Patent ID: 7710374

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein each pixel includes a red subpixel, a green subpixel, a blue subpixel, and a white subpixel, each red subpixel, green subpixel, blue subpixel, and white subpixel has a switching element, and pixels are arranged in the matrix to provide a plurality of rows of adjacent pixels and a plurality of columns of adjacent subpixels; a plurality of gate lines for transmitting gate signals for turning on or off the switching elements, wherein one of the plurality of gate lines is located between each pair of immediately adjacent rows in the plurality of rows of adjacent pixels; and a plurality of data lines for transmitting data voltages, wherein one of the plurality of data lines is located between each pair of immediately adjacent columns in the plurality of columns of adjacent subpixels and polarities of voltages applied to same-colored subpixels of two immediately adjacent pixels in a row are different from each other.