Patent ID: 7768610
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of pixel regions; a second substrate facing the first substrate; polarizing plates attached to outer surfaces of the first and second substrates respectively; a liquid crystal material injected into the gap between the first and second substrates, molecules of the liquid crystal material being initially aligned perpendicularly to the substrates; wherein each pixel region 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 material, wherein the polarizing directions of the polarizing plates are neither parallel nor perpendicular to at least one of the average alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules of the domains, and wherein each of the pixel regions includes first and second electrodes for generating electric fields, each of the first and second electrodes having a saw shape for forming domains.