Patent ID: 6424398
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid-crystal display, comprising:a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in parallel to said first substrate with a gap therebetween; liquid-crystal material filled in a space between said first and second substrates, said liquid-crystal material having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; an alignment film for homeotropically aligning liquid-crystal molecules of said liquid-crystal material in a non-electric field state in which an electric field is not applied to said liquid-crystal material; pixel electrodes formed on an opposing surface of said first substrate, said pixel electrodes defining pixels regularly arranged in a direction of rows and in a direction of columns, each said pixel electrode having a slit therein; a common electrode formed on an opposing surface of said second substrate; a color filter disposed for each said pixel for giving a color of red, green, or blue thereto; and protrusion patterns disposed on said opposing surface of said second substrate, each said protrusion pattern being disposed to divide an area of said pixel into a plurality of sub-areas when viewed in a direction of a normal of said substrates, wherein said slit of said pixel electrode is disposed apart from said protrusion pattern by a gap when viewed in a direction of a normal of said substrates, said slit and said protrusion patterns divide an area of said pixel into a plurality of domains, and said slits belonging to at least one selected from three groups of red, green, and blue pixels have width different from those of said slits of other pixel groups.