Patent ID: 8081279
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate having pixel areas, wherein each pixel area is divided into a plurality of domains; a second substrate facing the first substrate; liquid crystals aligned between the first and second substrates; a pixel electrode formed in each pixel area on the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate and forming an electric field with the pixel electrode to control an alignment of the liquid crystals; a plurality of first domain dividers formed in the pixel electrode to divide each pixel area into the plurality of domains; a plurality of second domain dividers formed in the common electrode to change the alignment of the liquid crystals together with the first domain dividers; and spacers formed on the first substrate or the second substrate in correspondence with the pixel areas to maintain a gap between the first and second substrates, at least one spacer being positioned adjacent to a longitudinal end-portion of at least one of the first domain dividers in each corresponding pixel area, wherein the liquid crystals in an area corresponding to an area where the pixel electrode is formed are aligned in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first domain dividers under the electric field in a plan view, and wherein the liquid crystals in an area other than the area where the pixel electrode is formed and adjacent to the spacers are aligned in a direction perpendicular or parallel to the longitudinal direction in a plan view.