Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. According to some aspects the liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a gate line respectively connected to the plurality of pixel rows, and a data line respectively connected to a plurality of pixel columns. The LCD further includes a gate driver configured to generate and sequentially transmit a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of pixel rows through the gate line by row to turn on a switch included in the pixel. The LCD further includes a data driver configured to apply a data voltage according to an image data signal to the pixel during a period in which the switch is turned on; and a common voltage generator configured to generate and apply a common voltage having a polarity that is opposite to the polarity of the data voltage to the pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a plurality of second electrodes perpendicular to the first electrodes to define sub-pixels at intersection regions between the first and second electrodes, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, a plurality of color filters between the first and second substrates adapted to correspond to respective sub-pixels, the color filters including first color filters and second color filters having a different shape than the first color filters, a black matrix between the color filters, the black matrix including vertical portions, horizontal portions, and step portions, each of the step portions corresponding to a respective second color filter, and a plurality of patterned spacers between the first and second substrates, each of the patterned spacers overlaps with a respective step-portion of the black matrix.