Patent ID: 9459499
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G02F

Claim Text:
1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a common electrode on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein: the common electrode comprises a first cutout portion, and the pixel electrode comprises a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode, a second cutout portion adjacent to at least one of edges of the second sub-pixel electrode and disposed along the at least one edge, and a third cutout portion isolating the first sub-pixel electrode from the second sub-pixel electrode; the first sub-pixel electrode has at least one rhombus-shaped portion and is disposed in an opening in a central portion of the second sub-pixel electrode; the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are disposed at different heights; the first sub-pixel electrode is connected to a first switching element and the second sub-pixel electrode is connected to a second switching element; the first switching element and the second switching element are electrically connected to a gate line respectively; the second sub-pixel electrode is connected to a third switching element configured to transfer a charge from a liquid crystal capacitor to a step-down capacitor, and the second sub-pixel electrode substantially surrounds the first sub-pixel electrode.