Patent ID: 7956855

Claim:
A display device comprising: a gate line for transmitting a gate signal; a data line for transmitting a data signal; a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode connected to the switching element; a gate driver connected to the gate line and including a gate signal generation mechanism for generating the gate signal and applying the gate signal to the gate line; a data driver for applying the data signal to the data line; a signal controller for receiving and processing an incoming image signal to be supplied to the data driver, the signal controller for generating a first clock signal for controlling the gate driver and for generating a data control signal for controlling the data driver; and a signal generator for receiving the first clock signal and for generating a second clock signal and a third clock signal based on only the received first clock signal, wherein the received first clock signal is a single signal, wherein the gate driver is capable of receiving the second and third clock signals, wherein the gate driver generates the gate signal based on the second and third clock signals, and wherein the first clock signal is a periodic signal having a first period, the second clock signal is a periodic signal having a second period, and the third clock signal is a periodic signal having a third period, and the first period is substantially equal to the second period.