Liquid crystal display devices with increased viewing angle capability and methods of operating same
First Claim
1. A method of operating a liquid crystal display device having first and second display cells in first and second rows therein, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
- loading first data from a first data line onto a first pixel electrode in the first display cell during a first selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a first storage capacitor in the first display cell with a first signal so that the loaded first data is represented as a first voltage across a first liquid crystal capacitor in the first display cell during a first non-selection time interval which follows the first selection time interval; and
loading the first data from the first data line onto a second pixel electrode in the second display cell during a second selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a second storage capacitor in the second display cell with a second signal so that the loaded first data is represented as a second voltage, unequal in magnitude to the first voltage, across a second liquid crystal capacitor in the second display cell during a second non-selection time interval which follows the second selection time interval.
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Abstract
Liquid crystal display devices with increased viewing angle capability include a plurality of configurable liquid crystal sub-pixels which form each pixel image in the display. The voltages appearing across the liquid crystal capacitors in each sub-pixel representing a pixel image (i.e., VLC) are preferably set to different values by connecting the storage capacitor in each sub-pixel (i.e., liquid crystal display cell) to a gate line (or control line) which is different from the gate line connected to the sub-pixel'"'"'s switching device (e.g., thin-film transistor TFT) and also by designing the storage capacitors in each sub-pixel to have different capacitance values. By establishing different voltages across the liquid crystal capacitors in each sub-pixel within a pixel image, the maximum viewing angle of a liquid crystal display device formed thereby can be improved because each sub-pixel element within a pixel image can be set to have a different transmittivity.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of operating a liquid crystal display device having first and second display cells in first and second rows therein, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
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loading first data from a first data line onto a first pixel electrode in the first display cell during a first selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a first storage capacitor in the first display cell with a first signal so that the loaded first data is represented as a first voltage across a first liquid crystal capacitor in the first display cell during a first non-selection time interval which follows the first selection time interval; and loading the first data from the first data line onto a second pixel electrode in the second display cell during a second selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a second storage capacitor in the second display cell with a second signal so that the loaded first data is represented as a second voltage, unequal in magnitude to the first voltage, across a second liquid crystal capacitor in the second display cell during a second non-selection time interval which follows the second selection time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a liquid crystal display device having first and second display cells in first and second rows therein, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
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loading first data from a first data line onto a first pixel electrode in the first display cell during a first selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a first storage capacitor in the first display cell with a first signal so that the loaded first data on the first pixel electrode is represented as a first waveform during a first plurality of non-selection time intervals which follow the first selection time interval, said first waveform having a first average voltage; and loading the first data from the first data line onto a second pixel electrode in the second display cell during a second selection time interval, while simultaneously driving a first electrode of a second storage capacitor in the second display cell with a second signal so that the loaded first data on the second pixel electrode is represented as a second waveform during a second plurality of non-selection time intervals which follow the second selection time interval, said second waveform having a second average voltage which is unequal in magnitude to the first average voltage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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