Patent ID: 11948514
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the data driver includes:
a plurality of output buffers coupled to the plurality of data lines of the display panel;
at least one repair output buffer; and
a plurality of switches located between output terminals of the plurality of output buffers and an output terminal of the repair output buffer, and
wherein, in the same data period corresponding to the same data region within the current frame period, the plurality of switches is turned on to couple the output terminals of the plurality of output buffers and the output terminal of the repair output buffer, the repair output buffer applies the shut down mode data voltage to the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of output buffers is turned off.