Patent ID: 7221344

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of display pixels arrayed in a matrix and provided respectively near cross-points between the signal lines and the scanning lines through switching elements; and a driver which supplies the plurality of signal lines with a display signal in a field period, and which supplies the plurality of scanning lines with a scanning signal, to apply the display signal to the plurality of display pixels, wherein the driver includes means which supplies an initialization signal including a constant single pulse voltage to the plurality of signal lines and supplies a first gate pulse as the scanning signal to the display pixels, and after completing the supply of the initialization signal to the plurality of signal lines and completion of the supply of the first gate pulse to the plurality of scanning lines, and after a predetermined hold time, supplying the display signal to the plurality of signal lines and supplying a second gate pulse as the scanning signal to the plurality of scanning lines, thereby applying the display signal to the display pixel, at least one signal application period set within the field period, the liquid crystal display panel includes, a plurality of pixel electrodes arrayed in a matrix through the switching elements, common electrodes opposed to the pixel electrodes, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, and the hold time is set to a time equal to or longer than a voltage-write response time of the liquid crystal in the display pixels, wherein the initialization signal in the driver has a value equal to or higher than a maximum voltage value of the display signal.