Patent ID: 7133098
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate processed for vertical alignment; a liquid crystal layer being sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules aligning in a direction substantially perpendicular to a principal surface of said first substrate when no substantial electric field is applied to said liquid crystal layer; a plurality of parallel gate lines and a plurality of parallel data lines perpendicular to the gate lines provided on the first substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on the first substrate, each pixel electrode having first edges parallel to the gate lines and second edges parallel to the data lines; a light-shielding matrix provided on the second substrate; an array of first protrusions disposed on the second substrate, each of the first protrusions having a main body being arranged substantially in a broken zigzag pattern, the broken zigzag pattern being broken by a plurality of breaks all formed within the area of the light-shielding matrix, wherein the first protrusions have a plurality of first branches formed at positions facing the first edges of the pixel electrodes and a plurality of second branches formed at positions facing the second edges of the pixel electrodes, a plurality of channels each being defined as a space between two adjacent first branches of one of the first protrusions; and a plurality of second protrusions provided on the second substrate, each of the second protrusions being formed at a location close to one of the channels.