Patent ID: 6229589
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display, comprisinga vertically aligned liquid crystal layer disposed between a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode, the orientation of said liquid crystal layer being controlled by an electric field;wherein said common electrode has one or more orientation control windows formed in an area corresponding to each of said plurality of pixel electrodes,wherein each of said plurality of pixel electrodes is divided by one or more slits into two or more electrode regions which are electrically connected and arranged in parallel with each other, and a vertical to horizontal length ratio of each electrode region is larger than a vertical to horizontal length ratio of a corresponding one of said plurality of pixel electrodes, andwherein said one or more orientation control windows has a slit extending along the direction in which said one or more slits of each of said plurality of pixel electrodes extend.