Liquid crystal display and method thereof

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of a matrix, each pixel having first and second sub-pixels;

a plurality of first signal lines connected to the first and second sub-pixels;

a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines and connected to the first sub-pixels; and

a plurality of third signal lines intersecting the first signal lines and connected to the second sub-pixels,

wherein the first sub-pixels have first switching elements connected to the first and second signal lines, first liquid crystal capacitors connected to the first switching elements, and first storage capacitors connected to the first switching elements,

the second sub-pixels have second switching elements connected to the first and third signal lines, second liquid crystal capacitors connected to the second switching elements, and second storage capacitors connected to the second switching elements,

voltages applied to the first and second liquid crystal capacitors are obtained from image information,

the first sub-pixels are supplied with a voltage that is smaller than a voltage applied to the second sub-pixels with respect to a predetermined voltage, and

a storage capacitance of the first storage capacitors is larger than a first capacitance or a storage capacitance of the second storage capacitors is smaller than a second capacitance, where the first and second capacitances are capacitances of the first and second storage capacitors that cause kickback voltages of the first and second sub-pixels to be substantially equal to each other when the first and second sub-pixels are supplied with a same voltage.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 ,

wherein the first switching element comprises a first gate electrode and a first drain electrode,

the second switching element comprises a second gate electrode and a second drain electrode,

the first and second storage capacitors are separated from the first and second gate electrodes and commonly comprise a storage electrode having a body and an extension branched from the body,

the first storage capacitor is formed by overlapping the storage electrode and the first drain electrode,

the second storage capacitor is formed by overlapping the storage electrode and the second drain electrode,

the first liquid crystal capacitor comprises a first sub-pixel electrode connected to the first switching element, and

the second liquid crystal capacitor comprises a second sub-pixel electrode connected to the second switching element.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein an area of the first sub-pixel electrode is larger than an area of the second sub-pixel electrode, and

an overlapping area of the storage electrode and the first drain electrode is larger than an overlapping area of the storage electrode and the second drain electrode.

4. The liquid crystal display of in: I claim 2 , wherein the first drain electrode comprises an end portion overlapping the first gate electrode, an expansion overlapping the storage electrode and distanced from the end portion, and a connection connecting the end portion and the expansion, and

the body of the storage electrode is overlapped by the expansion of the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode, and the extension of the storage electrode is overlapped by the connection of the first drain electrode.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 4 , wherein a boundary of the expansion of the first drain electrode is disposed within a boundary of the body of the storage electrode, and a width of the extension of the storage electrode is wider than a width of the connection of the first drain electrode.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 4 , wherein a width of an overlapping portion of the body of the storage electrode and the second drain electrode is narrower than a width of an overlapping portion of the body of the storage electrode and the expansion of the first drain electrode.