Patent ID: 7760308

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal material layer interposed between the first and second substrates; a data line and a gate line crossing each other on the first substrate, thus defining a pixel region; a thin film transistor disposed at a crossing of the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor and including a plurality of first pixel electrode portions, a plurality of second pixel electrode portions and a plurality of third pixel electrode portions disposed at both sides of the pixel region, a first angle between one of the plurality of first pixel electrode portions and one of the plurality of second pixel electrode portions being greater than 90 degrees, wherein one of the plurality of third pixel electrode portions connects one of the plurality of first pixel electrode portions with one of the plurality of second pixel electrode portions; and a common electrode including a plurality of first common electrode portions and a plurality of second common electrode portions, a second angle between one of the plurality of first common electrode portions and one of the plurality of second common electrode portions-is greater than 90 degrees, wherein one of the plurality of first pixel electrode portions and one of the plurality of second pixel electrode portions, one of the plurality of first common electrode portions and one of the plurality of second common electrode portions define at least one domain, wherein the plurality of first common electrode portions are parallel to the plurality of third pixel electrode portions and one of the plurality of first common electrode portions overlaps one of the plurality of third pixel electrode portions, wherein the plurality of first common electrode portions, the plurality of first pixel electrode portions and the plurality of third pixel electrode portions are parallel to the data line, wherein the common electrode includes a plurality of third common electrode portions disposed at both outer sides of the pixel electrode, wherein one of the plurality of third common electrode portions connects one of the plurality of first common electrode portions and one of the plurality of second common electrode portions, wherein one of the plurality of first pixel electrode portions is parallel to and spaced apart from one of the plurality of third common electrode portions, and wherein one of the plurality of third pixel electrode portions is parallel to and overlaps one of the plurality of first common electrode portions, wherein the plurality of third pixel electrode portions are narrower than the plurality of first pixel electrode portions.