Patent ID: 8537089

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a first substrate; a first pixel electrode configured to receive a first voltage in accordance with a gate signal, the first pixel electrode comprising first electrode extensions formed on the first substrate; a second pixel electrode configured to receive a second voltage in accordance with the gate signal, the second pixel electrode comprising second electrode extensions formed on the first substrate and interspersed with the first electrode extensions; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein electrode gaps formed between the first electrode extensions and the second electrode extensions comprise first electrode gaps and second electrode gaps, and the first electrode gaps are different from the second electrode gaps, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are aligned vertically to the first and the second substrate, when the electric field is not formed between the first and the second substrate, and wherein the first voltage differs from the second voltage except while displaying a black state, wherein while displaying the black state the first and second voltages are opposite in polarity, and wherein each of the first and second voltages while displaying the black state is a non-zero voltage.