Abstract
Even though the surface discharge PDP (SD PDP) has become a standard form of PDP, there is no doubt that we need another breakthrough to achieve less cost and more efficiency. The historical approach of a vertical discharge PDP (VD PDP) has some advantages comparingwith a SD PDP, but its life problem caused by ion bombardment to the phosphor layer seems to be a fatal problem for a VD PDP. A new driving method described here will make it possible tosolve this issue and give a bright view for the second generation PDP based on a VD PDP.
