1. An audio adaptor comprising:
an audio plug, having a first diameter, that conducts a first set of signals;
an audio jack, having a second diameter that is different than said first diameter, that conducts a second set of signals different from said first set of signals; and
a coupler that electrically and physically couples together said plug and said jack.
2. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said first diameter is 3.5 millimeters.
3. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said second diameter is 2.5 millimeters.
4. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said plug is a four-prong plug.
5. The adaptor of claim 4, wherein said four-prong plug is adapted to conduct:
a left channel audio signal on a first prong;
a right channel audio signal on a second prong;
a microphone signal on a third prong; and
a ground signal on a fourth prong.
6. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said jack is a three-prong jack.
7. The adaptor of claim 6, wherein said three-prong jack is adapted to conduct:
an audio signal;
a microphone signal; and
a ground signal.
8. The adaptor of claim 5, wherein said jack is a three-prong jack adapted to conduct:
an audio signal on a fifth prong;
a microphone signal on a sixth prong; and
a ground signal on a seventh prong.
9. The adaptor of claim 8, wherein said coupler comprises:
circuitry that electrically couples a selected one of said first and second prongs to said fifth prong, said third prong to said sixth prong and said fourth prong to said seventh prong.
10. The adaptor of claim 9, wherein said circuitry comprises:
a plurality of conductive metal tabs that are physically attached to said fifth prong and said selected one of said first and second prongs.
11. The adaptor of claim 9, wherein said circuitry comprises:
a plurality of conductive wires that are physically attached to said fifth prong and said selected one of said first and second prongs.
12. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said coupler comprises:
a material that permanently bonds said plug and said jack into a single physical unit.
13. The adaptor of claim 10, wherein said coupler comprises:
a material that permanently bonds said plug to said jack and also encapsulates said plurality of metal tabs.
14. An audio adaptor comprising:
a 3.5 millimeter plug having four prongs;
a 2.5 millimeter jack having three prongs; and
a coupler that physically couples said plug to said jack, said coupler including circuitry that electrically connects each of said three prongs on said jack to one of said prongs on said plug.
15. The audio adaptor of claim 14, wherein said four prongs on said plug comprise:
a first prong that conducts left channel audio signals;
a second prong that conducts right channel audio signals;
a third prong that conducts microphone signals; and
a fourth prong that conducts ground signals.
16. The audio adaptor of claim 15, wherein said three prongs of said jack comprise:
a fifth prong that conducts one of left and right audio signals;
a sixth prong that conducts microphone signals; and
a seventh prong that conducts ground signals.
17. The audio adaptor of claim 16, wherein said coupler comprises:
circuitry that electrically connects said fifth prong to one of said first and second prongs, said third prong to said sixth prong, and said fourth prong to said seventh prong.
18. The audio adaptor of claim 16, wherein said coupler comprises:
circuitry that electrically connects said fifth prong to said first and second prongs, said third prong to said sixth prong, and said fourth prong to said seventh prong.
19. The audio adaptor of claim 17, wherein said coupler further comprises a material that permanently physically combines said plug and said jack into a single unit.
20. The audio adaptor of claim 17, wherein at least a portion of said circuitry comprises metal tabs.
21. The audio adaptor of claim 17, wherein at least a portion of said circuitry comprises wires.
22. An audio adaptor comprising:
an audio plug, that conducts a first set of signals;
an audio jack, that conducts a second set of signals different from said first set of signals; and
a coupler that electrically and physically couples together said plug and said jack.
23. The adaptor of claim 22, wherein said audio plug and said audio jack are of compatible size.
24. The adaptor of claim 22, wherein said audio plug is a four-prong plug.
25. The adaptor of claim 24, wherein said four-prong plug is adapted to conduct:
a left channel audio signal on a first prong;
a right channel audio signal on a second prong;
a microphone signal on a third prong; and
a ground signal on a fourth prong.
26. The adaptor of claim 22, wherein said audio jack is a three-prong jack.
27. The adaptor of claim 26, wherein said three-prong jack is adapted to conduct:
an audio signal;
a microphone signal; and
a ground signal.
28. The adaptor of claim 25, wherein said jack is a three-prong jack adapted to conduct:
an audio signal on a fifth prong;
a microphone signal on a sixth prong; and
a ground signal on a seventh prong.
29. The adaptor of claim 28, wherein said coupler comprises:
circuitry that electrically couples a selected one of said first and second prongs to said fifth prong, said third prong to said sixth prong and said fourth prong to said seventh prong.
