Abstract: A method of driving liquid crystal display panel includes generating a plurality of data frames from a data frame. A high data frame having a high luminance and a low data frame having a low luminance generated from two frames of the generated plurality of data frames. The high data frame and the low data frame are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel according to a time division rate. Accordingly, a pixel is space-divided into first and second sub areas having different distances between the first and second pixel electrodes, and the high data and the low data are time-divided and displayed on the pixel, enhancing visibility of the resulting image.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal display that includes a first substrate, a gate line positioned on the first substrate, a data line and a voltage line crossing the gate line, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a second switching element connected to the gate line and the voltage line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first switching element and including a plurality of branches inclined with respect to the gate line, and a second pixel electrode connected to the second switching element and including a plurality of branches parallel to the first branches, wherein the sum of the lengths of the first branches is 90% to 100% of the sum of the lengths of the second branches.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate and an opposing second substrate; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed in a pixel area, on the first substrate, and including a plurality of branch electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second electrodes. Branches electrode of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are interlaced. The first pixel electrode has an extension disposed adjacent to the center of the pixel area, and a minimum distance between the extension and the adjacent branch electrode is different from an average minimum between the adjacent branch electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display wherein a first power source supply line and a second power source supply line are respectively applied with a first voltage and a second voltage having a predetermined magnitude, and a first power source supply line and a second power source supply line are disposed as a pair between a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first voltage and the second voltage may have different polarities.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first and second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a gate signal, at least one data line disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a data signal, a plurality of power supplying lines disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of switching elements variously connected to the gate lines, data lines, and power supplying lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements, wherein corresponding pixel electrodes are separated from each other.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a reflection-polarization member, a first electrode, an insulation layer and a pixel wall. The reflection-polarization member is disposed on the base substrate to reflect and polarize incident light. The first electrode is disposed in a unit pixel area of the reflection-polarization member. The insulation layer is disposed on the first electrode. The pixel wall is disposed on the insulation layer and defines the unit pixel area. Therefore, the entire area of a unit pixel may be used as a reflective area or a transmissive area, and thus an aperture ratio may be improved in a reflection mode or a transmission mode.

Abstract: Provided is a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display. The fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display includes a transparent common electrode having a predetermined shape and formed within the pixel area to adjust light transmittance by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a transparent pixel electrode having a plurality of slits and formed above the transparent common electrode with an insulating layer interposed between the transparent common electrode and the transparent pixel electrode. A rubbing direction for aligning the liquid crystal layer is within 5° with respect to a direction of the gate line to remove a light shielding region above the data line, one end of the transparent common electrode is arranged between the data line and the transparent pixel electrode, and a distance between the transparent common electrode and the transparent pixel electrode is regulated with respect to the data line.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a reflection-polarization member, a first electrode, an insulation layer and a pixel wall. The reflection-polarization member is disposed on the base substrate to reflect and polarize incident light. The first electrode is disposed in a unit pixel area of the reflection-polarization member. The insulation layer is disposed on the first electrode. The pixel wall is disposed on the insulation layer and defines the unit pixel area. Therefore, the entire area of a unit pixel may be used as a reflective area or a transmissive area, and thus an aperture ratio may be improved in a reflection mode or a transmission mode.

Abstract: Provided is a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display. The fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display includes a transparent common electrode having a predetermined shape and formed within the pixel area to adjust light transmittance by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a transparent pixel electrode having a plurality of slits and formed above the transparent common electrode with an insulating layer interposed between the transparent common electrode and the transparent pixel electrode. A rubbing direction for aligning the liquid crystal layer is within 5° with respect to a direction of the gate line to remove a light shielding region above the data line, one end of the transparent common electrode is arranged between the data line and the transparent pixel electrode, and a distance between the transparent common electrode and the transparent pixel electrode is regulated with respect to the data line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first and second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a gate signal, at least one data line disposed on the first substrate, configured to transmit a data signal, a plurality of power supplying lines disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of switching elements variously connected to the gate lines, data lines, and power supplying lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements, wherein corresponding pixel electrodes are separated from each other.

