Patent ID: 7564527

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate comprising a pixel area; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate corresponding to the pixel area, the gate line and the data line crossing each other and insulated from each other; a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on the data line within the pixel area and spaced apart from each other; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate and comprising a first domain divider and a second domain divider spaced apart from each other, the first domain divider and the second domain divider dividing the pixel area into a plurality of domains; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first domain divider is positioned on the center of the first sub-pixel electrode, and the first domain divider and the first sub-pixel electrode extend in a first direction at an angle to a longitudinal direction of the gate line, the second domain divider is positioned on the center of the second sub-pixel electrode, and the second domain divider and the second sub-pixel electrode extend in a second direction symmetrical to the first direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the gate line, and a virtual line extending from an end portion of the second domain divider in the second direction meets with an end portion of the first sub-pixel electrode.