Patent ID: 8144294

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the pixel electrode comprising a first cutout; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, the common electrode comprising a second cutout arranged alternately with the first cutout, wherein at least one of the first cutout and the second cutout comprises a stem and a plurality of first slits and a plurality of second slits extended from the stem and obliquely inclined with respect to a length direction of the stem, and an inclined direction of the first slits is opposite to an inclined direction of the second slits, wherein the first slits are divided into a plurality of first slit groups, and the second slits are divided into a plurality of second slit groups, and wherein the first slit groups and the second slit groups are alternately disposed.