Patent ID: 7876410

Claim:
A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display, comprising: an active element array substrate that has a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit includes an active element and a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the active element, the pixel electrode including a first alignment pattern and a second, different alignment pattern, wherein the first and second alignment patterns are electrically connected to the active element; an opposite substrate that has a plurality of common electrodes, each common electrode corresponding to a pixel electrode and including a third alignment pattern and a fourth alignment pattern; and a liquid crystal layer, which is disposed between said active element array substrate and said opposite substrate, wherein a portion of the liquid crystal layer proximal each pixel unit is divided into a plurality of domain sets, each of which has plural domains, the first alignment pattern and the third alignment pattern correspond to a first of the domain sets, and the second alignment pattern and the fourth alignment pattern correspond to a second of the domain sets, wherein the first and third alignment patterns have a plurality of non-jagged slits, each of the first and third alignment patterns is without any jagged slits, and the second and fourth alignment patterns have a plurality of jagged slits.