Patent ID: 8643816

Claim:
An LCD comprising: a first display plate which comprises a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode formed on a first insulating substrate; a first gate line and a second gate line formed on the first insulating substrate and extend parallel to each other; a second display plate that faces the first display plate and comprises a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second display plates, wherein the first subpixel electrode is driven by a first switching device which is connected to the first gate line, the second subpixel electrode is driven by a second switching device which is connected to the second gate line, and comprises a plurality of fine protruding patterns at an edge thereof, and the common electrode has slit patterns which face the first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the slit patterns facing the first subpixel electrode comprise concavo-convex patterns.