PDP DATA DRIVER, PDP DRIVING METHOD, PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a PDP data driver in which input and output terminals are divided into a plurality of groups and a given group can be selected so as to output a high level. SOLUTION: The PDP data driver is formed by a plurality of data driver ICs that are arranged in order. In an output control circuit 103A of each data driver IC, the input and output terminals are arranged in an order of a plurality of primary colors forming a screen and are divided into a plurality of groups. The output control circuit 103A includes first gate arrays GA1 to GA3n and second gate arrays GB1 to GB3n in such a manner that gates of each array corresponds to inputs and outputs respectively. The first gate array is controlled to output input data without change or to be set to a high level in accordance with first control inputs HBLK1 to HBLK3 and the second gate array is controlled to transfer all outputs of the first gate array without change or to be set to a low level in accordance with a second control input LBLK. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI