Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a driving method thereof for improving a working efficiency of the LCD and reducing manufacturing costs. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal cells at crossings of data lines and gate lines, data integrated circuit supplying pixel data via a plurality of data output channels, a gate integrated circuit driving the gate lines, a channel selector for selecting the plurality of data output channels of the data integrated circuits in accordance with a number of the data lines wherein only the selected data output channels contain the pixel data, and a timing controller for controlling the data integrated circuit and the gate integrated circuit.
Abstract:
A data transmission apparatus a data transmitter selectively inverting data and transmitting the selectively inverted data. A data receiver selectively re-inverts the selectively inverted data from the data transmitter and reconstructs the inverted data into the original data. The inversion operation of the data transmitter and the data receiver is controlled by a mode controller. The mode controller receives data having a number of bits along with a clock signal to detect a number of transitions every period of the clock signal, and controls driving modes of the data transmitter and the data receiver in accordance with the detected number of transitions.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device capable of reducing electromagnetic interference by minimizing the number of transitions of data.An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device according to the present includes: a timing controller receiving data from an exterior; an encoding block in the timing controller comparing current pixel data with each of previous pixel data delayed by one line from the current pixel and former pixel data that precedes by one pixel from the current pixel data to produce modified data so as to minimize the number of transitions for each bit; a data driver supplying a video signal to data lines; and a decoding block in the data river recovering the modified data to the current pixel data.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device for eliminating a vertical dimming phenomenon to improve a picture quality of a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. In the device, first and second data lines are supplied with data. A first pixel electrode is spaced at a desired distance from the first data line. A second pixel electrode is spaced, by a distance different from said distance between the first data line and the first pixel electrode, from the second data line.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for data interface of a flat panel display device, which is capable of transferring clocks in a state, in which the clocks are embedded in digital data, thereby reducing the number of transfer lines, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmitter unit built in a timing controller, to transmit transfer data with an embedding clock embedded between successive pieces of data, and a clock enable signal to indicate the embedding clock, and receiver units respectively built in a plurality of data integrated circuits connected to the timing controller, to separate and detect the embedding clock and the data from the transfer data, in response to the clock enable signal.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device for improving working efficiency and reducing manufacturing cost. In the device, a data integrated circuit has a data output group for supplying pixel data to data lines and a dummy data output channel group which is not supplied with pixel data. A channel selector selects an output channel of the data output channel group. A tape carrier package is mounted with the data integrated circuit and has a data output pad group connected to the data output channel group and a dummy output pad group. The pixel data is applied, via the data output channels selected by the channel selector, to the data lines.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display for changing a supply sequence of a scanning pulse with which a plurality of gate lines are supplied to realize a one dot inversion, and a driving method thereof are disclosed.In the liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, which are crossed each other, and pixels, which are defined by the lines. A gate driver supplies scanning pulses to the gate lines, and changes a supply sequence of the scanning pulses for each frame. A data driver converts digital video data into data voltages and periodically inverts a polarity of the data voltages to supply the data voltages in accordance with a supply sequence of the scanning pulses. And a timing controller supplies the digital video data to the data driver, and controls the data driver and the gate driver, and wherein a polarity of data voltages, which are supplied to the liquid crystal display panel, is inverted for each liquid crystal cell and a polarity of a data voltage which is outputted from the data driver, is inverted for every two to four horizontal periods.
Abstract:
A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display device having a plurality of data lines includes a data integrated circuit, a timing controller connected to the data integrated circuit, an encoder provided at the timing controller, the encoder determining whether a data for a current line is identical to a data for a previous line and generating a line control signal based on the determination whether the current line data is identical to the previous line data, and a decoder provided at the data integrated circuit, the decoder receiving the line control signal from the encoder.
Abstract:
A method of compensating for a kickback voltage for a common electrode of the LCD device having a gate line where the gate signal is applied from a first end to a second thereof includes applying a constant current to the common electrode at a location corresponding to the first end of the gate line, and applying a common voltage to the common electrode at a location corresponding to the second end of the gate line.The constant current applied to the common electrode helps to maintain the difference of the common voltages between the positions corresponding to first and second ends of the gate line.
Abstract:
Provided is a display device capable of improving image quality. The display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a gamma reference voltage generator. In the display panel, gate lines and data lines cross each other to define a plurality of liquid crystal cells. The gate driver supplies a scan signal to the gate lines sequentially. The data diver supplies a data voltage to the data lines. The gamma reference voltage generator selectively supplies a gamma reference voltage or a reference voltage of black gradation to the data driver in each horizontal period, according to a selection control signal input from the timing controller.