Patent ID: 7868866

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: optically compensated birefringence (OCB) mode liquid crystal cells formed where data lines and scan lines cross over within a display region of an LCD panel; a panel driver for driving the data lines and the scan lines; OCB mode dummy liquid crystal cells formed within a non-display region of the LCD panel surrounding the liquid crystal cells, each of the dummy liquid crystal cells not including a thin-film transistor (TFT) and comprising a pixel electrode; and a dummy line separate from the data lines and the scan lines for applying a dummy voltage to the pixel electrode in each of the dummy liquid crystal cells, wherein liquid crystal in each of the dummy liquid crystal cells sustains a bend state when the liquid crystal cells in the display region are driven corresponding to a data signal applied from the data lines, and wherein each of the dummy liquid crystal cells further comprises: a liquid crystal capacitor having the pixel electrode coupled to the dummy line and a common electrode coupled to a common voltage; and a storage capacitor coupled between the pixel electrode and another common voltage.