Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that includes: gate lines and data lines arranged on a first substrate; pixel electrodes connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode separated from each other by a gap; a common electrode arranged on a second substrate, and facing the pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein each of the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode includes a plurality of fine branch portions, the second sub-pixel electrodes include a connection portion surrounding the fine branch portions of the first sub-pixel electrodes, and a plurality of notches are formed in the connection portion of the second sub-pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a data line intersecting the gate line and extending in a second direction, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a second switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element and having a first voltage, and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element and having a second voltage. The difference between the first voltage and a common voltage is larger than the difference between the second voltage and the common voltage, and the shortest distance between the first subpixel electrode and the data line is larger than the shortest distance between the second subpixel electrode and the data line. Accordingly, a variation of luminance due to parasitic capacitance between the pixel electrode and the data line may be reduced, and the aperture ratio may be increased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixel electrodes, each having first and second sub-pixel electrodes separated from each other; a plurality of gate lines electrically connected to the first and second sub-pixel electrodes, a plurality of data lines electrically connected to the first and second sub-pixel electrodes, a plurality of first storage electrode lines having first storage electrodes overlapped with the first sub-pixel electrodes, wherein a first storage voltage is applied to the first storage electrode lines as a cyclic signal; and a plurality of second storage electrode lines having second storage electrodes overlapped with the second sub-pixel electrodes, wherein a second storage electrode voltage opposite in phase to the first storage electrode voltage is applied to the second storage electrode lines as a cyclic signal, and wherein the first and second sub-pixel electrodes are electrically connected to the same gate line and to the same data line, and the pixel electrodes include

Abstract: A gate driver that comprises n shift registers, wherein n is an integer equal to or larger than 1, each of the n shift registers includes; a start stage which outputs a gate signal and starts its operation in response to a start signal, and a plurality of subsequent stages which are connected to each other in sequence, and which sequentially output a plurality of gate signals in response to a signal output from the start stage, wherein at least one stage of the plurality of subsequent stages is reset by the start signal.

Abstract: A first slit pattern is formed in a display substrate and a display panel of vertical alignment mode having the display substrate. The first slit pattern includes slits, a pair of projections and a pair of notches. A divergence point where the slits meet each other and an incision portion of the slits have the same function as the pair of projections in the generation of a singular point of liquid crystal. A contact hole exposing a part of an output electrode of a switching element is formed at a protective layer of an array substrate. A step recess is formed at a protective layer corresponding to a storage electrode, a divergence point of the slits is arranged to correspond to the storage electrode. The singular point of the liquid crystal is induced to occur at a regular position, and thus afterimages and spots can be prevented.

Abstract: Provided are a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate and a display device having the same. In the TFT substrate and the display device having the same, first and second drain electrodes of first and second TFTs connected to first and second pixel electrodes, respectively, are vertically bent a plurality of times. The distance between each of the first and second source electrodes and the first or second drain electrode is maintained at a minimum interline gap to increase the distance between a data line and each of the first and second drain electrodes and minimize the length of a region of each of the first and second drain electrodes adjacent to the data line. Consequently, a coupling capacitance between the data line and each of the first and second drain electrodes can be reduced, and each unit pixel region can have a uniform parasite capacitance within a predetermined range. In addition, the luminance deviation of a display device, which performs inversion driving, can be reduced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display panel having a display area that displays an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, and a peripheral area including first, second, third and fourth peripheral areas surrounding the display area; a plurality of gate drivers performing a scanning operating in response to a first control signal to output the gate signal, the gate drivers being arranged in the first peripheral area; a plurality of data drivers arranged in the second peripheral area adjacent to a gate driver that last performs the scanning operating among the gate drivers; and a signal transmission line connected to a gate driver that first performs the scanning operation among the gate drivers, and routed through the third and fourth peripheral areas opposite to the first and second peripheral areas, respectively, to provide the first control signal to the gate drivers.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a decoupling line extending in a first direction, first and second data lines extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a pixel electrode including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode. The pixel electrode further includes a lower domain-dividing part formed thereon. The LCD further includes a common electrode disposed opposite the pixel electrode and including an upper domain-dividing part formed thereon, and a first decoupling electrode including a slanting part and a straight part. The slanting part extends from the decoupling line and overlaps a portion of one of the lower domain-dividing part and the upper domain-dividing part, and the straight part extends from the slanting part and is formed parallel to the first data line in an area of the pixel where the first sub-pixel electrode and the first data line are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) capable of improving display quality includes a first insulating substrate, gate wiring lines formed on the first insulating substrate and extending in a first direction, data wiring lines insulated from and crossing the gate wiring lines and extending in a second direction, and pixel electrodes, each of which includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes that are applied with different data voltages from the data wiring lines, in which at least a part of the second sub-pixel electrode overlaps the data wiring lines.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) with enhanced display qualities. The LCD includes a first insulating substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulating substrate and extending in a first direction; first and second data lines insulated from and crossing the gate line, separated from each other, and extending in a second direction; first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) connected to the gate line and the first and second data lines, respectively; first and second subpixel electrodes connected to the first and second TFTs, respectively; and first and second drain electrode connection portions connecting the first and second TFTs to the first and second subpixel electrodes, respectively. The first and second drain electrode connection portions are electrically insulated from each other and together form a substantially rectangular band.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pixel electrode having first and second sub-pixel electrodes; a first thin film transistor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a first data line connected to the first thin film transistor; a second data line connected to the second thin film transistor; a gate line connected to the first and second thin film transistors and intersecting the first and second data lines; and a blocking member overlapping at least one portion of the first sub-pixel electrode.