Patent ID: 8902264

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a display panel comprising n row by m column array of pixels, wherein the display panel sequentially drives the pixels from pixels in a first row to pixels in an n-th row to display an image, and each of n and m is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a panel driving circuit which applies at least one of a first image data, a second image data, a third image data and a fourth image data to the display panel during a frame unit such that the first image data, the second image data, the third image data and the fourth image data are sequentially applied to the display panel; a backlight unit which provides light to the display panel, wherein the backlight unit comprises: a first light source disposed substantially parallel to and adjacent to the pixels in the first row; and a second light source disposed adjacent to the pixels in the n-th row and opposite to the first light source; and a backlight control circuit which divides each of a first time period and a second time period into a first blinking time period, a second blinking time period, a third blinking time period and a fourth blinking time period, and applies a control signal, which controls a blinking timing of the first light source and a blinking timing of the second light source, to the backlight unit, wherein the first time period corresponds to two frames during which the first image data and the second image data are applied, and the second time period corresponds to two frames during which the third image data and the fourth image data are applied, and wherein the first light source and the second light source are turned off during the first blinking time period, the first light source is turned on during the second blinking time period, the second light source is turned off during the second blinking time period, the first and second light sources are turned on during the third blinking time period, the first light source is turned off during the fourth blinking time period, and the second light source is turned on during the fourth blinking time period.