Patent ID: 7656373

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: an array substrate which comprises scanning lines, signal lines intersecting the scanning lines, pixel circuits arranged correspondently with intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines and each including a pixel switch whose switching operation is controlled by a scan signal from the scanning line and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the signal line via the pixel switch, a first alignment layer covering the pixel electrode, a first circuit switching a state of the scanning lines between a first state that the scanning lines are electrically connected to one another and a second state that the scanning lines are electrically disconnected from one another, and a second circuit switching a state of the signal lines between a third state that the signal lines are electrically connected to one another and a fourth state that the signal lines are electrically disconnected from one another; a counter substrate which comprises a counter electrode facing the first alignment layer, and a second alignment layer covering the counter electrode; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array and counter substrates, and contains a high-molecular weight material and a low-molecular weight liquid crystal material with a molecular weight lower than that of the high-molecular weight material, the low-molecular weight liquid crystal material forming a bend configuration before energizing the display.