Patent ID: 8922470

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a first-row counter electrode configured to be fixed at a first-row counter potential during a first time period, said first-row counter potential being a voltage greater than 0 volts; a first-row pixel electrode electrically connected to an electrode of a first-row auxiliary capacitor, an electro-optic material being between said first-row counter electrode and said first-row pixel electrode; a capacitor line configured to be fixed at a reference potential, another electrode of the first-row auxiliary capacitor being electrically connected to said capacitor line; a first-row transistor configurable to transfer a pixel signal from a signal line to said first-row pixel electrode, a signal amplitude of the pixel signal during said first time period being changeable to a first pixel potential; a second-row pixel electrode electrically connected to an electrode of a second-row auxiliary capacitor, another electrode of the second-row auxiliary capacitor being electrically connected to said capacitor line; a second-row counter electrode configured to be fixed at a second-row counter potential during a second time period, said second-row counter potential being said voltage higher than the reference potential; a second-row transistor configurable to transfer said pixel signal from said signal line to said second-row pixel electrode, said signal amplitude of the pixel signal during said second time period being changeable to a second pixel potential; a vertical scanning circuit configured to output a first-row selection pulse only during said first time period and to output a second-row selection pulse only during said second time period, wherein said first pixel potential is a voltage higher than the reference potential, said reference potential being a voltage higher than the first-row counter potential.