Patent ID: 7365817

Claim:
A multi-domain liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate including a first transparent substrate, a color filter, a common electrode and a first alignment film, the first alignment film having first regions of a first aligning direction and second regions of a second aligning direction alternating with the first regions in one layer; a second substrate oppositely placed to the first substrate, the second substrate including a second transparent substrate, a plurality of slit-patterned pixel electrodes, a thin film transistor (TFT) array, and a second alignment film covering the slit-patterned pixel electrodes, the second alignment film having no predetermined aligning direction therein; a fringe field that is induced by each of the slit patterned pixel electrodes and the second film having no predetermined aligning direction; a spacer for maintaining a substantially constant cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal has at least four domains, and liquid crystal molecules in different domains of the liquid crystal align in different directions upon application of a voltage across the liquid crystal.