The method involves enabling a first sustain electrode to produce an addressing discharge while disabling the second sustain electrode during the time in which said addressing discharge is being produced.

On a front surface substrate (1), a scan electrode (6) and a maintaining electrode (7) are formed.

The plasma display panel includes a front substrate having three electrodes, i.e., a sustain electrode, a scan electrode, and an address electrode.

In a unit plasma display panel, a front panel whereon a sustain electrode and a scan electrode are formed are sealed with a rear panel whereon an address electrode is formed.

The driver includes a waveform generation unit that supplies a sustain signal to one of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode during the sustain discharge period of at least one subfield of the plurality of subfields.

The plasma display panel comprises a plurality of discharge cells each having a display electrode pair consisting of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode and a data electrode.

A method for driving a plasma display panel including discharge cells each having a scan electrode and a sustain electrode.

A bus electrode (18) does not cover a sustain electrode (37) widely but gives a shape of its entire width being extended to provide a larger sectional area than before.

The length-wise end of a sustain electrode (37) has a forward taper shape with its side face forming an acute angle with a front glass substrate (11) to eliminate a step difference.