Display device, operating method of display device, and pixel circuit of display device

Abstract

A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first liquid crystal display medium, and a first electric field applying component. The first electric field applying component is configured to apply a first electric field to a first portion of the first liquid crystal display medium and apply a second electric field to a second portion of the first liquid crystal display medium. The intensity of the first electrical field is operatively different from that of the second electrical field.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display device, comprising:
 a first substrate;   a second substrate;   a first liquid crystal display medium, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and   a first electric field applying component, disposed on the second substrate, wherein said first electric field applies a first electric field to a first portion of the first liquid crystal display medium and applies a second electric field to a second portion of the first liquid crystal display medium, the first electric field and the second electric field are parallel to the first substrate, and the first electric field is operating with a different electric intensity from that of the second electric field.   
     
     
         2 . The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first electric field applying component comprises:
 a first electrode;   a second electrode;   a third electrode; and   a fourth electrode;   wherein, a first voltage difference is provided between the first electrode and the third electrode, a second voltage difference is provided between the second electrode and the fourth electrode, and the first voltage difference is operatively different from the second voltage difference.   
     
     
         3 . The display device of  claim 2 , wherein the first electric field applying component further comprises:
 a first electrode post; and   a second electrode post;   wherein, the first electrode post and the second electrode post are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the first liquid crystal display medium, the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the first electrode post, and the third electrode and the fourth electrode are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the second electrode post.   
     
     
         4 . The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first backlight source, in a first sub-frame, for providing a first-color light toward the first liquid crystal display medium;   wherein, in the first sub-frame, the first electric field and the second electric field provided by the first electric field applying component have different intensities.   
     
     
         5 . The display device of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a second backlight source, in a second sub-frame, for providing a second-color light toward the first liquid crystal display medium;   wherein, in the second sub-frame, the first electric field and the second electric field provided by the electric field applying component have a same intensity.   
     
     
         6 . The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second liquid crystal display medium, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;   a second electric field applying component, disposed on the second substrate, for applying a third electric field to a first portion of the second liquid crystal display medium and to apply a fourth electric field to a second portion of the second liquid crystal display medium, wherein the third electric field and the fourth electric field are parallel to the first substrate, and an intensity ratio of the first electric field to the second electric field is different from an intensity ratio of the third electric field to the fourth electric field.   
     
     
         7 . The display device of  claim 6 , wherein the third electric field and the fourth electric field have a same intensity. 
     
     
         8 . An operating method of a display device, comprising:
 applying a first electric field to a first portion of a first liquid crystal display medium, wherein the first liquid crystal display medium is disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; and   applying a second electric field to a second portion of the first liquid crystal display medium;   wherein, the first electric field and the second electric field are parallel to the first substrate, and the intensity of the first electric field is operatively different from that of the second electric field.   
     
     
         9 . The operating method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 providing a first-color light toward the first liquid crystal display medium in a first sub-frame, wherein the first electric field and the second electric field have different intensities in the first sub-frame.   
     
     
         10 . The operating method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 providing a second-color light toward the first liquid crystal display medium in a second sub-frame, wherein the first electric field and the second electric field provided by an electric field applying component have a same intensity in a second sub-frame.   
     
     
         11 . The operating method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 applying a third electric field to a first portion of a second liquid crystal display medium, wherein the second liquid crystal display medium is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and   applying a fourth electric field to a second portion of the second liquid crystal display medium;   wherein, the third electric field and the fourth electric field are parallel to the first substrate, and an intensity ratio of the first electric field to the second electric field is different from an intensity ratio of the third electric field to the fourth electric field.   
     
     
         12 . The operating method of  claim 11 , wherein the third electric field and the fourth electric field have a same intensity. 
     
     
         13 . A pixel circuit of a display device, comprising:
 a first liquid crystal component, coupled between a first end of a first capacitor and a common electrode;   a second liquid crystal component, coupled between a second end of the first capacitor and the common electrode;   a first storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the first liquid crystal component;   a second storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the second liquid crystal component;   a first switch, coupled between the first storage capacitor and a first data line, for providing a first data voltage to the first storage capacitor; and   a second switch, coupled between the second storage capacitor and a second data line, for providing a second data voltage to the second storage capacitor.   
     
     
         14 . A pixel circuit of a display device, comprising:
 a first liquid crystal component, coupled between a first end of a first capacitor and a first end of a second capacitor;   a second liquid crystal component, coupled between a second end of the first capacitor and a second end of the second capacitor;   a first storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the first liquid crystal component;   a second storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the second liquid crystal component;   a first switch, coupled between the first storage capacitor and a first data line, for providing a first data voltage to the first storage capacitor;   a second switch, coupled between a first end of the second storage capacitor and a second data line, for providing a second data voltage to the first end of the second storage capacitor; and   a third switch, coupled between a second end of the second storage capacitor and a third data line, for providing a third data voltage to the second end of the second storage capacitor.   
     
     
         15 . A pixel circuit of a display device, comprising:
 a first liquid crystal component, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first liquid crystal component is coupled to a first end of a first capacitor;   a second liquid crystal component, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the second liquid crystal component is coupled to a second end of the first capacitor, and the second end of the second liquid crystal component is coupled to the second end of the first liquid crystal component;   a first storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the first liquid crystal component;   a second storage capacitor, coupled in parallel to the second liquid crystal component;   a first switch, coupled between the second end of the first liquid crystal component and a first data line, for providing a first data voltage to the second end of the first liquid crystal component; and   a second switch, coupled between the first end of the first liquid crystal component and a second data line, for providing a second data voltage to the first end of the first liquid crystal component.