Patent ID: 7705819

Claim:
A display device configured to display images in a plurality of frames, the display device comprising: a plurality of gate lines adapted to transmit a plurality of gate signals; a plurality of data lines adapted to transmit a plurality of data voltages; a plurality of storage electrode lines adapted to transmit a plurality of storage signals based on the gate signals; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix having a plurality of rows, wherein each pixel comprises a switching element connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines, a liquid crystal capacitor connected to the switching element and a common voltage, and a storage capacitor connected to the switching element and one of the storage electrode lines; and, a plurality of signal generating circuits connected to the storage electrode lines, wherein each of the signal generating circuits is adapted to apply a storage signal having a first or second voltage to an associated one of the storage electrode lines in response to a gate-on voltage of a first gate signal and a first control signal immediately after the liquid crystal capacitors and storage capacitors of an associated row of pixels have been charged by the data voltages, adapted to maintain the voltage of the storage signal for a predetermined time period in response to a gate-on voltage of a second gate signal and second and third control signals, and adapted to maintain the voltage of the storage signal in alternative response to one of the second control signal and the third control signal every predetermined period after the second gate signal outputs a gate-off voltage.