Patent ID: 7414682

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal panel in which liquid crystal is retained between a pair of substrates, a pixel electrode for applying a voltage to change a transmittance of a display light, and more than one structure formed on an inner surface of one of the substrates for dividing the liquid crystal of a pixel into a plurality of domains so as to generate a disclination region in a boundary region of the plurality of domains, the disclination region having a modulation rate that is lower than a modulation rate of the domains, wherein: each of the structures is at least partially constituted by a light-transmitting portion and a light-non-transmitting portion; an edge portion of each of the structures in a plan view is constituted by the light-transmitting portion; a central portion of each of the structures in a plan view is constituted by the light-non-transmitting portion; each of the structures are disposed to be opposite to the pixel electrode in a plan view; and the light-transmitting portion of each of the structures is formed by an electrically conductive material.