Patent ID: 7274359

Claim:
A display device including a plurality of pixels, the display device comprising: a signal controller for processing image data for the pixels from an external source; a plurality of pad areas, each pad area provided with a plurality of conductors for transmission of the image data, the conductors of adjacent two of the pad areas having a correspondence; a plurality of interconnections connecting the corresponding conductors to each other and the conductors of at least one of the pad areas to corresponding outputs of the signal controller, and, a plurality of data driver units connected to the respective pad areas and sequentially activated to receive respective image data from the pad areas under control of the signal controller, wherein each conductor in each pad area transmits one bit of the image data and the corresponding conductors are arranged in reversed order on the respective pad areas, the signal controller sequentially outputs the image data and the processing of the signal controller includes swapping of bits of a set of the image data to be provided for one of the data driver units, each of the data driver units comprises a swapping terminal for swapping bits of the image data, a data terminal for transmitting the image data as is, a multiplexer for selecting one of the outputs of the data terminal and the swapping terminal in response to a selection signal, a shift register connected to the multiplexer, a D/A converter connected to the shift register, a latch connected to the D/A converter, and an output amplifier connected to the latch, and the swapping terminal and the data terminal receive the image data from the signal controller.