Patent ID: 7215396
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A multi-domain liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of pixel areas defined by a plurality of data and gate lines and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in the pixel areas, respectively; a second substrate having a black matrix layer blocking off light from an alignment boundary in each of the pixel areas, and a color filter layer realizing colors; a common electrode formed on the color filter layer; a first alignment layer formed on one of the first or second substrates so as to have at least two different alignment states centering around the alignment boundary; a plurality of patterned spacers formed between the first and second substrates, wherein each patterned spacer is formed outside each pixel area and is aligned with each alignment boundary and wherein each patterned spacer is formed on the common electrode; and wherein the each alignment boundary in the each pixel area is determined according to a position of the each patterned spacer and a rubbing direction of the first alignment layer.