Patent ID: 8253913

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate and including a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a data line disposed on first the substrate and including a curved portion having at least two curved points and including a source electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer at least in part; a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer at least in part and disposed opposite the source electrode; a passivation layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode having an edge curved along the data line, a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates; and at least a domain defining member disposed on at least one of the first and the second substrates and partitioning the liquid crystal layer into a plurality of domains, each domain having two major edges substantially parallel to the curved portion of the data line, wherein two end portions of the two major edges of the domain defining member are curved, and wherein one of the two end portions is substantially parallel to the gate line, and the other is substantially parallel to a longitudinal portion of the data line.