Patent ID: 6876424

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: liquid crystal display elements having a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal therebetween having a spontaneous polarization; an electrode corresponding to a pixel and a switching element that are placed on an inner surface of one of the substrates, the switching element being allowed to drive the liquid crystal corresponding to a pixel when turned on; and a liquid crystal driving unit capable of outputting driving voltages less than or equal to a predetermined maximum driving voltage, wherein the spontaneous polarization of the liquid crystal is a magnitude of not more than ½ of a quantity of charge that is injected into a liquid crystal element corresponding to a pixel when the maximum driving voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element when the switching element is turned on, which is a relatively short period in which the spontaneous polarization barely responds, and wherein the liquid crystal has a relative dielectric constant of not less than 3, said relative dielectric constant being not affected by the spontaneous polarization.