AC surface discharge plasma display panel and method for driving the same

There is provided a method for driving an AC surface discharge PDP which includes a plurality of scan electrodes driven, being divided into upper and lower groups, a plurality of sustain electrodes respectively corresponding to the scan electrodes and being arranged on the same plane in parallel with the scan electrodes and a plurality of first and second address electrodes being divided into upper and lower parts and intersecting the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes having predetermined spaces therebetween, the PDP having a discharge cell formed at an intersection where the scan electrodes and sustain electrodes intersect the first and second address electrodes. In the event of scanning the scan electrodes of the upper groups placed in the area where the first address electrodes are arranged and the scan electrodes of the lower groups located in the area where the second address electrodes are arranged, predetermined scanning pulses are sequentially applied to the scan electrodes of the upper and lower groups, respectively, and simultaneously, a predetermined image pulse is selectively applied to the first and second address electrodes with the same clock as the scanning pulses, the scanning pulse being applied to the lower scan electrodes in advance by at least one clock before the scanning pulse is applied to the upper scan electrodes.