Image display device

An image display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array of n rows and m columns;
• n pieces of gate signal lines;
• 2m pieces of drain signal lines, wherein two drain signal lines consisting of a first drain signal line and a second drain signal line are made to correspond to one row of the plurality of pixels;
• and
• a video driving circuit which applies a first signal to the first drain signal lines and a second signal to the second drain signal lines, wherein
• each pixel includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are operated in response to the common gate signal line, a first pixel electrode to which the first signal is supplied from the first drain signal line through the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode to which the second signal is supplied from the second drain signal line through the second switching element,
• the first signal is a first voltage which is a voltage having either a positive polarity or a negative polarity with respect to a center voltage which is substantially fixed irrelevant to gray scale data and changes a magnitude thereof in response to the gray scale data, and
• the second signal is a second voltage which is a voltage having the other polarity with respect to the center voltage and changes a magnitude thereof in response to the gray scale data.

An image display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array of n rows and m columns;
• n pieces of gate signal lines;
• 2m pieces of drain signal lines, wherein two drain signal lines consisting of a first drain signal line and a second drain signal line are made to correspond to one row of the plurality of pixels;
• and
• a video driving circuit which applies a first signal to the first drain signal lines and a second signal to the second drain signal lines, wherein
• each pixel includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are operated in response to the common gate signal line, a first pixel electrode to which the first signal is supplied from the first drain signal line through the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode to which the second signal is supplied from the second drain signal line through the second switching element,
• the first signal is either a reference voltage which is substantially fixed irrelevant to gray scale data or a first voltage which has one polarity with respect to the reference voltage and changes a magnitude thereof in response to the gray scale data, and
• the second signal is the other voltage.

An image display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array of n rows and m columns;
• n pieces of gate signal lines;
• 2m pieces of drain signal lines, wherein two drain signal lines consisting of a first drain signal line and a second drain signal line are made to correspond to one row of the plurality of pixels;
• and
• a video driving circuit which applies a first signal to the first drain signal lines and a second signal to the second drain signal lines, wherein
• each pixel includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are operated in response to the common gate signal line, a first pixel electrode to which the first signal is supplied from the first drain signal line through the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode to which the second signal is supplied from the second drain signal line through the second switching element, and
• the video driving circuit changes over
• a first state in which the first signal is either a first reference voltage which is substantially fixed irrelevant to gray scale data or a first voltage which has one polarity with respect to the first reference voltage and changes a magnitude thereof in response to the gray scale data, and the second signal is the other voltage, and
• a second state in which the first signal is either a second reference voltage which is substantially fixed irrelevant to the gray scale data and is different from the first reference voltage or a second voltage which has another polarity with respect to the second reference voltage and changes a magnitude thereof in response to the gray scale data, and the second signal is the other voltage.

An image display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array of n rows and m columns;
• n pieces of first gate signal lines to which scanning signals for pixels of odd columns out of the plurality of pixels are applied;
• n pieces of second gate signal lines to which scanning signals for pixels of even columns out of the plurality of pixels are applied;
• (m+1) pieces of drain signal lines in which the first drain signal line is used corresponding to the pixels of the first column, the (m+1)th drain signal line is used corresponding to the pixels of the (m)th column, and each drain signal line from the second to (m)th drain signal lines is used in common for columns of pixels which are arranged at both sides of the drain signal line whereby two drain signal lines correspond to one pixel;
• a scanning driving circuit which applies the scanning signals to the first gate signal lines and the second gate signal lines, and
• a video driving circuit which applies video signals to the drain signal lines.

An image display device comprising:

• a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array of n rows and m columns;
• n pieces of gate signal lines;
• m pieces of drain signal lines;
• and
• n pieces of counter voltage signal lines which are formed along the extending direction of the gate signal lines, wherein
• each pixel includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are operated in response to the common gate signal line, a first pixel electrode to which video signals are supplied from the drain signal line through the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode to which a reference voltage is supplied from the counter voltage signal line through the second switching element, and
• a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage which differ from each other in voltage are alternately supplied to the counter voltage signal lines every one or more lines.