IP Library Granted Patent US 7,355,576
Granted Patent B2
US 7,355,576 · App. 09/995,766 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

LCD panel, LCD including same, and driving method thereof

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,355,576
App. No.
09/995,766
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an LCD panel, an LCD including the LCD panel, and a driving method for high-speed responses. The present invention comprises a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; a common electrode line formed in the horizontal direction with vertical branches, and formed at a predetermined area between a gate line and its adjacent gate line; a first pixel electrode formed at an odd row of an odd column and even row of an even column among an area formed by a the data line and a gate line; and a second pixel electrode formed at an odd row of an even column and an even row of an odd column of the area, and having a polarity different from the first pixel electrode.

Claims (218)

1. A method for driving a liquid crystal display including a top substrate common electrode a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrode lines arranged alternately between the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines and arranged in a matrix, said method comprising:

applying a first data voltage of a first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a first scanning signal for odd pixels in an odd row and even pixels in an even row;

applying a second data voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a second scanning signal for odd pixels in an even row and even pixels in an odd row;

supplying the common electrode lines with a swinging common electrode voltage; and

supplying an overshoot voltage to a voltage applied to each pixel in response to the first data voltage and the second data voltage upon a variation of a level of the swinging common electrode voltage, wherein a level of the voltage applied to each pixel is varied in response to the overshoot voltage.

2. The method for driving the liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the swinging common electrode voltage has a square waveform having a same period as the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal.

3. The method for driving the liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the swinging common electrode voltage has a square waveform having a three times longer period than the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal.

4. The method for driving the liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the overshoot voltage is determined as:

V

overshot

=

Δ

V

com

·

C

st

(

C

lc2

-

C

lc1

)

2

(

C

st

+

C

lc1

)

·

(

C

st

+

C

lc2

)

where V com represents the swinging common electrode voltage, C lc1 and C lc2 capacitances of a liquid crystal capacitor at the first grey state and the second grey state, respectively, C st represents a storage capacitance.

5. A method for driving a liquid crystal display including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrode lines arranged alternately between the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines and arranged in a matrix, said method comprising:

applying a first data voltage of a first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a first scanning signal for odd pixels in an odd row and even pixels in an even row;

applying a second data voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a second scanning signal for odd pixels in an even row and even pixels in an odd row; and

supplying the common electrode lines with a swinging common electrode voltage;

wherein a swing amplitude of the swinging common electrode voltage is established as:

Δ

V

com

=

2

(

V

max

+

V

th

)

(

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

black

)

(

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

white

)

C

st

(

2

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

white

+

C

Ic

-

black

)

where V max represents the maximum value of the actual voltage sensed by a liquid crystal, V th represents the minimum value of the actual voltage sensed by the liquid crystal, C lc represents a liquid crystal capacitance. C st , represents a storage capacitance, C lc-white represents the liquid crystal capacitance in a black mode, and C lc-white represents the liquid crystal capacitance in a white mode.

6. A method for driving a liquid crystal display including a top substrate common electrode, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrode lines arranged alternately between the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines and arranged alternately in rows and columns, said method comprising:

applying a first data voltage of a first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a first scanning signal for odd pixels in an odd row and even pixels in an even row;

applying a second data voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a second scanning signal for odd pixels in an even row and even pixels in an odd row;

supplying the common electrode lines with a swinging common electrode voltage; and

supplying an overshoot voltage to a voltage applied to each pixel in response to the first data voltage and the second data voltage upon a variation of a level of the swinging common electrode voltage, wherein a level of the voltage applied to each pixel is varied in response to the overshoot voltage.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the swinging common electrode voltage has a square waveform having a same period as the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the swinging common electrode voltage has a square waveform having a period three times longer than the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal.

9. The method for driving the liquid crystal display of claim 6 , wherein the overshoot voltage is determined as:

V

overshot

=

Δ

V

com

·

C

st

(

C

lc2

-

C

lc1

)

2

(

C

st

+

C

lc1

)

·

(

C

st

+

C

lc2

)

where V com represents the swinging common electrode voltage, C lc1 and C lc2 capacitances of a liquid crystal capacitor at the first grey state and the second grey state, respectively, C st represents a storage capacitance.

10. A method for driving a liquid crystal display including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrode lines arranged alternately between the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines and arranged alternately in rows and columns, said method comprising:

applying a first data voltage of a first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a first scanning signal to the plurality of first pixels in pairs of neighboring rows;

applying a second data voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the plurality of data lines;

providing a second scanning signal to the plurality of second pixels in pairs of neighboring rows; and

supplying the common electrode lines with a swinging common electrode voltage;

a swing amplitude of the swinging common electrode voltage is established as:

Δ

V

com

=

2

(

V

max

+

V

th

)

(

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

black

)

(

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

white

)

C

st

(

2

C

st

+

C

Ic

-

white

+

C

Ic

-

black

)

where V max represents the maximum value of the actual voltage sensed by a liquid crystal, V th represents the minimum value of the actual voltage sensed by the liquid crystal, C lc represents a liquid crystal capacitance, C st represents a storage capacitance, C lc-block represents the liquid crystal capacitance in a black mode, and C lc-block represents the liquid crystal capacitance in a white mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029045/0860 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2001
From: SONG, JANG-KUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 012336/0382 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 2000-74302 · Dec 7, 2000 · national
Continuity (1)
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