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EP 1 734 497 A8 |
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CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation |
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Correction information: |
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Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1) |
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Corrigendum issued on: |
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21.02.2007 Bulletin 2007/08 |
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Date of publication: |
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20.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/51 |
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Date of filing: 13.06.2006 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE
SI SK TR |
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AL BA HR MK YU |
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Priority: |
14.06.2005 KR 20050051111
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Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. |
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Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do (KR) |
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Inventor: |
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- KANG, Kyoung-Doo,
c/o Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Gyeonggi-do (KR)
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Representative: Hengelhaupt, Jürgen |
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Anwaltskanzlei
Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider
Wallstrasse 58/59
10179 Berlin
10179 Berlin (DE) |
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Apparatus to drive plasma display panel (PDP) |
(57) An apparatus to drive a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) reduces heat by preventing a current
generated by a sustain discharge from affecting a drive circuit. The apparatus is
to drive a PDP including discharge cells and at least first and second electrodes.
The apparatus includes: a display data signal supplier adapted to supply a display
data signal to the second electrodes during an address period where a discharge cell
of the discharge cells in which the discharge is to occur has been selected; and a
switching unit adapted to switch to prevent a current generated by a sustain pulse
supplied to the first electrodes from flowing through the display data signal supplier
during a sustain period where the discharge occurs in the selected discharge cell.