IP Library Granted Patent US 6,891,521
Granted Patent B2
US 6,891,521 · App. 09/893,566 · Granted May 10, 2005

Driving method for a liquid crystal display device and driving circuits thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,891,521
App. No.
09/893,566
Granted
May 10, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of driving a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device adopts a previous gate type including a gate line; a data line perpendicularly crossing with the gate line; a dummy gate line adjacent the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines to serve as a switching element; a liquid crystal capacitor receiving signals from the thin film transistor; and a storage capacitor connected to the liquid crystal capacitor, the method including applying a dummy gate signal to the dummy gate line, wherein the dummy gate signal has substantially the same waveform as a gate signal applied to the gate line.

Claims (23)

1. A method of driving a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a gate line; a data line crossing the gate line; a dummy gate line adjacent the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a first capacitor receiving signals from the thin film transistor; and a storage capacitor connected between the first capacitor and a previous gate line, wherein a portion of the dummy gate line is an electrode of the storage capacitor, the method comprising:

applying a gate signal to the gate line; and

applying a logic high dummy gate signal to the dummy gate line, wherein the dummy gate signal has a substantially same waveform as the gate signal applied to the gate line,

wherein the dummy gate signal is produced by a dummy gate signal producing circuit including first and second flip-flops and a level shifter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gate signal is a pulse signal having a high period of one horizontal line period.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dummy gate signal is a pulse signal having a high period of one horizontal line period.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the high period of the dummy gate signal precedes the high period of the gate signal by one horizontal line period.

5. A driving circuit of a liquid display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a gate line; a data line crossing the gate line; a dummy gate line adjacent the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a first capacitor receiving signals from the thin film transistor; and a storage capacitor connected to the first capacitor, the driving circuit comprising:

a gate driver producing a gate signal, the gate signal being applied to the gate line;

a data driver producing a data signal, the data signal being applied to the data line; and

a dummy gate driver producing a dummy gate signal of a substantially same waveform as the gate signal, the dummy gate signal being applied to the dummy gate line, wherein the dummy gate driver includes first and second flip-flops and a level shifter.

6. The driving circuit of claim 5 , wherein a vertical synchronizing signal and a data enable signal are input to the dummy gate driver.

7. A method of driving a liquid crystal display comprising

generating a plurality of data signals corresponding to a plurality of gate signals;

applying the generated data signals to one of a plurality of data lines; and

applying the gate signals to one of a plurality of gate lines,

wherein one of the gate signals is input to a dummy gate line, and the corresponding data signal from the dummy sate line is invalidated,

wherein the gate signal input to the dummy gate line is generated by a dummy signal producing circuit that includes first and second flip-flops and a level shifter.

8. A method of driving a liquid crystal display, comprising:

generating a plurality of data signals corresponding to a plurality of gate signals;

applying the generated data signals to one of a plurality of data lines; and

applying the gate signals to one of a plurality of gate lines,

wherein one of the gate signals is generated by a dummy signal producing circuit that includes first and second flip-flops and a level shifter, and said generated gate signal is applied to a first gate line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021763/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2001
From: PARK, JOON-HA; KIM, MIN-HWA
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 012261/0187 →