Patent ID: 6160604
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising:a first substrate with a first electrode thereon, said first electrode having an aperture therein that defines first and second regions of said first electrode that are directly adjacent to opposite sides of said aperture;a second substrate with a second electrode thereon, said first electrode facing and being spaced from said second electrode;a liquid crystal (LC) layer sandwiched between said first and second electrodes, LC molecules in said LC layer rising when a first voltage is applied between said first and second electrodes; anda third electrode on said first substrate and aligned with said aperture, said third electrode causing LC molecules in a first portion of said LC layer that is adjacent to said first region to rise in a direction that is different from a rising direction of LC molecules in a second portion of said LC layer that is adjacent to said second region when a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied between said second and third electrodes and the first voltage is applied between said first and second electrodes.