Patent ID: 8228475

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction; first and second data lines extending in a second direction, the first and second data lines being electrically insulated from and intersecting the gate line; a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the second data line; a passivation layer overlapping the first and second thin film transistors; a black matrix disposed on the passivation layer and in a first region corresponding to the gate line, the first and second data lines, and the first and second thin film transistors; a color filter disposed on the passivation layer and positioned at a second region where the black matrix is not disposed; a protrusion disposed on the color filter; a first pixel electrode including a first linear electrode disposed on the protrusion and connected to the first thin film transistor; a second pixel electrode including a second linear electrode disposed on the protrusion and connected to the second thin film transistor; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; and blue phase liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein light is not transmitted through the first linear electrode and the protrusion, and light is not transmitted through the second linear electrode and the protrusion.