Patent ID: 8026988

Claim:
A pixel of a liquid crystal display comprising: a first color component having a first first-component color dot, wherein the first first-component color dot has an electrode; a first switching element coupled to the electrode of the first first-component color dot and configured to drive the electrode of the first first-component color dot to a first polarity; a second color component having a first second-component color dot, wherein the first second-component color dot has an electrode, and wherein the first second-component color dot is vertically aligned with the first first-component color dot and separated from the first first-component color dot by at least a horizontal dot spacing; a second switching element coupled to the electrode of the first second-component color dot and configured to drive the electrode of the first second-component color dot to a second polarity; a first associated dot having an electrode, wherein the first switching element is located within the first associated dot; a second associated dot having an electrode, wherein the second switching element is located within the second associated dot; and wherein the first associated dot is on a first side of a first row defined by the first first-component color dot and the first second-component color dot, and the second associated dot is on a second side of the first row.