Patent ID: 6704083
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, comprising:a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein the first substrate has a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the data lines; polarizing plates attached to outer surfaces of the first and second substrates respectively, wherein polarizing directions of the polarizing plates are either perpendicular or parallel to each other; a liquid crystal material injected into a gap between the first and second substrates, molecules of the liquid crystal material being initially aligned perpendicularly to the substrates; wherein each pixel is divided into a plurality of domains, the domains being distinguished by an average alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules included therein when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal molecules, and at least one of the average alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules of the domains is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the gate lines, wherein, on average, liquid crystal molecules located at an edge of the domains are aligned symmetrically to each other with respect to a boundary of the domains, and wherein the polarizing directions of the polarizing plates are neither parallel nor perpendicular to any of the average alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules of the domains.