVGA Plasma Display Panel

  • Park, Ki-Hyung (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Cheol (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cho, Ki-Duck (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Tae, Heung-Sik (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2003.07.09

Abstract

The effects of an auxiliary address pulse driving scheme, in which an auxiliary short pulse was applied to the address electrode during a sustain-period, was examined under the various image patterns of the 42-inch WVGA ac-PDP. When the auxiliary address pulse driving scheme was applied, the luminance of the red, green and blue cells were measured respectively. The luminance, luminous efficiency and current were measured under the full-white pattern of the 42-inch ac-PDP. As a result, the luminance of blue cell was improved approximately by 17 %, whereas the luminous efficiency of the full-white pattern was improved approximately by 34 % without a misfiring discharge in comparison with conventional driving scheme.

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