Patent ID: 7580102
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of first signal lines formed on the first substrate, extending in a first direction, and separated from each other by a predetermined interval; a plurality of second lines formed on the first substrate, intersecting the first signal lines, and including a plurality of curved portions; a plurality of pixel electrodes located substantially in areas defined by the first and the second signal lines and including edges extending substantially parallel to the curved portions of the second lines; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the first and the second signal lines and the pixel electrodes; a plurality of third signal lines formed on the first substrate, extending substantially in the first direction, and overlapping the pixel electrodes to form storage capacitors, wherein the thin film transistors include terminal electrodes connected to the pixel electrodes; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; a region partitioning member formed on at least one of the first and the second substrates and partitioning into a plurality of tilt regions by the region partitioning member, each tilt region including a pair of major edges parallel to the curved portions of the second signal lines; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has negative dielectric anisotropy and is subject to vertical alignment, wherein a distance between the major edges of each tilt region and the curved portions of the second signal lines is in a range between about 10 microns and about 30 microns.