Patent ID: 6115018
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a substrate;a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction on said substrate and scanned in a sequential order;a plurality of signal lines extending in a column direction on said substrate to supply a plurality of image signals;a plurality of pixels formed at intersections of said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of signal lines, each of said plurality of pixels havinga switch element having a conductive path with one end connected to a corresponding one of said plurality of signal lines, said conductive path being ON/OFF-controlled by a corresponding one of said plurality of gate lines,a liquid crystal element connected to the other end of said conductive path of said switch element and having a first electrode connected to the other end of said conductive path, a second electrode formed to oppose said first electrode, a liquid crystal inserted between said first and said second electrode, and a liquid crystal capacitor formed between said first and said second electrode, anda storage capacitor with one end connected to said first electrode of said liquid crystal element; andmeans for applying a correcting voltage having an absolute value larger than that of a feed-through voltage of said liquid crystal element to said first electrode through said storage capacitor, in one of cases in which said liquid crystal has positive dielectric anisotropy and a positive voltage is applied to said first electrode and in which said liquid crystal has negative dielectric anisotropy and a negative voltage is applied to said first electrode.