Patent ID: 7463322
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A multi-domain liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of pixel regions each divided into at least first and second domains, wherein the first and second domains are symmetric with respect to a virtual line which divides the pixel region into the first and second domains; a plurality of pixel electrodes each within one of the pixel regions of the first substrate, each of the pixel electrodes having a plurality of protrusions formed of the same material as the pixel electrodes and arranged along different directions within the at least first and second domains, wherein each of the protrusions is formed as an elliptical shape having major-axes and minor-axes, and the major-axes of the protrusions within the first domain are disposed along a direction vertical to a direction of the major-axes of the protrusions within the second domain; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a first alignment layer on the pixel electrode; and a second alignment layer on the second substrate.