Patent ID: 8917295

Claim:
A display device comprising: a gamma voltage generator configured to receive ten sequentially decreasing reference voltages and to generate 256 sequentially decreasing gamma voltages based on the sequentially decreasing reference voltages, wherein the gamma voltage generator comprises: a resistor string to generate at least some of the gamma voltages based on at least some of the reference voltages; a zeroth input tab to receive a highest reference voltage of the reference voltages, wherein a highest gamma voltage of the gamma voltages is generated from the highest reference voltage, the highest reference voltage corresponding to a pixel brightness of 0 nit and the zeroth input tab being electrically isolated from the resistor string; and a first input tab coupled to the resistor string and to receive a second highest reference voltage of the reference voltages, wherein a second highest gamma voltage of the gamma voltages is generated from the second highest reference voltage, the second highest reference voltage corresponding to a pixel brightness of 0.2 nit; and a data driver coupled to the gamma voltage generator and configured to: receive the sequentially decreasing gamma voltages from the gamma voltage generator, output, to a pixel, a first gamma voltage selected from the gamma voltages responsive to receiving first digital data indicative of a first gray scale level of the pixel, and output, to the pixel, a second gamma voltage from the gamma voltages responsive to receiving second digital data having a higher logical value than the first digital data and indicative of a second gray scale level higher than the first gray scale level, wherein the second gamma voltage is lower than the first gamma voltage.