30. The adaptor of claim 29, wherein said circuitry comprises:
a plurality of conductive metal tabs that are physically attached to said fifth prong and said selected one of said first and second prongs.
31. The adaptor of claim 29, wherein said circuitry comprises:
a plurality of conductive wires that are physically attached to said fifth prong and said selected one of said first and second prongs.
32. The adaptor of claim 22, wherein said coupler comprises:
a material that permanently bonds said plug and said jack into a single physical unit.
33. The adaptor of claim 30, wherein said coupler comprises:
a material that permanently bonds said plug to said jack and also encapsulates said plurality of metal tabs.
34. The adaptor of claim 33, wherein said material comprises:
injection molding material.
35. A method for enabling a first audio connector having a first diameter to be mated to a second audio connector having a second diameter that is different than said first diameter, said first and second connectors having a different number of electrical contacts between them such that said first audio connector has at least 4 electrical contacts and said second audio connector has at least three electrical contacts, comprising:
providing an audio plug having a diameter that permits it to be mated with said first audio connector;
providing an audio jack having a diameter that permits it to be mated with said second audio connector, said audio jack having a prong for being electrically;
electrically connecting each of said at least three electrical contacts in said jack to one of said at least four electrical contacts in said plug.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein said first diameter is 3.5 millimeters and said second diameter is 2.5 millimeters.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein providing an audio plug comprises:
providing an audio plug having a first prong coupled to conduct a left channel audio signal, a second prong coupled to conduct a right audio channel signal, a third prong coupled to conduct a microphone signal, and a fourth prong coupled to conduct a ground signal.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein providing an audio jack comprises:
providing an audio jack having a fifth prong coupled to conduct one of a left channel audio signal and a right audio channel signal, a sixth prong coupled to conduct a microphone signal, and a seventh prong coupled to conduct a ground signal.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein electrically connecting comprises:
electrically coupling said fifth prong to a selected one of said first and second prongs;
electrically coupling said sixth prong to said third prong; and
electrically coupling said seventh prong to said fourth prong.
40. The method of claim 39, wherein electrically coupling said fifth prong comprises:
attaching at least a first metal tab to said fifth prong and a second metal tab to said selected one of said first and second prongs; and
soldering said first and second tabs together.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A driving method of a plasma display panel,
the plasma display panel comprising:
a first substrate;
a plurality of display electrode pairs that are disposed on the first substrate and formed of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes being arranged alternately by two and in parallel;
a second substrate faced to the first substrate through a discharge space;
a plurality of data electrodes disposed on the second substrate and in a direction crossing the display electrode pairs; and
a barrier rib disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to separate main discharge cells for causing main discharge and priming discharge cells for causing priming discharge with two adjacent scan electrodes of the plurality of scan electrodes, each of the main discharge cells being formed of the display electrode pair and the data electrode,
the driving method of the plasma display panel comprising:
forming one field including a plurality of subfields having an initialization time period, a writing time period, and a sustaining time period;
dividing the writing time period into an odd-numbered line writing time period and an even-numbered line writing time period, a writing operation being performed in the main discharge cell having an odd-numbered scan electrode in the odd-numbered line writing time period, a writing operation being performed in the main discharge cell having an even-numbered scan electrode in the even-numbered line writing time period;
sequentially applying a scan pulse to an odd-numbered scan electrode and applying voltage to an even-numbered scan electrode in the odd-numbered line writing time period, the voltage being used for causing priming discharge in the priming discharge cell between the even-numbered scan electrode and the odd-numbered scan electrode to which the scan pulse has been applied; and
sequentially applying a scan pulse to an even-numbered scan electrode and applying voltage to an odd-numbered scan electrode in the even-numbered line writing time period, the voltage being used for causing priming discharge in the priming discharge cell between the odd-numbered scan electrode and the even-numbered scan electrode to which the scan pulse has been applied.
2. The driving method of the plasma display panel according to claim 1, wherein
in at least one of the plurality of subfields, the initialization time period has an odd-numbered line initialization time period and an even-numbered line initialization time period, an initializing operation being performed in the main discharge cell having an odd-numbered scan electrode in the odd-numbered line initialization time period, an initializing operation being performed in the main discharge cell having an even-numbered scan electrode in the even-numbered line initialization time period, and
the odd-numbered line initialization time period is disposed just before the odd-numbered line writing time period, and the even-numbered line initialization time period is disposed just before the even-numbered line writing time period.