Display panel with sustain electrodes

一种平板显示装置，它具有形成排列在M行和N列的矩阵中的像素的等离子体放电单元，其中N大于M。该平显示板具有沿一个方向排列的维持电极和扫描电极以及沿与第一方向垂直的第二方向排列的数据电极。与数据电极耦合的数据驱动电路响应视频信息向放电单元提供数据信号，其中数据电极排列构成M行，维持和扫描电极排列构成N列，并且数据驱动电路适于向选定像素的一列提供数据信号。 A flat-panel display apparatus having plasma discharge cells forming pixels arranged in a matrix of M row and N columns, wherein N is larger than M. The flat display panel has sustain electrodes and scan electrodes arranged in one direction and data electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A data driver circuit is coupled to the data electrodes for supplying data signals to the discharge cells in response to video information, wherein the data electrodes are arranged to constitute the M rows, the sustain and scan electrodes are arranged to constitute the N columns and the data driver circuit is adapted to supply data signals to a column of selected pixels.