US5923310A
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Liquid crystal display devices with increased viewing angle capability and methods of operating same
Assignee: Samsung Display Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-01-20
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Granted: 1999-07-13
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Expires: 2017-01-20
Abstract
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., V LC ) 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.
Inventors
- 👤 Dong-Gyu Kim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 08:05
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3648; G09G3/3655; G09G3/3659; G09G2300/00; G09G2300/04; G09G2300/0439; G09G2300/0443; G09G2300/0447; G09G2300/08; G09G2300/0876; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/06; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/028
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
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.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
197 words
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.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a magnitude of a potential of the first signal during the first selection time interval is unequal to a magnitude of a potential of the second signal during the second selection time interval.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the second selection time interval commences upon termination of the first selection time interval.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a capacitance of the first storage capacitor is unequal to a capacitance of the second storage capacitor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 4, wherein a magnitude of a potential of the first signal during the first selection time interval is equal to a magnitude of a potential of the second signal during the second selection time interval.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the first electrode of the second storage capacitor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor in the first display cell.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the first electrode of the second storage capacitor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor in the first display cell.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the second selection time interval commences upon termination of the first selection time interval.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 6, wherein a capacitance of the first liquid crystal capacitor equals a capacitance of the second liquid crystal capacitor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 7, wherein a capacitance of the first liquid crystal capacitor equals a capacitance of the second liquid crystal capacitor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the first non-selection time interval overlaps the second selection time interval; and wherein the second non-selection time interval commences upon termination of the second selection time interval.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
208 words
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 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.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
208 words
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 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.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 12, wherein a magnitude of a potential of the first signal during the first selection time interval is unequal to a magnitude of a potential of the second signal during the second selection time interval.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the second selection time interval commences upon termination of the first selection time interval.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 12, wherein a capacitance of the first storage capacitor is unequal to a capacitance of the second storage capacitor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 15, wherein a magnitude of a potential of the first signal during the first selection time interval is equal to a magnitude of a potential of the second signal during the second selection time interval.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 16, wherein the first electrode of the second storage capacitor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor in the first display cell.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 14, wherein the first electrode of the second storage capacitor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor in the first display cell.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 16, wherein the second selection time interval commences upon termination of the first selection time interval.
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