Liquid crystal display devices with increased viewing angle capability and methods of operating same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDong-gyu Kim
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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDong-gyu Kim
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Liquid crystal display devices with increased viewing angle capability include a plurality of configurable liquid crystal sub-pixels which form each pixel image in the display. The voltages appearing across the liquid crystal capacitors in each sub-pixel representing a pixel image (i.e., V.sub.LC) are preferably set to different values by connecting the storage capacitor in each sub-pixel (i.e., liquid crystal display cell) to a gate line (or control line) which is different from the gate line connected to the sub-pixel's switching device (e.g., thin-film transistor TFT) and also by designing the storage capacitors in each sub-pixel to have different capacitance values. By establishing different voltages across the liquid crystal capacitors in each sub-pixel within a pixel image, the maximum viewing angle of a liquid crystal display device formed thereby can be improved because each sub-pixel element within a pixel image can be set to have a different transmittivity.
A method of operating a liquid crystal display device having first and second display cells in first and second rows therein, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of operating a liquid crystal display device having first and second display cells in first and second rows therein, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
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