Patent ID: 8570265

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first gate line transmitting a first gate signal; a first data line transmitting a first data voltage; a second gate line transmitting a second gate signal; a third gate line transmitting a third gate signal; a first pixel including a first subpixel and a second subpixel and a second pixel including a third subpixel and a fourth subpixel; a first storage electrode line having a first voltage; and a second storage electrode line having a second voltage that is different from the first voltage, wherein the first pixel is connected to the first gate line and the first data line, the first subpixel of the first pixel comprises a first switching element connected to the first gate line, a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to the first switching element, and a first storage capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first switching element and a second terminal, the second subpixel of the first pixel comprises a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the first data line, a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to the second switching element, and a second storage capacitor having a first terminal connected to the second switching element and a second terminal and having a capacitance different from a capacitance of the first storage capacitor, wherein the first pixel further comprises a third switching element connected to the first gate line, the first storage electrode line, and the first and second storage capacitors, and a fourth switching element connected to the second gate line, the second storage electrode line, and the first and second storage capacitors, wherein the second terminal of the first storage capacitor and the second terminal of the second storage capacitor are coupled to each other and having a varying voltage, wherein the third subpixel and the fourth subpixel of the second pixel are connected to the second gate line and the first data line, wherein the second pixel comprises a fifth switching element is connected to the second gate line, the second storage electrode line, and storage capacitors of the second pixel, and a sixth switching element connected to the third gate line, the first storage electrode line, and the storage capacitors of the second pixel.