Patent ID: 8411008

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having pixel electrodes for supplying data voltages and a common electrode for supplying a common voltage; a common voltage generator for generating common voltages of different potentials; and a common voltage supply unit for periodically changing the potential of a common voltage supplied to the common electrode by switching the common voltages from the common voltage generator, wherein a period of the switching the common voltages includes a variation time and a normal driving time that is greater than the variation time, wherein the normal driving time is set to a period of several tens of hours, wherein the variation time is set to a period of several minutes to several hours, wherein the common voltage supply unit selects any one of the common voltages from the common voltage generator to maintain the potential of the common voltage at a reference potential during the normal driving time, and selects another voltage among the common voltages from the common voltage generator to vary the common voltage to more than two different potentials during the variation time allocated between normal driving times, and wherein the common voltage supply unit comprises: a counter for counting an input timing signal and detecting a potential variation time point of the common voltage, and a switching controller for switching the common voltages based on an output signal of the counter.