Liquid crystal display
The present invention relates to an OCB liquid crystal display, wherein a normal image data voltage and a black gray data voltage are repeatedly applied to a data line and a gate on signal of the gate line is controlled to form a pixel row (normal data pixel row) having the normal image data voltage applied thereto, a pixel row (black data pixel row) having the black gray data voltage applied thereto, and a pixel row (middle pixel row) having both of the normal image data voltage and the black gray data voltage applied thereto, and accordingly flicker is not visible, the OCB liquid crystal is not broken, and the liquid crystal display is improved in luminance.
1 . A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first insulation substrate forming a plurality of pixels and having switching elements connected to gate lines and data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes to which data voltages are applied by operations of the switching elements;
a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer injected between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate, and having a bend arrangement in which symmetry is formed with respect to a center area between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate,
wherein the plurality of pixels are arranged in a pixel matrix, and
wherein the pixel matrix includes a normal data pixel row to which a normal image data voltage for displaying an image is applied, a black data pixel row to which a black gray data voltage is applied, and a middle pixel row to which the normal image data voltage and the black gray data voltage are applied together.
2 . The display of claim 1 , wherein the normal data pixel row, the black data pixel row, and the middle pixel row decrease by one row every one horizontal period.
3 . The display of claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal display is normally in a white mode.
4 . The display of claim 1 , wherein the normal data pixel row, the black data pixel row, and the middle pixel row are distant from each other by as far as ⅓ of a whole pixel row.
5 . The display of claim 4 , wherein the normal data pixel row, the black data pixel row, and the middle pixel row are provided in a sequence of the normal data pixel row, the middle pixel row, and the black data pixel row.
6 . The display of claim 1 , wherein a polarizer is attached to each external side of the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate.
7 . The display of claim 6 , wherein transmissive axes of each polarizer are at right angles with each other.
8 . The display of claim 6 , wherein a compensation film is attached between the first and second insulation substrates and the polarizer attached to the external sides thereof.
9 . The display of claim 8 , wherein the compensation film employs one of a C plate compensation film and a biaxial compensation film.
10 . A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first insulation substrate forming a plurality of pixels and having switching elements connected to gate lines and data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes to which data voltages are applied by operations of the switching elements;
a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer injected between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate, and having a bend arrangement in which symmetry is formed with respect to a center area between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate,
wherein the plurality of pixels are arranged in a pixel matrix,
wherein the pixel matrix includes a normal data pixel row to which normal image data for displaying an image is applied, a black data pixel row to which black gray data is applied, and a middle pixel row to which the normal image data and the black gray data are applied together, and
wherein the gray data displays black for a predetermined gray, and displays predetermined luminance only for more than the predetermined gray.
11 . A liquid crystal display comprising:
first and second electrodes facing each other; and
a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and having a bend arrangement,
wherein a case where a normal image data voltage representing luminance corresponding to external image information is applied to the first electrode, a case where a black gray data voltage for displaying black is applied to the first electrode, and a case where the normal image data voltage and the black gray data voltage are applied to the first electrode together and are periodically and alternately generated.
12 . A liquid crystal display comprising:
a first insulation substrate having a plurality of pixels having switching elements connected to gate lines and data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes to which data voltages are applied by operations of the switching elements;
a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer injected between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate,
wherein the plurality of pixels are arranged in a pixel matrix, and
wherein the pixel matrix includes a normal data pixel row to which a normal image data voltage for displaying an image is applied, a gray data pixel row to which a gray data voltage is applied, and a middle pixel row to which the normal image data voltage and the gray data voltage are applied together.
13 . The display of claim 12 , wherein the gray data displays black for a predetermined gray, and displays predetermined luminance only for more than the predetermined gray.