Plasma display device and driving method thereof
First Claim
1. A plasma display device having pixels each formed by a plurality of sub pixels of the same color provided in an address-electrode direction, for providing gray-scale display by controlling the number of sub pixels to be turned ON, wherein a plurality of address electrodes are provided for each sub pixel, and each sub pixel is addressed by a conductive layer which is electrically connected to one of the plurality of address electrodes.
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Abstract
The plasma display device has pixels each formed by a plurality of sub pixels of the same color provided in an address-electrode direction, and provides gray-scale display by controlling the number of sub pixels to be turned ON. A plurality of address electrodes are provided for each sub pixels. Each sub pixel is addressed by a conductive layer which is electrically connected to one of the plurality of address electrodes.
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17 Claims
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1. A plasma display device having pixels each formed by a plurality of sub pixels of the same color provided in an address-electrode direction, for providing gray-scale display by controlling the number of sub pixels to be turned ON, wherein
a plurality of address electrodes are provided for each sub pixel, and each sub pixel is addressed by a conductive layer which is electrically connected to one of the plurality of address electrodes.
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4. A plasma display device having pixels each formed by a plurality of sub pixels of the same color provided in an X-electrode direction, for providing gray-scale display by controlling the number of sub pixels to be turned ON, wherein
a plurality of address electrodes are provided for each sub pixel, and each sub pixel is addressed by a conductive layer which is electrically connected to one of the plurality of address electrodes.
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7. A plasma display device, comprising:
a plurality of sub pixels provided adjacent to each other, wherein the plurality of sub pixels include two types of sub pixels in which an electrode extends with different lengths in a direction in which the plurality of sub pixels are arranged. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A plasma display device, comprising:
a plurality of sub pixels provided adjacent to each other, wherein an electrode extends with the same length in each of the plurality of sub pixels in a direction in which the plurality of sub pixels are arranged. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A plasma display device having pixels each formed by a plurality of sub pixels provided in an address-electrode direction, for providing gray-scale display by controlling the number of sub pixels to be turned ON, wherein
a difference in bright level is provided by two types of sub pixels having different electrode structures, i.e., a sub pixel having a single X-electrode and a single Y-electrode and a sub pixel having two X-electrodes and a single Y-electrode.
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16. A method for driving a plasma display device, wherein
the plasma display device has picture elements each formed by first and second pixels provided adjacent to each other in an X-electrode direction, each of the first and second pixels is formed by sub pixels of R (red), G (green), B (blue) provided adjacent to each other in the X-electrode direction, a gray-scale signal corresponding to a first pixel of a picture element is applied to a plurality of sub pixels in the first pixel of the picture element, and a gray-scale signal of a function of the gray-scale signal corresponding to the first pixel of the picture element and a gray-scale signal corresponding to a first pixel of an adjacent picture element, i.e., a picture element located adjacent to a second pixel of the picture element, is applied to a plurality of sub pixels in the second pixel of the picture element.
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17. A method for driving a plasma display device, wherein
the plasma display device has picture elements each formed by first and second pixels provided adjacent to each other in an X-electrode direction, each of the first and second pixels is formed by sub pixels of R, G, B provided adjacent to each other in the X-electrode direction, and sub pixels of R, G, B are turned ON/OFF by applying a gray-scale signal corresponding to a position of a first pixel of a picture element to each of sub pixels of R, G, B in the first pixel of the picture element, and applying to each of sub pixels of R, G, B in a second pixel of the picture element an average of a gray-scale signal which is applied to a corresponding one of the sub pixels of R, G, B in the first pixel of the picture element and a gray-scale signal which is applied to a corresponding one of sub pixels of R, G, B in a first pixel of an adjacent picture element, i.e., a picture element located adjacent to the second pixel.
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