Patent ID: 8248346

Claim:
A method for driving a liquid crystal panel comprising: applying a voltage signal, a polarity of which alternates, to pixel electrodes included in the liquid crystal panel, the voltage signal being applied to liquid crystal cells of the liquid crystal panel to control light transmission, the voltage signal being supplied from a data driving unit; applying a common voltage signal, a polarity of which alternates, to a common electrode included in the liquid crystal panel, the common voltage signal and the voltage signal being out of phase, the common voltage signal being supplied from a common electrode driving circuit; and applying a first signal to a transparent electrode included in the liquid crystal panel whenever the common voltage signal is applied to the common electrode, the first signal having the same frequency and amplitude as the common voltage signal, the first signal and the common voltage signal being out of phase with each other, the first signal being supplied from a first signal driving circuit, wherein the liquid crystal panel comprises: a first substrate, the pixel electrodes formed in the first substrate, the common electrode formed between two of the pixel electrodes; a plurality of gate lines and data lines disposed in the first substrate; a plurality of switching devices formed in the first substrate, each of the switching devices being coupled to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines, each of the pixel electrodes being coupled with one of the switching devices; a second substrate facing the first substrate, the transparent electrode formed on an outer surface of the second substrate that does not face the first substrate; color filters formed in the second substrate, each of the color filters aligned with one of the pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates.