Liquid crystal display and methods of driving same

A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an LCD panel comprising:
• (i) a plurality of gate lines, {Gn}, n=1, 2, . . ., N, N being an integer greater than zero, spatially arranged along a row direction;
• (ii) a plurality of data lines, {Dm}, m=1, 2, . . ., M, M being an integer greater than zero, spatially arranged crossing the plurality of gate lines {Gn} along a column direction perpendicular to the row direction;
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• (iii) a plurality of pixels, {Pn,m}, spatially arranged in the form of a matrix, each pixel Pn,m defined between two neighboring gate lines Gnand Gn+1 and two neighboring data lines Dm and Dm+1, and comprising:
• a first sub-pixel electrode;
• a second sub-pixel electrode;
• a first transistor having a gate electrically coupled to the gate line Gn+1,a source, and a drain electrically coupled to the first sub-pixel electrode;
• a second transistor having a gate electrically coupled to the gate line Gn, a source electrically coupled to the source of the first transistor and a drain electrically coupled to the second sub-pixel electrode;
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• a third transistor having a gate electrically coupled to the gate line Gn+2, a source electrically coupled to one of the two neighboring data lines Dm and Dm+1 and a drain electrically coupled to the sources of the first and second transistors;
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• (b) applying a plurality of gate signals to the plurality of gate lines {Gn} and a plurality of data signals to the plurality of data lines {Dm}, respectively, wherein the plurality of gate signals is configured to turn on the transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines {Gn} in a predefined sequence, and the plurality of data signals is configured such that any two neighboring data signals have inverted polarities.

A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

• (a) a plurality of pixels, {Pn,m}, spatially arranged in the form of a matrix, n =1, 2, . . N, and m=1, 2, . . M, and N, M being an integer greater than zero, each pixel Pn,m comprising a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode, a first switching element electrically coupled to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second switching element electrically coupled to the second sub-pixel electrode, and a third switching element electrically coupled to the first and second switching elements;
• (b) a plurality of gate lines, {Gn}, spatially arranged along a row direction, wherein each pair of two neighboring gate lines Gn, and Gn+1 defines a pixel row Pn,{m} of the pixel matrix {Pn,m} therebetween and is electrically coupled to the first and second switching elements of each pixel Pn,m in the pixel row Pn,{m}, respectively;
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• (c) a plurality of data lines, {Dm}, spatially arranged crossing the plurality of gate lines {Gn} along a column direction perpendicular to the row direction, wherein each pair of two neighboring data lines Dm and Dm+1 defines a pixel column, P{n},m, of the pixel matrix {Pn,m} therebetween, and is electrically coupled to the third switching element of each pixel Pn,m in the pixel column, P{n},m,
• wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the third switching element of the pixel Pn,m are electrically coupled to the gate line Gn+2, the data line Dm, and the sources of the first and second switching elements of Pn,m, respectively.

A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an LCD panel comprising:
• (i) a plurality of pixels, {Pn,m}, spatially arranged in the form of a matrix, n =1, 2, . . N, and m =1, 2, . . M, and N, M being an integer greater than zero, each pixel Pn,m comprising a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode, a first switching element electrically coupled to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second switching element electrically coupled to the second sub-pixel electrode, and a third switching element electrically coupled to the first and second switching elements;
• (ii) a plurality of gate lines, {Gn}, spatially arranged along a row direction, wherein each pair of two neighboring gate lines Gn and Gn+1 defines a pixel row Pn,{m} of the pixel matrix {Pn,m} therebetween and is electrically coupled to the first and second switching elements of each pixel Pn,m in the pixel row Pn,{m},respectively;
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• (iii) a plurality of data lines, {Dm}, spatially arranged crossing the plurality of gate lines {Gn} along a column direction perpendicular to the row direction, wherein each pair of two neighboring data lines Dm and Dm+1 defines a pixel column, P{n},m, of the pixel matrix {Pn,m} therebetween, and is electrically coupled to the third switching element of each pixel Pn,m in the pixel column, P{n},m;
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• (b) applying a plurality of gate signals to the plurality of gate lines {Gn} and a plurality of data signals to the plurality of data lines {Dm}, respectively, wherein the plurality of gate signals is configured to turn on the switching elements connected to the plurality of gate lines {Gn} in a predefined sequence, and the plurality of data signals is configured such that any two neighboring data signals have inverted polarities,
• wherein the gate, the source and the drain of the third switching element of the Pn,m are electrically coupled to the gate line Gn+2, the data line Dm, and the sources of the first and second switching elements of the pixel Pn,m, respectively.