Abstract: A backlight driving apparatus and a driving method thereof, in which the backlight driving apparatus includes a driving unit and a controller. The driving unit boosts an input voltage in response to a duty ratio of a control signal and provides the boosted input voltage to an LED array. The controller increases the duty ratio of the control signal in a step-by-step fashion by comparing a preset target value with a sequentially increasing step-setting value if a driving start signal is enabled.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display achieving brightness uniformity, thereby reducing manufacturing costs, includes a liquid crystal panel having a first region and a second region that exhibit different brightnesses when a predetermined data voltage is applied, a memory storing a reference brightness that is to be exhibited by the liquid crystal panel when the predetermined data voltage is applied, and a brightness correction unit receiving image data corresponding to the predetermined data voltage and correcting the image data so that the first region and the second region exhibit the reference brightness.