Abstract: An optical film assembly includes a first polarization plate disposed below a liquid crystal layer and having a first absorption axis, a second polarization plate disposed above the liquid crystal layer and having a second absorption axis, an A-plate disposed between the first polarization plate and the second polarization plate, and a negative C-plate disposed between the first polarization plate and the second polarization plate. A thickness-direction phase retardation value of the negative C-plate is equal to or less than a value acquired by subtracting about 75 nanometers from a thickness-direction phase retardation value of the liquid crystal layer and the thickness-direction phase retardation value of the negative C-plate is equal to or greater than a value acquired by subtracting about 275 nanometers from the thickness-direction phase retardation value of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: first and second gate lines disposed on the first substrate and which respectively transmit first and second gate signals; first, second and third data lines disposed on the first substrate; a first switching element connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a third switching element connected to the second gate line and the second data line; a fourth switching element connected to the second gate line and the third data line; first and second pixel electrodes respectively connected to the first and second switching and which form a first liquid crystal capacitor; and third and fourth pixel electrodes respectively connected to the third and fourth switching elements and which form a second liquid crystal capacitor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; a gate line which transmits a gate signal; first and second data lines which respectively transmit first and second data voltages, the first and second data voltages having opposite polarities; a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element. The first and second subpixel electrodes overlap portions of the first and second data lines. The first and second subpixel electrodes include first and second branches, respectively, which are alternately arranged between the first and second data lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes; a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate, a first data line disposed substantially perpendicularly to the gate line on the first substrate, and which insulates and the gate line, a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor including the first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode as two terminals thereof, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and a short transistor having a control terminal connected to a previous gate line, and which is controlled to short the first pixel electrode to a voltage approaching a voltage of the second pixel electrode.

Abstract: An array substrate includes first and second pixel electrodes. The first pixel electrode includes a plurality of first slit electrode portions and a first supporting electrode portion connected with the first slit electrode portions. The first slit electrode portions extend in a zigzag fashion along the shape of a unit pixel area and a first direction. The second pixel electrode includes a plurality of second slit electrode portions and a second supporting electrode portion connected with the second slit electrode portion. The second slit electrode portions extend in the zigzag fashion along the shape of the unit pixel area and the first direction. Side visibility and a response time may be improved, so that display quality may be improved.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a reflection-polarization member, a first electrode, an insulation layer and a pixel wall. The reflection-polarization member is disposed on the base substrate to reflect and polarize incident light. The first electrode is disposed in a unit pixel area of the reflection-polarization member. The insulation layer is disposed on the first electrode. The pixel wall is disposed on the insulation layer and defines the unit pixel area. Therefore, the entire area of a unit pixel may be used as a reflective area or a transmissive area, and thus an aperture ratio may be improved in a reflection mode or a transmission mode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device provides for improved alignment of its liquid crystal molecules by having an alignment layer with polymer branches that are cured so as to reinforce a predefined orientation of the liquid crystal molecules even when no voltages are applied to the pixel-electrodes and/or common electrode of the device. Bruising of the screen can thus be rapidly repaired.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes; first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules, a first subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the first subpixel electrode receiving a first data voltage, a second subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the second subpixel electrode receiving a second data voltage; and a short protrusion disposed on the second substrate and simultaneously facing the first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal layer is vertically aligned and has positive dielectric anisotropy.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes pixels, each pixel including a transmissive region and a reflective region. The transmissive region has a liquid crystal layer having a homogeneous alignment, and the reflective region has a liquid crystal layer having a hybrid alignment. In the transmissive region, an alignment layer, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode are on a same side of the liquid crystal layer. In the reflective region, an alignment layer, a common electrode, and a reflective pixel electrode are on a same side of the liquid crystal layer. The alignment layer of the reflective region has an alignment direction that is different from that of the alignment layer of the transmissive region.

Abstract: A fringe field switching mode LCD includes a lower substrate having a gate bus line and a data bus line arranged to cross each other and form unit pixels and a counter electrode and a pixel electrode positioned within each unit pixel region with a gate insulator interposed between them and an upper substrate provided with a color filter corresponding to each pixel region and bonded to the lower substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed between them. The pixel electrode includes first pixel electrodes positioned on the gate insulator while being spaced from each other and second pixel electrodes positioned between the respective first pixel electrodes with a predetermined angle relative to them.