Patent ID: 7212268
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates; data and gate lines on the first substrate in first and second directions to define a plurality of pixel regions; a single pixel electrode in each pixel region, wherein each pixel region has first and second sub-pixel regions and each of the first and second sub-pixel regions has at least one slit pattern in the single pixel electrode; a first electrode and a second electrode on the first substrate, the first and second electrodes forming a storage capacitor; a common electrode on the second substrate; a light shielding layer on the common electrode, the light shielding layer serving as a dielectric frame for the multi-domain and substantially surrounding each pixel region as well as the first and second sub-pixel regions; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer in the first sub-pixel region aligns differently from the liquid crystal layer in the second sub-pixel region when a voltage is applied between the single pixel electrode and the common electrode.