Patent ID: 7405791

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a first substrate; a gate line formed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and opposite thereto; a data line formed on the first substrate and intersecting the gate line, wherein the intersection of the gate line and the data line defines the pixel region; an alignment layer formed over at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and applying an orientation force to the liquid crystal layer; a pixel region formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; an electrode formed on at least one of the first and second substrates comprises a pixel electrode formed at the pixel region on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a protrusion formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the protrusion extending obliquely from the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and influencing the liquid crystal layer to exhibit a stable bent alignment within the pixel region; and a slant region formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate near a first edge of the pixel region, wherein a base of the protrusion formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is located equidistant to or further from the opposing substrate than a base defining the electrode extending from one of the first and second substrates.