Patent ID: 6177976
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
A method of driving a liquid crystal display that includes two spaced-apart substrates with liquid crystal molecules between the two substrates, a first electrode on a surface of one of the substrates that faces the other of the substrates, the first electrode having an aperture therein that divides the liquid crystal molecules into separate regions with different molecule orientation directions upon application of a voltage, a second electrode entirely within the aperture, and a third electrode on a surface of the other of the substrates facing the first electrode,the method comprising the steps of applying a first voltage between the first electrode and the third electrode and applying a second voltage between the second electrode and the third electrode, the second voltage being greater than the first voltage so that the liquid crystal molecules in one of the regions have an orientation direction different from the liquid crystal molecules in the other of the regions.