Abstract: A method of modulating and demodulating a signal includes modulating data information included in an input data signal provided from an external source and clock information included in an input clock signal provided from the external source into a transmission signal, using (n+1) delay clock signals generated based on the input clock signal, where n is a natural number. The transmission signal is demodulated into an output clock signal including restored clock information and an output data signal including restored data information, using (m+1) delay clock signals generated based on the clock information, where m is a natural number less than n.

Abstract: A method, according to an embodiment, is provided for correcting pixel data provided to a display apparatus. The display apparatus, according to an embodiment, includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a light source module having a plurality of light-emitting blocks. The method includes determining a pixel luminance that is a luminance of light provided to each of the pixels; and generating correction data to correct the pixel data, the correction data being generated based on the pixel luminance and a maximum emission luminance that is a maximum luminance of the light emitted from each of the light-emitting blocks.

Abstract: In a method of modulating/demodulating a signal, a transmission signal is generated from an input data signal including data information by combining a plurality of input shift clock signals, which are modulated based on input clock signal during an interval period of the input clock signal, during 2 interval periods of the input clock signal. An output clock signal is detected and an output clock signal is generated from the transmission signal by combining a plurality of output shift clock signals, demodulated based on the output clock signal during an interval period of the output clock, during 2 interval periods of the output clock signal, to restore the data information.

Abstract: A method for driving a display apparatus, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, provides a luminance representative value of a unit light-emitting block that may be determined from an external image signal of a plurality of image blocks corresponding to the unit light-emitting block including a plurality of light sources. A luminance compensation value of the unit light-emitting block may be calculated by compensating the luminance representative value. Pixel data of the external image signal in a central area of the unit light-emitting block and a boundary area may be corrected based on the luminance compensation value. A driving signal may be provided to the unit light-emitting block based on the luminance compensation value. Accordingly, a phenomenon in which a boundary of the unit light-emitting block is visible is removed so that the display quality of all image may be enhanced.

Abstract: A method of modulating and demodulating a signal includes modulating data information included in an input data signal provided from an external source and clock information included in an input clock signal provided from the external source into a transmission signal, using (n+1) delay clock signals generated based on the input clock signal, where n is a natural number. The transmission signal is demodulated into an output clock signal including restored clock information and an output data signal including restored data information, using (m+1) delay clock signals generated based on the clock information, where m is a natural number less than n.

Abstract: A method of driving a light source including a light-emitting block includes generating a luminance representative value based on an average grayscale value and a maximum grayscale value extracted from an image signal corresponding to the light-emitting block. The method further includes detecting a predetermined pattern of the light-emitting block, generating a compensation control signal based on the predetermined pattern, generating a compensated luminance representative value by compensating the luminance representative value based on the compensation control signal, and driving the light-emitting block based on the luminance level of the light-emitting block corresponding to the compensated luminance representative value.

Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes: sub-sampling an original image signal; generating a sub-image signal; generating a sub-interpolated image signal from the sub-image signal; generating an interpolated frame by realigning the sub-interpolated image signal; and displaying an image having the interpolated frame.

Abstract: A display device includes; a signal controller which outputs a master image signal having first data information and second data information, a master data driver which samples the first data information and the second data information from the master image signal using a first sampling clock signal, generates a slave clock signal using the master image signal, and generates a slave image signal, which corresponds to the second data information, using the slave clock signal, and a slave data driver connected to the master data driver in a cascade manner, wherein the slave data driver samples the second data information from the slave image signal.

Abstract: An image display device employs an interface protocol wherein integrated image plus control data is transmitted from a signal controller circuit to each of a plurality of master data driving circuits. The integrated image plus control data includes display control data as well as image-defining data. The signal controller circuit determines which of a plurality of data driving circuits is to function as a master data driving chip and which as a slave data driving chip. The signal controller circuit directly transmits respective integrated image plus control data signals to corresponding ones of the master data driving chips. Each master data driving chip then forwards part of the received integrated image plus control signal to its corresponding slave data driving chip.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: first gate lines for transferring first gate signals; second gate lines for transferring second gate signals; first data lines for transferring normal data voltages, the first data lines running across the first and second gate lines; and pixels connected with the first and second gate lines and the first data lines. Each pixel includes: a liquid crystal capacitor, a first switching element having a control terminal connected with a respective one of the first gate lines, an input terminal connected with a respective one of the first data lines, and an output terminal connected with the liquid crystal capacitor, and a second switching element having a control terminal connected with a respective one of the second gate lines, an input terminal insulated from the first data line, and an output terminal connected with the liquid crystal capacitor. Other embodiments are also provided.

Abstract: A technique for removing vertical stripe artifacts generated in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel, more particularly a technique for compensating for and removing an inter-channel offset voltage of a column driver, which causes the vertical stripe artifacts, is disclosed. An offset voltage generated in each channel for driving each pixel of the LCD panel is detected for a whole signal path and offset voltages detected for all channels are compared and extracted according to a given timing sequence by a common signal comparator, thereby preventing the offset of the detection comparator and reducing a chip size of the column driver in contrary to the prior art. Moreover, an inter-channel offset voltage is detected in a digital circuit mode, thereby compensating for process variations in a semiconductor chip manufacturing process in circuit terms.

Abstract: A versatile amplifier circuit for driving a TFT LCD panel is disclosed. The amplifier circuit of the present comprises consists of a complementary input stage, biasing switches, and a rail-to-rail output stage. A signal-transfer switch determines which of two differential amplifiers in the input stage will drive the output stage of the amplifier. A biasing signal precharges a capacitor between the gates of output stage. The rail-to-rail output stage utilizes the precharged capacitor to maintain a voltage required to operate the output stage properly. A polarity signal is used to control the signal-transfer switch. The polarity signal specifies if a lower half of the input stage or an upper half of the input stage is used to drive the output stage of the amplifier circuit. A non-active transistor is kept turned-on above the threshold voltage for quick switching of the output driver. In one embodiment, a coupling capacitor is used between output stage transistors is for this purpose.