Patent ID: 8786809

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a plurality of pixel regions each including a plurality of domains; a lower panel including a lower substrate, and a lower alignment layer on the lower substrate and including a pretilt; an upper panel including an upper substrate and an upper alignment layer disposed on the upper substrate and including a pretilt; and a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal layer between the lower panel and the upper panel, and having a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein liquid crystal molecules which are adjacent to the upper alignment layer or the lower alignment layer are arranged by a respective pretilt, and the pretilt of the lower alignment layer or the upper alignment layer is gradually changed along a first direction from a side to an opposite side in each of the plurality of domains of the plurality of pixel regions in a plan view, and is the same in each of the plurality of domains of the plurality of pixel regions along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the plan view.