Patent ID: 7952669

Claim:
A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display, comprising: a vertically aligned liquid crystal layer disposed between a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode, wherein the orientation of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by an electric field, each of the pixel electrodes has a first edge, a second edge and at least one slit extending from the first edge toward the second edge, the common electrode has at least one orientation controller formed in an area corresponding to each of the pixel electrodes, the orientation controller has a first longitudinal portion extending from the first edge toward the second edge in a plane view, and a second longitudinal portion extending from one end of the first longitudinal portion toward the slit at the first edge, the first longitudinal portion is longer than the second longitudinal portion, and an area where liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a direction controlled by the first longitudinal portion is larger than an area where liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a direction controlled by the second longitudinal portion.