Patent ID: 8228274

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) including a liquid crystal panel that comprises scanning lines, data lines, and a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a thin film transistor (TFT), a pixel electrode, a first common electrode, and a second common electrode, wherein: the plurality of pixels comprises a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels; the first common electrodes of first pixels of the first set of pixels are electrically connected and configured to receive a first common voltage signal, and the first common electrodes of second pixels of the first set of pixels are electrically connected and configured to receive a second common voltage signal; the first common electrodes of first pixels of the second set of pixels are electrically connected and configured to receive a fourth common voltage signal, and the first common electrodes of second pixels of the second set of pixels are electrically connected and configured to receive a fifth common voltage signal; the second common electrodes of the plurality of pixels being electrically connected; and the first and second common voltage signals are AC voltage signals, and have reverse polarities in a same frame; and the fourth and fifth common voltage signals are AC voltage signals, and have reverse polarities in a same frame.