Liquid crystal display and portable terminal having the same

3-11. (canceled)

A portable terminal comprising an output display having a partial display mode in which an image is displayed only in a partial region of a screen,

• wherein a liquid crystal display is used as the output display, the liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixel circuits arranged to form a matrix on a substrate, each of the plurality of pixel circuits including a liquid crystal cell unit, a memory for holding a digital image signal, a write switch for writing to the memory a digital image signal fed from a signal line that is wired on a column-by-column basis, and a read buffer for reading the digital image signal held in the memory and writing the digital image signal to the liquid crystal cell unit wherein said read buffer comprises a first switch and a second switch separate from said write switch.

(canceled)

A liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixel drive circuits and wherein each of the pixel drive circuits is comprised of:

• a single analog signal switching transistor that selectively directly applies an analog signal present on a signal line to a pixel display element;
• and
• a memory element which receives an alternate signal present on the signal line via a first path and the memory transmits stored data to the pixel display element via an alternate path.