Driving method for an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device

Abstract

An in-plane switching LCD including a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel areas; a thin film transistor formed at a crossing of the data and gate lines; a pair of common lines facing each other and substantially parallel to the data lines in the pixel areas; a common electrode integrally formed with the common lines, the common electrode being inclined by a predetermined angle; a pair of pixel electrode lines overlapping the common lines; and a pixel electrode integrally formed with the pixel electrode lines, the pixel electrode being inclined substantially parallel to the common electrode, the pixel electrode being arranged in an alternating pattern with the common electrode, wherein the gate lines are formed substantially parallel to the common electrode and the pixel electrode.

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       13 . A method for driving an in-plane switching liquid crystal display, the method comprising:
 sequentially applying a data signal to the data lines; and   sequentially applying a scan signal to the gate lines,   wherein voltages of different polarity are alternately applied to pixel areas of a liquid crystal panel.   
   
   
       14 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the data signal is sequentially applied to the data lines through a column inversion method. 
   
   
       15 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the voltages of different polarity are alternately applied to the pixel areas as in a dot inversion method. 
   
   
       16 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the voltages of different polarity are applied to the pixel areas alternately in a vertical direction. 
   
   
       17 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the voltages of different polarity are applied to the pixel areas alternately in a horizontal direction.