The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Byung-Hoo Jung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a display device (e.g., a liquid crystal display), and an apparatus and a method for driving the display device. The LCD includes an LCD panel having a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines insulated from and intersecting the gate lines, and a plurality of TFTs each having a gate electrode connected to one of the gate lines and a source electrode each connected to one of the data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying gate drive signals to the gate lines to turn the TFTs ON; and a data driver for dividing the data lines into a certain number of blocks, each block having a predetermined number of data lines, and applying image signals to the data lines in an (n)th block, and applying precharging voltages to the data lines in an (n+j)th block. The apparatus includes the gate driver and the data driver. The method includes the steps of sequentially supplying the gate drive signals to the gate lines to turn the TFTs ON; and applying the image signals to the data lines in an (n)th block, and applying precharging voltages to the data lines in an (n+j)th block.