Patent ID: 6266118
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display of high aperture ratio and high transmittance having multi-domain comprising:an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposed and spaced apart;a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper and lower substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules;a gate bus line and a data bus line formed on the lower substrate in a matrix configuration and defining unit pixel regions;a counter electrode disposed at a unit pixel region in an inner surface of the lower substrate;a pixel electrode overlapped with the counter electrode;a thin film transistor disposed at an intersection of the gate bus line and the data bus line; andhomogeneous alignment layers formed on the inner surfaces of the upper and lower substrates respectively, the homogeneous alignment layers including rubbing axes respectively,wherein, an electric field disposed parallel to the gate bus line and another electric field disposed parallel to the data bus line are simultaneously formed in the unit pixel region when a voltage is applied to the pixel electrode,wherein, the counter and pixel electrodes are made of transparent conductive material, a distance between the counter and pixel electrodes is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower substrates, widths of the counter electrode and the pixel electrode are set such that the liquid crystal molecules overlying the counter and pixel electrodes are sufficiently driven by the electric field being generated between the counter and pixel electrodes.