Patent ID: 6924786

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of substrates which face each other and a liquid crystal held therebetween; a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines arranged in a matrix on one of the pair of substrates, the plurality of source lines being divided at least into a first and second group in a direction of extension of the source lines, such that at least one of the source lines does not extend across at least one of the gate lines; a first source driver to apply image signals to the first group of the divided source lines; a second source driver to apply image signals to the second group of the divided source lines; a first gate driver to apply scanning signals to the plurality of gate lines that extend across the first group of the divided source lines; a second gate driver to apply scanning signals to the plurality of gate lines that extend across the second group of the divided source lines; and a switching unit to switch and allocate image signals from each of the first and second source drivers to a predetermined number of the source lines from the first and second group of the divided source lines, wherein the image signals are applied simultaneously with inverse polarity to a pair of opposing divided source lines; scanning of the first gate driver proceeds downward from the top, and at substantially the same time scanning of the second gate driver proceeds upward from the bottom.