Patent ID: 8692762
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G02B,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of driving a display apparatus including a plurality of pixels, the method comprising: applying voltages including a first voltage having a first level and a second voltage having a second level different from the first level, to a microshutter formed in each of the plurality of pixels and comprising a plurality of sub-microshutters to display one of a plurality of gray scales in a unit time interval, wherein the unit time interval includes a first time interval in which the first voltage is applied to the microshutter and a second time interval in which the second voltage is applied to the microshutter; wherein the applying voltages comprises: applying the first voltage to a preceding sub-microshutter of the plurality of sub-microshutters to close the preceding sub-microshutter such that the preceding sub-microshutter is connected with a succeeding sub-microshutter of the plurality of sub-microshutters; and applying the second voltage to the succeeding sub-microshutter through the preceding sub-microshutter connected with the succeeding sub-microshutter to close the succeeding sub-microshutter, and wherein the preceding sub-microshutter is operated earlier than the succeeding microshutter.