Address discharge characteristics by changes in sustain pulse numbers in plasma display panel with high Xe contents

The discharge characteristics, especially the address discharge characteristics, were examined relative to the number of sustain pulse from 2 to 200 applied during the prior sub field under the variable Xe gas conditions (11, 15, and 20%) of plasma display panels (PDPs). As the Xe contents increased from 11 to 20%, the formative delay time was observed to be increased. In particular, as the number of sustain pulse was increased from 2 to 200 during the prior sub field, the formative delay time of the subsequent address discharge was considerably increased under the high Xe (20%) content. Based on this experimental observation, the modified driving waveform, featuring being able to produce a stable address discharge irrespective of the sustain pulse number during the prior sub field, is proposed for the stable address discharge of the high Xe PDP.