US Patent 7382344 Data driving apparatus and method for liquid crystal display

A data driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display includes a plurality of digital-to-analog converter integrated circuits, a plurality of output buffer integrated circuits, at least two of the plurality of output buffer integrated circuits being commonly connected to each of the plurality of digital-to-analog converter integrated circuits, and a timing controller for controlling the plurality of digital-to-analog converter integrated circuits and the plurality of output buffer integrated circuits, wherein each of the plurality of digital-to-analog converter integrated circuits is mounted on a tape carrier package connected to a liquid crystal display panel, and each of the plurality of output buffer integrated circuits is mounted on the liquid crystal display panel.