Patent ID: 7518685

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a gate line formed on a lower substrate; a storage line formed on the lower substrate; a data line formed on the lower substrate crossing and insulated from the gate line and the storage line; a pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate crossing and insulated from the storage line, the pixel electrode having a first aperture pattern; a common electrode formed on an upper substrate and having a second aperture pattern; and a storage electrode connected to the storage line, the storage electrode overlapping the second aperture pattern; wherein the storage line, first aperture pattern, and second aperture pattern each comprises a straight portion slanting to the gate line, wherein a long axis of a liquid crystal molecule is arranged perpendicular to a substrate when an electric field is not applied, and wherein the first aperture pattern comprises: a first and second aperture extending through the pixel electrode obliquely from a left boundary to approximately a fight boundary of the pixel electrode, the first and second apertures formed symmetrically with respect to a center of the pixel electrode; and a third aperture extending into the pixel electrode horizontally a predetermined distance from the right boundary.