Patent ID: 7525623

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: first and second panels facing each other, interposing a gap therebetween, and the first panel having a first field generating electrode and the second panel having a second field generating electrodes; a liquid crystal layer filled in the gap and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; an insulating layer disposed under the first field generating electrode; first and second tilt direction defining members disposed on the first and the second panels, respectively, and giving a first tilt direction to a group of the liquid crystal molecules; and a third tilt direction defining member disposed on one of the first and the second panels and giving a second tilt direction oblique to the first tilt direction to the plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein the third tilt direction defining member comprises a plurality of trenches formed at the insulating layer and disposed in the area defined by the first and the second tilt direction defining members.