(19)
(11) EP 0 775 993 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/22

(21) Application number: 96118196.3

(22) Date of filing: 13.11.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G09G 3/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.11.1995 JP 299576/95

(71) Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kobayashi, Yoshihiko
    Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Takahashi, Atsushi
    Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Takasaki, Shigeru
    Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Terouchi, Yuji
    Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Betten & Resch 
Reichenbachstrasse 19
80469 München
80469 München (DE)

   


(54) Method of driving a DC plasma display panel


(57) A DC plasma display panel has a row-column matrix of display cells and auxiliary cells, and a row of reset cells adjacent to the first row of auxiliary cells. The display cells and auxiliary cells are driven a row at a time in a sequence that starts from the first row and repeats cyclically. The reset cells are driven during a part of this sequence in which display and auxiliary cells in rows other than the first row are driven, preferably including the time during which the display and auxiliary cells in the last row are driven.






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