Patent ID: 8547491

Claim:
A method for operating a liquid crystal display, comprising: providing a substrate; providing a capacitor, wherein the capacitor is formed with a first conductive layer, an insulation layer, a semiconductor layer with a area A sem and a second conductive layer stacked on the substrate, wherein the second conductive layer has a first region with a area A con overlapping with the semiconductor layer, and the area A con is less than the area A sem ; applying a first voltage to the first conductive layer; applying a second voltage to the second conductive layer; and determining the capacitance of the capacitor based on the first voltage, the second voltage and a threshold voltage, further comprising: adjusting the first voltage and the second voltage, wherein the first voltage is less than the sum of the second voltage and the threshold voltage; and reducing the conductive state between the second conductive layer and the semiconductor layer, and the capacitance of the capacitor is C off , and the capacitance C off is as follows: C off ≅ A con d ins ɛ ins + d sem ɛ sem wherein the dielectric constant of the insulation layer is ε ins , the thickness of the insulation layer is d ins , the dielectric constant of the semiconductor layer is ε sem and the thickness of the semiconductor layer is d sem .