Patent ID: 6600540
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display comprising:a pair of opposed substrates; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer having a display alignment state and a non-display alignment state which differ from each other and being subjected to an initialization process so as to be changed from the non-display alignment state to the display alignment state before an image is displayed; a first electrode provided on one of the pair of substrates; a second electrode provided so as to overlap with the first electrode with an insulator interposed therebetween and disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode having a lack portion in a region overlapping with the first electrode; a counter electrode provided on the other substrate on which the first electrode is not provided; and drive means for generating potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the counter electrode and the second electrode and applying equipotential to the first electrode and the counter electrode to thereby perform the initialization process.