Patent ID: 8054430

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; a gate line extending in a transverse direction on the inner surface of said first substrate; a data line extending longitudinal direction on the inner surface of said first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the inner surface of said first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and having an inner surface and an outer surface; a second electrode disposed facing the first electrode on the inner surface of the second substrate; a pixel region including a first edge extending in a transverse direction and a second edge extending in a longitudinal direction; wherein a plurality of groups each having adjacent domains divided by tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules, wherein a number of axial directions of the liquid crystal molecules in one of the plurality of groups having adjacent domains is four, and wherein at least two groups of the plurality of groups having adjacent domains are disposed in the pixel region; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer attached on the outer surface of said first substrate; and a second polarizer attached on the outer surface of said second substrate, wherein the axial direction of the liquid crystal molecules in each domain is tilted at an angle of 45°±10° with respect to polarizing directions of the first polarizer and the second polarizer, wherein the polarizing direction of the first polarizer is substantially parallel to the first edge of the pixel region, and the polarizing direction of the second polarizer is substantially parallel to the second edge of the pixel region, and wherein long axes of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned perpendicular to the substrates in a state that no voltage is applied to the electrodes.