Patent ID: 8305534

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate; a first data line disposed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction; a second data line disposed on the first substrate, the second data line being disposed adjacent to the first data line and extending in the first direction; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the pixel electrode comprising a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode being paired with each other to form a pixel; a photo alignment layer disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer is disposed on each of the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode and comprises a plurality of sub-regions, each of the plurality of sub-regions being defined by an inclination direction of the liquid crystal molecules when an electric field is generated in the liquid crystal layer by applying voltages to the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode, the voltages applied to the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode being different from each other, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is electrically connected to a first thin film transistor, and the second sub-pixel electrode is electrically connected to a second thin film transistor, and wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is disposed between the first data line and the second data line and overlaps a portion of the first data line and a portion of the second data line.