Patent ID: 7965364

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first common electrode, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a first insulating layer sandwiched therebetween provided at an inner surface of the first substrate; and a plurality of second common electrodes and floating electrodes provided at the second substrate, each floating electrode corresponding to a respective pixel electrode, and being electrically floating, the floating electrodes being made of transparent material; wherein each pixel electrode is configured to receive a pixel voltage, the first common electrode and each second common electrode are both configured to receive a common voltage, whereby a first electric field is generated between each pixel electrode and the first common electrode in such a manner that a plurality of electric charges are induced at a surface of the corresponding floating electrode; wherein the induced electric charges and the common voltage applied to each second common electrode cooperatively provide a second electric field, and the second electric field is configured to drive liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer distal from the first substrate.