Patent ID: 7227609
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines on the substrate; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines on the substrate to define a pixel region, the data lines having a substantially zigzag shape; a common line substantially parallel to the gate line on the substrate; a plurality of common electrodes connected to the common line, the common electrodes having a substantially zigzag shape, and having an obtuse angle with the common line at both sides of the common electrodes where each of the common electrodes connects to the common line; a plurality of pixel electrodes substantially parallel to the common electrodes, the pixel electrodes having a substantially zigzag shape; and a switching element electrically connected to the gate and data lines, wherein liquid crystal molecules in a portion of a domain near the both sides of the common electrodes where each of the common electrodes connects to the common line and the common line between corresponding common electrodes and pixel electrodes have substantially a same rotational direction as liquid crystal molecules in a remaining portion of the domain.