Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel

A method for driving a plasma display panel in which pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes cross mutually are arranged in the form of a matrix; wherein a first field within which discharge is induced in the lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining one sides of said second electrodes for the purpose of display, and a second field within which discharge is induced in the lines defined by said second electrodes and said first electrodes adjoining the other sides thereof for the purpose of display are temporally separated from each other; and said first and second fields each include a field reset period during which discharge is induced for erasing wall charges remaining at the end of a previous field and a plurality of sub-fields each consisting of a reset period during which the distribution of wall charges in said plurality of discharge cells is made uniform, an addressing period during which wall charges are produced in discharge cells according to display data, and a sustain discharge period during which sustain discharge is induced in the discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during said addressing period.