Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Hwan-Jun Sung

Sang-Hoon Park

Eun-Woo Jeong

A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a gate-off voltage generator including a temperature compensation unit which comprises a constant voltage output device and which outputs a gate-off voltage having a level which varies based on a change in ambient temperature;

Liquid crystal display having a gate voltage generator for varying gate on/off voltage according to change in temperature

A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a gate-off voltage generator including a temperature compensation unit which includes a constant voltage output device and a temperature-sensing device and outputting a gate-off voltage whose level varies according to a change in ambient temperature; a clock generator receiving a gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage and outputting a first clock signal and a second clock signal; a gate driver receiving the first clock signal and the second clock signal and outputting gate signals; and a plurality of pixels turned on or off in response to the gate signals and thus displaying images, wherein the constant voltage output device outputs a constant voltage whose value is determined by a voltage difference between a reference terminal and an input terminal of the constant voltage output device, and the temperature-sensing device provides an input voltage whose value varies according to the change in the ambient temperature, wherein the voltage difference between the reference terminal and the input terminal of the constant voltage output device does not substantially vary according to the ambient temperature.

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Hwan-Jun Sung