Patent ID: 8665387

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules; a first gate line disposed on the first substrate; a second gate line disposed on the first substrate; a data line disposed on the first substrate; a voltage supplying line disposed on the first substrate; and a pixel comprising: a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode; a first switching element including a control terminal connected to the first gate line, an input terminal connected to the data line, and a output terminal connected to the first pixel electrode; a second switching element including a control terminal connected to the first gate line, an input terminal connected to the voltage supplying line, and a output terminal connected to the second pixel electrode; a third switching element including a control terminal connected to the second gate line, an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the first switching element, a output terminal connected to the output terminal of the second switching element; a first sharing capacitor including the first pixel electrode and an output terminal of the second switching element as terminals thereof; and a second sharing capacitor including the second pixel electrode and an output terminal of the first switching element as terminals thereof; wherein the voltage supplying line is supplied with a first voltage having a substantially uniform magnitude, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are arranged substantially parallel to surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate when an electric field is not applied to the liquid crystal layer, and wherein, when the first gate line is supplied with a gate-on signal, the first sharing capacitor is charged with a first charge by the first voltage, the second sharing capacitor is charged with a second charge by a first data voltage through the data line, and an amount of the second charge is greater than an amount of the first charge.