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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Ji-hyeon Son, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kyung-ho Park, Cheonan-si, KR;
Seung-hyun Hur, Cheonan-si, KR;
Jang-il Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jae-yong Shin, Daegu, KR;
Woo-sung Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Yun-seok Lee, Cheonan-si, KR;
In-woo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-Hyeon Son, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kyung-Ho Park, Cheonan-si, KR;
Seung-Hyun Hur, Cheonan-si, KR;
Jang-Il Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jae-Yong Shin, Daegu, KR;
Woo-Sung Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Yun-Seok Lee, Cheonan-si, KR;
In-Woo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driver that includes a plurality of stages, which are connected to the gate lines, respectively, and sequentially provide a plurality of gate signals to the gate lines, respectively, and a first dummy stage and a second dummy stage that are separated from each other, wherein the first dummy stage is enabled by a carry signal of one of the stages, and the second dummy stage is enabled by a carry signal of the first dummy stage and initializes each of the stages.