Array substrate, display apparatus having the same and method of driving the display apparatus

A display apparatus comprising:

• an array substrate having a plurality of pixels;
• a facing substrate opposite to the array substrate;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the facing substrate, wherein
• each pixel comprises:
• a data line;
• a first gate line crossing and electrically insulated from the data line;
• a second gate line crossing and electrically insulated from the data line, the second gate line being spaced apart from the first gate line;
• and
• a first switching device electrically connected to a previous gate line corresponding to a previous pixel;
• a second switching device electrically connected to the first gate line and the data line;
• a third switching device electrically connected to the second gate line and the data line;
• a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switching device and the second switching device;
• and
• a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switching device and the third switching device, the second pixel electrode being spaced apart from the first pixel electrode.

A method of driving a display apparatus having a plurality of pixels, the method comprising:

• converting a first electric potential of a first pixel electrode and a second electric potential of a second pixel electrode to a third electric potential that is between the first and second electric potentials in response to a previous gate signal for a previous pixel during a later H/2 period of a previous 1H period for which the previous pixel is operative, the first and second pixel electrodes corresponding to a current pixel;
• applying a first data signal having the second electric potential to the first pixel electrode having the third electric potential in response to a first gate signal during an earlier H/2 period of a current 1H period for which the current pixel is operative;
• and
• applying a second data signal having the first electric potential to the second pixel electrode having the third electric potential in response to a second gate signal during a later H/2 period of the current 1H period.