Patent ID: 7834970

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising: forming gate and data lines on a first substrate in first and second directions to define a plurality of pixel regions, the data lines being formed to cross the gate lines; forming a passivation film on the first substrate; forming a transparent conductive film on the passivation film; patterning the transparent conductive film to form a single pixel electrode having at least one slit in a pixel region defined by the gate and data lines, the single pixel electrode in each pixel region, wherein each pixel region has first and second sub-pixel region and each of first and second sub-pixel region has at least one slit in the single pixel electrode; forming a common electrode on the second substrate; forming a light shielding layer on the common electrode, the light shielding layer serving as a dielectric frame for the multi-domain and substantially surrounding each pixel region as well as the first and second sub-pixel regions; forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer in the first sub-pixel region aligns differently from the liquid crystal layer in the second sub-pixel region when a voltage is applied between the single pixel electrode and the common electrode; and forming a first electrode and a second electrode on the first substrate, the first and second electrodes forming a storage capacitor, wherein the step of forming the pixel electrode includes the step of patterning the transparent conductive film using a mask provided with at least one slit, and the single pixel electrode is connected to the second electrode of the storage capacitor via a contact hole, and wherein the second electrode has a first width and a second width being greater than the first width, and the contact hole is positioned on a region of the second electrode having the second width.