Patent ID: 7652649

Claim:
A liquid crystal display having a pixel area comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of pixel rows, a plurality of gate lines for providing gate line signals and a plurality of data lines for providing data signals to the plurality of pixels, each pixel having a pixel switching element; a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer segment disposed between the first and second electrodes, the first electrode electrically connected to a first voltage and the second electrode electrically connected to a data line through the pixel switching element for receiving a data signal during a gate line signal, and a charge storage capacitor having a first capacitor end and a second capacitor end, the first capacitor end electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein the plurality of pixel rows comprise a pixel row and an adjacent pixel row, and the plurality of gate lines comprise a first gate line for providing the gate line signal to the pixel row and a second gate line for providing a next gate line signal to the adjacent pixel row, said liquid crystal display comprising: a first switching element having a control end connected to the first gate line, a first switching end connected to a voltage source, and a second switching end connected to the second capacitor end of the charge storage capacitor so as to apply a second voltage to the charge storage capacitor only during the gate line signal, and a second switching element having a control end connected to the second gate line, a first switching end connected to a different voltage source, and a second switching end connected to the second capacitor end of the charge storage capacitor so as to apply a third voltage to the charge storage capacitor only during the next gate line signal, wherein the third voltage in at least some of the plurality of pixels is greater than the second voltage, wherein the first switching element and the second switching element are disposed outside the pixel area.