Patent ID: 7319448

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a plurality of pixel regions arranged on a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes individually provided at the pixel regions to form a horizontal electric field; a plurality of gate lines arranged on the substrate along a horizontal direction to supply scan signals to the pixel regions; a plurality of data lines arranged on the substrate along a longitudinal direction to supply image information to the pixel regions; a plurality of switching devices each provided at each of the pixel regions and having a first terminal connected to one of the gate lines, a second terminal connected to one of the data lines, and a third terminal connected to the first electrode of the pixel region; a plurality of first common voltage lines supplying a first common voltage to the second electrodes provided at the pixel regions of every odd-numbered line; and a plurality of second common voltage lines supplying a second common voltage to the second electrodes provided at the pixel regions of every even-numbered line, wherein the first terminal of each of the switching devices provided at the pixel regions of a line unit is alternately connected to a N th gate line and a N+1 th gate line (where N is an integer).