Patent ID: 8446400

Claim:
A driving apparatus for driving a display panel, the driving apparatus comprising: a timing controller comprising a first output port and a second output port, the first output port being employed to output plural first data signals and a first clock signal, and the second output port being employed to output plural second data signals and a second clock signal different from the first clock signal; and a plurality of source drivers for driving the display panel according to the first data signals and/or the second data signals, each source driver comprising a first input port, a second input port, a first shift direction control end, a second shift direction control end and at least two operation mode control ends, the first input port being electrically connected to the first or second output port of the timing controller, the first shift direction control end being for receiving a first shift direction control signal, wherein the source driver employs the first shift direction control signal to set a first shift direction of a first shift operation performed by the source driver for controlling a data latch operation over the first data signals based on the first clock signal, the second shift direction control end being for receiving a second shift direction control signal, wherein the source driver employs the second shift direction control signal to set a second shift direction of a second shift operation performed by the source driver for controlling a data latch operation over the second data signals based on the second clock signal; wherein when the at least two operation mode control ends of the source driver receive an operation mode control signal for setting the source driver to operate in a first operation mode, the first input port of the source driver is electrically connected to the first output port of the timing controller for receiving the first data signals and the first clock signal, the second input port of the source driver is electrically connected to the second output port of the timing controller for receiving the second data signals and the second clock signal, and the source driver drives the display panel according to the first data signals, the second data signals, the first clock signal and the second clock signal.