Patent ID: 8493310

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a time controller configured to receive first data, and to output a plurality of clock signals and a plurality of pieces of second data to display the first data; and a plurality of source drivers configured to receive the plurality of pieces of second data and the plurality of clock signals from the time controller, convert the plurality of pieces of second data to a plurality of pieces of analog data, and output the plurality of pieces of analog data to a display panel, wherein: the time controller and the plurality of source drivers have a point-to-point connection, and the second data have a packet data format, the time controller includes a packet data generator configured to convert the first data into the packet data format and output the converted packet data, and the packet data includes a payload part including information about one of a data loading time, a charge sharing time, and image data that is to be displayed, and a header having one of a plurality of predetermined values indicating whether the data of the payload part is a data loading time, a charge sharing time, or image data, and the number of the plurality of source drivers is n, the time controller outputs n clock signals having n different phases to the n source drivers, respectively, through the point to point connection, and the plurality of pieces of second data are respectively output at different times such that each of the plurality of source drivers identifies the information in the payload part of the corresponding one of the plurality of pieces of second data provided thereto according to the predetermined value of the header.