New Energy Recovery Concept for AC PDP Sustaining Driver Using Current Injection Method(CIM)

New concept of energy recovery for plasma display panel (PDP) is proposed. Different from conventional LC resonant sustaining drivers, the current built up before inverting the polarity of the panel electrodes is utilized to change the panel polarity together with energy previously charged m panel capacitance. This operation provides zero -voltage-switching of switches and reduction of EMI by rejecting the surge current when the sustain switches are turned on The budd-up current helps to reduce transition tine of panel polarity and may produce more stable light waveforms. This method shows a desirable characteristic that the circuit loss is similar to that of series resonant type energy recovery circuit which is very effective method