Abstract: In a timing controller capable of decreasing flicker of an image to be displayed and a method of driving the same, the timing controller includes: a timing signal generator outputting a scan starting signal and clock signals to a scan driving unit; a sensing unit sensing status transition time points of the scan starting signal and the scan signal outputted from the scan driving unit for a plurality of frame periods; an estimator estimating a delay value and a jitter value with respect to the status transition time points; and an off-set signal generator generating an off-set signal for controlling the scan starting signal or the clock signals based on the delay value and the jitter value. The timing signal generator, in response to the off-set signal, regulates timings of the scan starting signal and the clock signals.

Abstract: In a timing controller capable of decreasing flicker of an image to be displayed and a method of driving the same, the timing controller includes: a timing signal generator outputting a scan starting signal and clock signals to a scan driving unit; a sensing unit sensing status transition time points of the scan starting signal and the scan signal outputted from the scan driving unit for a plurality of frame periods; an estimator estimating a delay value and a jitter value with respect to the status transition time points; and an off-set signal generator generating an off-set signal for controlling the scan starting signal or the clock signals based on the delay value and the jitter value. The timing signal generator, in response to the off-set signal, regulates timings of the scan starting signal and the clock signals.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: The display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, a gate driver which sequentially applies gate-on voltages to the plurality of pixels for a first period and a data driver which generates data voltages for at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels for the first period, and supplies the data voltages to the two pixels of the plurality of pixels, respectively, wherein an application order of the data voltages applied to the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels is reversed in two adjacent frames.

Abstract: A display panel of a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a display area (DA) having a plurality of pixel portions, and a peripheral area (PA) surrounding the display area. A second substrate of the display panel comprises a common electrode and an electrostatic protection member electrically disconnected from the common electrode and surrounding the common electrode. The electrostatic protection member is electrically connected to a fixed-voltage terminal through the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels and blocks of shift registers that are connected to one another for temporarily storing data signals and from which the data signal outputs are sequentially applied to drive the pixels. Each of the shift registers receives a shift start signal and at least one of first and second clock signals, of which phases are opposite to each other, and a high period of the shift start signal corresponds to two cycles of the respective clock signals so that each pixel is pre-charged from the data signal from previous block of registers before receiving the data signal for the current block thereby preventing a boundary between blocks from being visually recognized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for driving the data in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel are presented. The method and apparatus prevent or reduce defects at the boundary between pixel blocks when the pixel blocks are sequentially driven on a block-by-block basis. The method includes applying data signals to a first data block, precharging a second data block that is adjacent to the first data block to a predetermined precharge voltage, and applying data signals to the second data block. The precharging prevents a large voltage difference at the boundary, thereby reducing defects.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display device includes a signal controller synthesizing first and second signals, respectively, having first and second signal levels to output a synthesized signal having third to fifth signal levels, a signal extracting unit extracting the first and second control signals from the synthesized signal, a gate driver generating gate signals based on the first control signal, and a data driver generating data signals based on the second control signal.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: A display panel of a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a display area (DA) having a plurality of pixel portions, and a peripheral area (PA) surrounding the display area. A second substrate of the display panel comprises a common electrode and an electrostatic protection member electrically disconnected from the common electrode and surrounding the common electrode. The electrostatic protection member is electrically connected to a fixed-voltage terminal through the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: The display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, a gate driver which sequentially applies gate-on voltages to the plurality of pixels for a first period and a data driver which generates data voltages for at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels for the first period, and supplies the data voltages to the two pixels of the plurality of pixels, respectively, wherein an application order of the data voltages applied to the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels is reversed in two adjacent frames.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device reduces the size of a liquid crystal (“LC”) panel by reducing the number of data voltage supply lines of the LC panel. The LCD device includes sub-pixels formed in a display area of a substrate, data lines formed in the display area in a column direction and commonly connected to the sub-pixels, gate lines crossing the data lines and respectively connected to the sub-pixels, data voltage supply lines receiving a data voltage from outside and supplying the data voltage to the data lines, branch lines branched from each of the data voltage supply lines, and switching elements formed between the branch lines and the data lines and selectively connecting the branch lines with the data lines. A method of driving the LCD device is further provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus and method for automatically sensing and compensating a delay time of a gate signal fed to the LCD display panel. The LCD panel includes a signal converter for generating a power clock signal, a delay controller for generating a delay control signal corresponding to the delay value of the gate signal by comparing the power clock signal with a signal derived from the data lines, and a pixel voltage signal generator for supplying a pixel voltage signal to the data lines of the LCD panel in response to the delay control signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels and blocks of shift registers that are connected to one another for temporarily storing data signals and from which the data signal outputs are sequentially applied to drive the pixels. Each of the shift registers receives a shift start signal and at least one of first and second clock signals, of which phases are opposite to each other, and a high period of the shift start signal corresponds to two cycles of the respective clock signals so that each pixel is pre-charged from the data signal from previous block of registers before receiving the data signal for the current block thereby preventing a boundary between blocks from being visually recognized.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device includes an LCD panel and a driving module. The LCD panel includes a plurality of pixel parts, each including a transmitting portion and a reflecting portion. The transmitting portion has a first switching element electrically connected to a first gate line, and a first liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the first switching element. The reflecting portion has a second switching element electrically connected to a second gate line, and a second liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the second switching element. The driving module applies a first common voltage to the first liquid crystal capacitor during turning-on of the first switching element, and applies a second common voltage to the second liquid crystal capacitor during turning-on of the second switching element. Therefore, an image display quality is improved.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display device includes a signal controller synthesizing first and second signals, respectively, having first and second signal levels to output a synthesized signal having third to fifth signal levels, a signal extracting unit extracting the first and second control signals from the synthesized signal, a gate driver generating gate signals based on the first control signal, and a data driver generating data signals based on the second control signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus is implemented using an SOG or SOP technology that can integrate a plurality of circuit elements on a single substrate. The display apparatus does not include a separate frame memory. Instead of the separate frame memory, the display apparatus uses a predetermined region of a memory provided in a host by allocating it as a frame memory region. Since an image signal transmitted/received between the display apparatus and the host has a coded format, a chip size of the display apparatus and an information processing system with the same is reduced and an amount of transmission data is also reduced.

Abstract: There are provided a TFT, a TFT substrate using the TFT, a method of fabricating the TFT substrate, and an LCD. The TFT includes a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode having an opening. The opening of the gate electrode is to enhance the light sensing ability of the TFT when it is used as a light sensor, since light is incident into a region where the opening is formed. The TFT including the gate having the opening can be used in a substrate of a flat display or an LCD using such a substrate. The above TFT can sense light incident from outside the display to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external illumination.

Abstract: An LCD device includes an LCD panel, a source driving part, an operating part, a mean voltage generating part, and a pre-charging part. The LCD panel includes a switching element and a liquid crystal capacitor. The switching element is formed in a region defined by gate and source lines adjacent to each other. The liquid crystal capacitor is electrically connected to the switching element. The source driving part converts data signals into data voltages of analog type. The operating part determines a mean data signal of the data signals. The mean voltage generating part converts the mean data signal into a mean data voltage of analog type. The pre-charging part selectively applies the data voltages and the mean data voltage to the source lines, thereby improving an image display quality of the LCD device.