Patent ID: 9256107
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G02F

Claim Text:
1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, connected to the gate line and the data line, and including subregions; a storage electrode disposed on the first substrate overlapping the pixel electrode to form a storage capacitor; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including liquid crystal molecules disposed therein, wherein the pixel electrode is defined by a cross-shaped stem having a transverse stem and longitudinal stem crossing the transverse stem; and a plurality of minute branches extending from the cross-shaped stem toward the peripheral portion of the pixel electrode, and wherein the stem has a width increasing from one edge of the pixel electrode to a center portion of the cross-shaped stem and subsequently decreasing from the center portion of the cross-shaped stem to another edge of the pixel electrode.